Last week we shared some interesting sporting venues from around the world. If you take a look at the home page for the challenge, you’ll see where we’ve been, where we’re going. As for where we are, this week, we’re looking for Professional Offices.
My feature photo is a building in the little town I grew up in. The building was a theater — single screen — with some office space and apartments on the second floor. The window in the center of the wall that faces the street was our family doctor’s office.
My eye doctor’s exam roomThis became a dentist’s office when I was in high school.The door to our family dentist.Railway Exchange Building – this is where Daniel Burnham and his staff made the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Lawn ornaments at the lawyer’s office at Old Sturbridge VillageThat’s the lawyers office at Old Sturbridge Village. Federal Building – Scranton, Pennsylvania. Where we met Thomas Slocum and Grayson Dyre in the Dreamer’s AllianceArchitects working on the TitanicBeyond that dark lobby my professional coworkers and I workedMartson Hall – engineering building – Iowa State University.HAMPTON, VA – 1980: NASA space scientist, and mathematician Katherine Johnson poses for a portrait at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1980 in Hampton, Virginia. (Photo by NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)Yeah, that’s organized.Model of Cabinet Maker’s shop at Old Sturbridge Village. I consider them professionals.Inside the OSV Printing OfficeOSV Printing OfficeA model of Chicago outside of the entrance to the Chicago Architecture Foundation (organizers of our tour).
You can find this here, on my Amazon Author page, or here, at Willow’s, PS, the book is also available in audiobook format. We used KDP’s Virtual Voice, but I edited the book in its entirety, and I really like the way it turned out. And, as far as audiobooks go, it’s a bargain.
It is! We will be going there in two weeks for our annual visit to their Christmas by Candlelight event. Walking the grounds at night and popping into a few of the buildings decorated for the holidays.
That’s a real cool gallery Dan 😀 You found and snuck into some good ones.
This will take some investigating to even think of the folder offices would be in 🤔
I didn’t get this post assembled until very late last night, Brian. I was questioning my choice of subjects. I’m sure you’ll find something delightful.
Of course my favorites are in OSV. A very interesting array of professions and their tools. I’m with you on the matter of cabinet makers, especially those who worked with hand tools. Those skills don’t come overnight.
Thanks for your support on cabinet makers. Understanding wood and the methods of holding it together and finishing it for a lifetime of service took a lot of skill and knowledge. We have our tickets for OSV’s Christmas by Candlelight event. We’ll be up there soon.
Interesting variety to meet today’s challenge. I’m glad you included OSV representing professionals from long ago when they only had their hands, their brains, and their likely handmade tools to work with.
I think most of us can relate to, “yeah, that’s organized “!
And that’s definitely a dark lobby to your place of work.
Wow, what great variety in your photos on this theme, Dan. There were some fine examples here of professional spaces that I had not thought of.
Love the feature photo; your description of it brings back fond memories of the one-screen movie house in the city where I grew up…That photo took me back in a very good way. Thank you!
Beautiful photo of the lawyer’s office (later dentist’s office) with the rose bush outside. Love the colors
The Railway Exchange has a great history. Thanks for the great trivia here. I love to learn historical facts about railway buildings. What a momentous occasion for this building… the birth of a city.
Marston Hall reminds me of University admin services building I have seen in the past with its grand facade.
*My favorite photo is of the OSV model of the Cabinet Maker’s shop complete with wood shavings on the floor…most excellent!
Thank you for the great gallery, Dan. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
P.S. Great photo of the doors to your work office. It does not look dark to me. The wood is beautiful.
I”m glad that photo brought back some fond memories, Suzette. I have wonder memories of being in the theater, not as many from being in the doctor’s office.
OSV is always a good source for these prompts. I do have a nice picture of a lawyer’s office in Hartford, but it didn’t pop up in my searches.
I love finding the older buildings on college campuses. So many have been replaced by more modern buildings. I think the old ones evoke a feeling more suited to learning.
I’m glad you like the cabinet maker’s shop model. Designed by professionals, and used by professionals as well.
I agree about the movie theater memories. I still remember the first movie I saw there!
Thanks for the best wishes and great photo examples for inspiration. I am still digging through my photos to see what I can find. A search of my photo archives brought up a photo of the sun! I still can’t figure out the connection of sunlight…to professional offices…lol!
I love the door to your dentist’s office! It would seem that little kids might get a kick out of it, too. Very clever.
OSV–it is always good so see your photos from there. Down here, all the cute homes downtown are lawyer’s offices. They must pay a bundle for them, too, because they are all uninsulated and need a lot of work to bring them halfway up to snuff. For what they charge people, they had better have a nice office to show for it.
I am quite jealous at your eye doctor’s exam room, Dan. Ours is housed in a fifty-year old office building where I don’t think they’ve touched the original rugs or walls since it was built. Great service within (which is the most important aspect!), but my eye doctor’s office is an eyesore. Those lawn ornaments at the lawyer’s office are cute and welcoming. The door to the dentist office certainly lets you know what you’re getting yourself into.😁
I’ve been going to this eye doctor for 40 years. The original doctor retired (and sadly passed away) but the new doc uses the same office and hasn’t made any upgrades other than to hang her diplomas on the wall. The service is great, which keeps us going back. Our dentist is trying to find a new location to move to, but he hasn’t had any luck. The office is nice, clean and mostly modern but the building is a dump.
What a fun group of photos! I like the OSV photos and some of the historic ones (the architects working on the Titanic’s design – eek). And the “I love my Optometrist” wallpaper cracked me up. Thanks for gathering these, Dan. Happy Thanksgiving!
Those architects designed a good ship, but some other profession (accounting) made the decision to not outfit it with enough lifeboats. Also, it seems the contractor cut some corners on material. I did love the optometrist that hung that wall paper. He’s no longer with us. I like the new doc, but it’s not the same. Happy Thanksgiving, Diana.
Terrific professional offices. I’ll bet that lawyers office is so full of paper…I know mine was all the time. Boxes and boxes of files. It was terrifying at time at all the documents for the multi-million dollar deals we closed. Luckily we always seemed to pass our fire department test drills. ;)
I always like going into that office. The eye doctor I remember best is no longer with us, but the new one hasn’t made any changes. We’re heading up to OSV soon for Christmas by Candlelight, so there will be more pictures.
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