Choir Window Epiphany

I was in the alley between Columbia Photo and the church on Ninth street when I heard music.  Not from a stereo or a club, but coming from beneath the ground.  Somewhere beneath my feet a church choir was holding a Wednesday night practice.  I have walked by this window dozens of times, noting the painted music on the panes, but never making the connection.  It was something of a Dickensian moment, to hear choral singing on a January night, too see shadowy figures moving about behind the warmly lit, leaded window panes of a church basement.  All the while sliding slowly down the icy alleyway towards Eighth street.

Sake in Snow

To continue with the haiku theme introduced in the last post, or at least a clumsy attempt at it, here is Tenth Street's Sake in the snow. 

Tiger neon in the snow

The Tiger Hotel sign last week.  One of the icons of downtown.  Haiku-like when it is viewed from a distance, through some snow-covered branches. 

Wabash Station, Tenth Street

Cardinal Points in a Snowstorm-South

Looking south down Eighth Street, towards Jesse Hall, during the snowstorm on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011.  I took four photos from the intersection of Eighth and Locust streets, one for each cardinal direction. 

Cardinal Points in a Snowstorm-East

Looking east up Locust Street, towards central downtown Columbia, on the evening of Wednesday, January 19th, 2011.

Cardinal Points in a Snowstorm-North

Looking north up Eighth Street during the snowstorm on January 19th, 2011. 

Cardinal Points in a Snowstorm-West

Looking west down Locust street on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011.