The Review Tower Photo

Photographer’s Note

I needed to take a break from snow and water photos for a while and practicing taking low light level photos for a while. This is the a photo of The Review Tower of our local news paper called the Spokesman Review. I sharpened this photo by 10% and I also increased the saturation by 10%. The reflection in towers windows is the Federal Courthouse.

From www.discovery-school.org

The Review Tower is historic landmark that was built in 1891 in Spokane. It was the tallest building in the downtown area for 10 years, and has an unusual shape. Under different names the Spokesman Review has been a major newspaper in Spokane and has been located in the Review Tower from 1891 to now, almost 125 years later. The Review Tower is located at the intersection of two downtown streets: Monroe and Riverside. The Review Tower construction began in March 1890 and was completed in October 1891. The architect was Chauncy B. Seeton.

The tower was built following the great fire that burned down many buildings in downtown Spokane. On opening day, 8,000 people came to stare skyward at the tower. The tower was made with a steel structure that would be fireproof. It was concrete and red brick that would not burn.

The upper flowers included living area for the publisher of the Newspaper. The building was to cost $100,000, but ended up costing much more. It was so expensive that the original owners went bankrupt and the new publisher of the newspaper became William Cowles. Members of the Cowles family still publish the newspaper today. In the winter of 1898, the Cowles had a baby girl who lived in the apartment of the tower, where it was very cold. They put their daughter’s basket in the bathtub to avoid the draft

The front entrance of the building has attractive pink and red Tennessee marble. The marble is 395 million years old. Also the walls in the lobby are yellow marble from Italy. The Review Tower is one of the most beautiful buildings in Spokane and it has a very cool shape. The Cowles family has taken good care of this important downtown landmark.

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Nicou (45743) 2009-01-19 0:32

Hello,

Très beau cadrage latéral sur cette tour, l'effet des reflets dans le vitrage est splendidie et donne un effet génail à l'image, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

phwall (5705) 2009-01-19 3:33

Hi Jason,
Good looking building, the hot sky didn't do you any favours but you can't do much about the weather.
Good definition on the building, the shot is sharp and well composed. The colours are great
The spindly branches coming into frame give it a kind of spooky feel.
Well done.
Regards
Peter

rodgerg (25027) 2009-01-19 9:09

Hello Jason,

A very impressive building and a nice view with a good framing ( the tree in the Fg gives an interesting propscet effect. Thanks for the very interesting note too;.
Have a good evening,
Roger

gracious (20017) 2009-01-20 9:14

Hello Jason,
You had a good pov on taking this beautiful architecture with his awesome reflection from the windows, very nice! and also thank you for the informative notes as well!
good sharpness, nice colour and details on the building, but can not do much about the OE over the bluesky that lost a bit of details!
still a great image!
well done
Tony

gunbud (28163) 2009-01-21 8:54

Hi Jason,
Your lovely vertical presentation of this wonderful 19th century Spokane architecture.
The unqiue office windows are seen catching fine reflections from the sky and late day winter light.
Excellent note about the days when they built things to last.
Regards, Tom

denisn72 (7077) 2009-01-21 16:05

Hi Jason
I like the architecture of that building and the reflection on the windows. Good idea to include the branches as a natural framing. Well done!
Best regards
Denis!

jusninasirun (10213) 2009-04-15 8:10

Hi Jason,

You have elected a very good angle in capturing this tower. The twigs making up the frame is like some painting with the tower in good sharp details.

TFS and best regards,
Jusni

anto95 (1820) 2009-05-20 5:53

Hi Jason,
That's one of the pictures I prefer.
The POV and the format are very well chosen.
Antonello