Paths of light: night photos under the library dome.
View of the lit dome of San Diego’s downtown library, seen from the 9th floor at night.
Yesterday evening after work I walked a bit in the darkness. The air was cool, downtown was quieting. I was drawn to the San Diego Central Library, and of course I had to ascend to the 9th floor. Few others were about. I lingered high above the city, outside under the lattice steel dome. I watched small trolleys slip past below. A thousand distant lights stretched toward the South Bay. The world seemed remote. Paths of gentle light were traced above, around and below. I seemed to float in a swirled galaxy; but I saw no stars.
Inside a glowing steel lattice. The new library’s dome in the past couple years has become a distinctive feature of San Diego’s skyline.Gazing through the unique dome toward the 12th and Imperial Transit Center’s clock tower.Nine stories below, a trolley heads north into the heart of East Village.Looking down into the large reading room of the San Diego Central Library after dark. Under the dome, people were quietly studying, or just gazing out into the nighttime.Meshed paths of light seem to radiate like a halo from the top of San Diego’s amazing downtown library.
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18 thoughts on “Paths of light: night photos under the library dome.”
I’ve got lots of fond library memories. When I was in middle school, I worked in the local library as a page. It was like tending a quiet magical place, and my job felt very important.
Wow! The San Diego library is spectacular!
It certainly is! And it’s jammed with cool stuff–galleries, labs, community meeting rooms, even a school!
Amazing. Libraries have become community centers and that makes them even better.
With the digital revolution, they’ve had to transform. More than half of books sold today are e-books and the trend will no doubt continue.
It will continue. You see it everywhere,but certain books must be maintain.
Words are immortal.
And in some cases…priceless.
Enjoy your day.
You, too!
Lovely photos. I’m so grateful for libraries.
I’ve got lots of fond library memories. When I was in middle school, I worked in the local library as a page. It was like tending a quiet magical place, and my job felt very important.
Did you check out the Old Town procession on Monday?
Nope…no energy.
They were in the process of getting a new library when we moved, this is incredible! Thanks for posting this!
Sure thing! It turned out pretty good!
i love libraries. outstanding photos.
Thanks! My camera doesn’t usually do well at night, but these came out okay. My daytime photos in other blog posts show much more of the library.
Magic, especially the last photo
Thanks!