Showing posts with label buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buildings. Show all posts

Monday, December 14, 2015

A Brief Look Inside the Paso Robles Public Safety Building

How to Find the Meeting Rooms: Doors


When I attended a workshop at the Paso Robles Public Safety Building, it was a mystery to me where the actual meeting would take place. I have been to many city meetings, but never one inside the Public Safety Building. I've never gotten farther in than the desk at the Police Station. I was trying to imagine where the meeting rooms might be. In case you've ever wondered, I'm going to give you a look inside. In the photo here, you see the outside entrance, which is like a gate.






Here's the same gate from a different perspective. It shows the context of the first photo.




The gate opens into a sort of courtyard. You walk through the courtyard until you come to these doors. It's confusing because it still feels like you are outside. The doors lead to a hallway that leads to the meeting rooms.





The Hallway Leads to Doors that Open to the Meeting Rooms

















This is the hallway. Most of the windows and doors are tinted so you can't see through them when they are closed. Either that or it's just so dark each window and door appears to be a mirror and reflects whatever is in front of it. One room did appear to be a staff room with a coffee maker, and what usually goes with it. There were also restrooms, although I did not photograph them. The women's restroom had a shower, as well as whatever else you'd expect. You can click any photo to enlarge it.

The posters below show external views of the public safety building. See the story behind the statue in Sculptures by Central Coast Artist Vel Miller.


Saturday, June 27, 2015

Flying the Colors

Old Glory Flying on Vine Street, ©B. Radisavljevic
It's hard to walk through a Paso Robles neighborhood without seeing a fly flying. This owners of this house showed their true colors by flying the colors of Old Glory on an ordinary day in March.







Show your colors.


Tuesday, April 7, 2015

One of the Most Painted Buildings in Paso Robles

Bistro Laurent, Paso Robles, © B. Radisavljevic
I have seen a lot of businesses come and go in downtown Paso Robles, but Bistro Laurent has been here almost as long as I have. It is on the corner of 12th Street and Pine across from the park.

It is a great favorite of the Plein Air Quick Draw event artists in the morning in the park during the Paso ArtsFest. Each of them has a couple of hours to paint something they can see from the park or the streets bordering it. Someone paints Bistro Laurent almost every year. I imagine it is chosen because of its style and its contrasting colors, as well as its location.

At noon all the paintings in previous years have been are auctioned off to support the arts and other local causes. I think new events have been added this year and another auction may replace this. More information on the 2015 event is available on the Paso ArtsFest website. Take my visual tour of the 2012 Festival of the Arts to experience the scope and variety of this event.
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