Window - 4 by francoise

Window - 4

At the very top, on the 36th floor, in a position of honor I suppose, I found the offices and lounges of the Honors College. An old lady was asking a student who was heading for the private sanctums beyond the stained glass, "How can you study up here? I would be looking constantly at the view and worrying about falling out."

I have learned that the hardest thing about windows is having them lined up properly in the frame.
Still from Pittsburgh trip.
Cool design and what a funny comment by the old lady!
May 26th, 2015  
Neat shot, colors, patterns, lines
May 26th, 2015  
Great colors and patterns!
May 26th, 2015  
Another very pretty stained glass window.
May 26th, 2015  
beautifully captured would make a good card
May 26th, 2015  
Wow, a beautiful pattern
May 27th, 2015  
It's a beautiful window -- lovely design. Was there a reason for cropping off the bottom portion of the stained glass? I'm assuming you couldn't have backed up further...
May 27th, 2015  
@taffy no, that was an error I didn't notice at the time. I was focused on trying to get the words at the top.
May 27th, 2015  
Lovely design!
May 27th, 2015  
@francoise Ah...oh well! We can clearly see enough of the window to appreciate it.
May 27th, 2015  
Lovely window.
May 27th, 2015  
It's a nice window but it seems rather odd to find stained glass windows in a tower block... mind you, anything that takes the edge off relentless modernity can't be all bad!
May 27th, 2015  
@vignouse Not sure when modernity started, but the Cathedral of Learning was built in 1926 and is in "gothic revival" style. It's actually 42 stories tall, I found out, but the elevators' last stop was 36. It's fondly called Hogwarts by the locals. I may have a nice shot of the lobby and one of the building itself (more doubtful), but will have to go back through my pictures to see.
May 27th, 2015  
I remember the building well but was never in it. Do have some outside shots of it though.
May 31st, 2015  
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