Occupy Snow in Fort Wayne

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Occupy Fort Wayne protesters left their message in this snowbank at the corner of Main Street and Clinton Street in front of the Allen County Courthouse. The sign says: "Congress, Only the 99 Percent can win you job security. Start listening."

There were several snowmen built nearby. I'll be posting photographs of them after I finish editing them.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I made this photograph last night a few minutes after photographing the snow pile.

The American flag flies atop the Lincoln Tower in downtown Fort Wayne on a foggy night. The twenty-two story office building, completed in 1930, was the first skyscraper in Indiana, and it remained the tallest building in the state until a taller office tower was built in Indianapolis in 1962.

It was originally the headquarters of Lincoln National Bank (now part of Wells Fargo), and is now home to another locally owned bank, Tower Bank. There are now two taller bank towers in Fort Wayne, both soul-less and modern in appearance.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Occupy Fort Wayne protesters built this snowman wearing a Guy Fawkes mask at the corner of Main Street and Clinton Street in front of the Allen County Courthouse. The Lincoln Tower is visible through the fog in the background. I made this photograph last night.

 

[jwc57]

I like'em all, especially the first one.

 

[seakayaker1]

Very nice photographs, number three with the snowman, lights, court house and the tower with the flag on top is my favorite.

. . . . . the second one is very nice but I might have cropped the bottom and perhaps a section above the flag to bring the lighted tower with flag more to the foreground.

Thanks for posting.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Thanks guys, I like the third one best too. Here's the last one:

This little American Flag was on the ground in front of a bunch of snowmen built by Occupy Fort Wayne protesters on the Courthouse Green along Main Street. I think it had been in the hand of one of the snowmen, but someone had knocked it down.