Amazon.com la Nuit

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Day or night, Amazon.com's world headquarters dominates the scene at the north end of Beacon Hill. I had taken some handheld night shots a couple years ago and revisited last night with my tripod. The setting and distinctive Deco architecture of this former military Marine Hospital building always makes a big impression from almost any vantage point. Close ups in daylight are here.

Deco Amazon.com Doorway

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The details of the brass and copper Deco doorway of Amazon.com's headquarters are really fun to look at. The etched glass in the transom above is casting shadows inside the entryway. This building was originally a hospital, and part of the campus still houses the Pacific Medical Center and its imagining services. I had just purchased some books on line the day before I took this shot and thought it was too bad this wasn't a distribution center and I could just pick them up. More shots here.