New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento

We spent New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento for Sacramento’s first ball drop. I took this photo from the balcony of our hotel room at the Hyatt. I love the way the lights interact with the fog; it gave the city a very “Gotham” look.

CalSTRS' New HQ

I took this picture of the new CalSTRS building back in March but didn’t get around to doing anything with it till now. The picture was taken from the bank of the Sacramento River in Old Sacramento.

Smokey City

The smokey skies of Downtown Sacramento looking west from 801 K Street. The smoke is due to wild fires in the area.

New Reflections

The U.S. Bank Tower at 621 Capitol Mall reflected in the glass of the building at 555 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA.

Moon Construction

The Moon over West Sacramento, CA. The photo was shot from the east bank of the Sacramento River in Sacramento, CA

Setting The Sun

Even construction equipment can be beautiful with the right background.

Designed by architect Ed Kado, the Bank of the West Tower is being built by Tskakopoulos Investments. When completed it will be a 25-story structural steel frame high-rise in downtown Sacramento with a 10-level, 800 stall parking garage. The building consists of a 3-story grand entrance lobby, ground floor retail, office space, and a 2-level penthouse restaurant and meeting facility. Represents one of the tallest office towers in Sacramento's Capitol Mall.

Location: 500 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA

K Street at Night

K Street Mall Sacramento, CA, taken from the Downtown Plaza Mall. St Rose of Lima park, with it's ice skating rink, is on the left. St Rose of Lima Station (light rail) is in the center. The tall building left of center is the Renaissance Tower at 8th and K.

Christmas at the Capitol

The California State Capitol building with the Christmas tree and menorah. This shot is a perfect example of why I need a tripod.

Capture the Clouds, Part 2

The building that dominates the left side of the picture is the U.S. Bank Tower, a 25-story office tower developer David Taylor is building at 621 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA. The new and the old Sacramento are visible on this image. I like how the new building reflects the old.

How do I get to ... ?

One of the nice things about Downtown Sacramento is the signing. There are signs everywhere telling how to get to the capitol, Old Sac, the freeways, etc. This might be going a little too far though.

Capture the Clouds

Capture the Clouds
Originally uploaded by liozzi

This is a nice addition to Sacramento's skyline. I love how the building has more clouds than the visible sky.

Unidentified Stationary Object

There are many of these round chunks of concrete around Sacramento. What they are and why they are there I don't know.

Smokey Water

The American River less than 100 yards downstream of a railroad bridge fire in Sacramento, CA.

Southport Sunset

I saw a beautiful sunset this evening and had to take some pictures.

Sacramento Ruins

I Street Bridge

Sacramento has three bridges crossing the Sacramento River downtown; two of them are drawbridges. The Tower Bridge opens via the center span rising. Not two sides of it tilting upwards, the entire center span lifts as one piece. I’ve seen this many times. The I street bridge rotates 90°. This I had not seen, until Monday. It was an interesting sight.