Up The Flagpole

Pittsburgh’s courthouse is a jewel of a building. It looks both out of place amongst the more modern structures as well as right at home in the 200 year old city of bridges. Completed in 1883, the Allegheny County Courthouse is considered among the finest representations of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture. I took advantage of a cloudless blue sky to capture the courthouse in a unique way. I crossed Grant St. and climbed into the median to get a better angle. I tossed on my ultrawide lens to get the entire building in my shot and when I looked through the viewfinder I was pleasantly surprised to see a flagpole curving into the frame. The flag and eagle on top sold me immediately. I loved the inclusion of it and how it broke the negative space between the buildings.