beautiful downtown anchorage

[cleofus1]

the performing arts center...la de fucking da....

[cleofus1]

1. liberal theatre downtown

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear cleofus1!

This is an excellent picture!

Interesting architecture.......

Which building is it?

:hi:

[cleofus1]

3. the anchorage performing arts theatre

i think man of la mancha is playing now....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Very cool!

I like it!

:hi:

[cleofus1]

49. ooops...error in fact...

the performing arts CENTER...built during the oil boom years, it is a venue for theatre and performing arts...

[cleofus1]

5. from the parking garage roof

[lizziegrace]

6. Enjoying your new camera?

:hi:

[cleofus1]

7. i love it...

still trying to figure out how to use it...

[lizziegrace]

8. The photos are great.

Anchorage looks like a nice city.

:hi:

[cleofus1]

9. the official starting line of the iditarod

[cleofus1]

10. downtown tourist traps....buy your carharts here

[cleofus1]

11. the panhandle bar

[cleofus1]

12. upscale drinkery

[cleofus1]

13. famous theatre

[bridgit]

14. i like the clean lines, the space inside looks like it would be spacious..

[cleofus1]

15. thanks for all the comments!

here's another vista...hilton on cook inlet with a wonderful view of the fuel dump...

[cleofus1]

16. the chugach mountains

sometimes i think alaska is mostly sky

[leeroysphitz]

24. Wow. Now that's a view.

If Alaska is mostly sky then at least it's a laughing sky. :)

[cleofus1]

17. famous local cartoonist chad carpenter...does "tundra"

[cleofus1]

18. view from the 5th avenue mall

[wildhorses]

20. thank you for posting these and I am glad to see you are

enjoying the new camera. For some reason that "upscale drinkery" reminds of the bar from Northern Exposed... and it is sad to see the shot of all that beautiful scenery and to realize that it is where the oil dump is...
:hi:

[cleofus1]

21. thank you

as always you have some kind and thoughtful observations...

[cleofus1]

19. another view of the hilton

[cleofus1]

22. 4th avenue

[Heidi]

23. Was that photo taken

with your new D50? :thumbsup:

[cleofus1]

28. yes

in auto mode tho

[u4ic]

25. Thanks for the pics, cleofus!

But where are all the igloos? ;-):D

[cleofus1]

29. it's

in the back of my SUV...we keeps cold drinks in there...

[swag]

26. Thanks for the set of great pics.

And I'm sure I'll draw some wrath, but Anchorage looks like some well-buffed purgatory with gorgeous sky and natural surroundings.

Am I way off base here?

[cleofus1]

30. the only worse place i've been too

was indianapolis...

the best part about anchorage is that is very close to alaska

[Broken_Hero]

27. Nice....

whats so la de fucking da about it?

[cleofus1]

31. rich people go there

for thee a tur...

and to go see roving irish dancers and stuff...you know poor people don't go to the performing arts center...

[Broken_Hero]

33. Sorry

is it like a big stage, or auditorium then? Never been there, nor seen it until tonight.

[Kool Kitty]

34. My sister lived in Anchorage for a couple of years in the

1980s. We went to visit her and I loved Alaska. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos.

[cleofus1]

35. lots of good people live here

not so much different than a lot of different towns...glad you like the pics

[cleofus1]

32. another glass tribute to oil money

kinda pretty tho

[cleofus1]

36. more of 4th avenue

[cleofus1]

37. more downtown architecture

i went inside this building on a field trip with my son and daughters elementary school classes...

[cleofus1]

38. view from the top of the 5th avenue mall parking garage

[cleofus1]

39. another vista from purgatory....

[cleofus1]

40. there was some women reading poetry out loud in this cafe

[cleofus1]

41. in a window off 4th avenue

[cleofus1]

42. hey wanna buy some authentic native art?

[cleofus1]

43. older downtown architecture

[cleofus1]

44. we love our dogs

[cleofus1]

45. this is how the day began

[cleofus1]

46. and this is how it ends...goodnight

[cleofus1]

47. actually this more of a typical alaskan end

[wildhorses]

48. bwhahaaahahaha

:rofl:more great photos:thumbsup:thanks:hi: