The Wright Spot

I may have blogged before about our nearest architechtural wonder, the Marin Civic Center. This beautiful and strange building, less than a mile from our house and used as the landmark by which we give directions, was finished in 1959, after its designer, Frank Lloyd Wright, passed away.

The civic center is our county seat, where we go to the library, pay traffic tickets, wait for jury duty, walk the dog, attend the county fair, see performances, and most often, buy our vegetables at the twice-weekly fabulous farmer's market. The building is distinctive due to the bright blue roof top that, viewed from the sky, looks like tinted genetic strands or a very large children's inflatable bouncy toy. There is a large bocce court for the local boules players (of French and Spanish and Basque origins). There is a nice cafeteria that looks out onto a duck pond, where, in the spring, the baby ducklings bob and waddle across the concrete deck. The views of Mt San Pedro from the building are quite fine.

My favorite part of the building is the round windows that nestle up under the eaves. Here is a page of photos, some taken by a kite photographer. I like to imagine the kite bobbing over the hills, scoping out the golden smokestack that rises like a spear, clicking photos as it bisects a V of canada geese that wheel over the pond en route to the marsh and the bay.
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