Brian,  Beautiful pictures...I recognize the Greist Building...at least I think it is the one in the bottom photo. Very pretty architecture~the brick tower next to the Greist Building (in the second and third photos from the bottom) particularly caught my eye.

My Stepmother is a retired teacher and is now a well-known artist (beautiful watercolours) in this area. Three of her paintings were just accepted to the Belleville Art Association's juried exhibition called Up and Away...they are on display in the library. Two of them are paintings she did on her recent trip to Sicily and one is of a local barn.

One of her paintings called 'Maple Leaves'.....

I took art all through school alongside my sciences and have decided to take it back up this fall by joining a local watercolour class....especially so that I can paint some of the beautiful old houses and buildings in my area.

thanks for writing these posts where you take the reader on tours of your local area, Brian.....they're very enjoyable and the pictures enable the reader to feel as though they are right there touring with you.

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Jo