4.22.13_The Bullitt

I made this first sketch of the Bullitt Building on July 29th, 2012 from the rooftop of our condo at 14th & Pine while it was still under construction. I no longer have this view of the Bullitt because a new apartment building has risen to hide it. 

This week The Greenest Commercial Building in the world http://bullittcenter.org/ had it's grand opening! It is fun to look at with all it's crazy angles, glass and solar panels. I made this sketch in the morning before crowds were lined up to get in for the open house. I feel certain it won't be the last time I draw this structure.

4.13.13

The 39th World Wide Sketch Crawl was on Saturday. A cold and windy Saturday, surely there must be some adage about "cold hands, fast drawing". There are a lot of really nice trees in this shopping center and I wasn't the only one who was drawn to this corridor. It was too chilly to stay out for long so I found a not so busy corner at Starbucks to draw looking out the window for my second University Village sketch.

Upon returning to the hill a friend and I got together for a sketch at Bill's Off Broadway, this was my second sketch there, this one from the inside, I scored a really great seat at the end of the bar. The cook told us that the building will be coming down in August, and the owner is slated to reopen at the same location when the construction is done. 

3.29.13

 I set out on this day to make a drawing of Bill's Off Broadway in my ongoing quest to draw as many old Capitol Hill structures as I can before they all morph into something "New and Improved". I grabbed a slice at Hot Mama's Pizza @ Pine & Boylston before tackling Bill's and was intrigued by the little market across the street. This is my first sketch of Bill's from Pine & Harvard.