Category: architecture

  • The Three Towers of Montpelier

    Driving down the hill into Montpelier,

    I saw these towers lined up perfectly at this one moment of the wheels’ turn. When I reached the end of the hill, I decided to turn back and see if I could see it again on foot. There were a few workers on the road finishing up a paving job, so I slowly went around them. I parked in some dirt near an apartment complex. A worker in a steamroller gave me the OK to park there after I asked if I’d be in his way. I told him I was just photographing the buildings, so he told me about the houses on the opposite side of the street from us. An artist-architect built them decades ago. The worker said people suggested I go up the stone walkway as it offers a better view. (See previous post for more on that)
     
    I went up the walkway to see if I could find the spot where the buildings lined up. It wasn’t really working out up here (power-lines in the way), so I carefully stepped back across the stone built ledge, that extended down to the street 12 feet below.
     
    After getting back on the sidewalk, I walked up the road slow as can be until the towers lined up as they were before. I thought it was neat and I’m curious if they were built that way on purpose.

    What do you think about this set?