Another skyway adventure was had. This time we went to the Government Center and then ended up in City Hall across the street. I discovered the sub level of the Government Center one day when i had to get my license tabs renewed. After going down two flights of single-wide escalators there is a long hallway that ends in what appears to be a waterfall. I discovered later that this waterfall is actually the result of a never-ending fountain above ground.
My original intent was to go through a gallery displaying artwork from the epilepsy foundation. Unfortunately i waited too long. My friend was telling me that her husband told her that he used to sit in a tunnel between the government center and city hall and collected ballots. So, we decided to look for the tunnel. Lo and behold, we found it. As soon as we the doors shut, we felt like we were in a soundproof room. It was eerily quiet. As we walked to the other end of the tunnel i looked up and saw the statue of Hubert H. Humphrey. We had just walked underneat the light rail tracks...
At some point, i looked up to see the ceiling shown above.
We were now in City Hall and this is what i saw. Kind of funny how the place was painted as i didn't feel like it would be the correct colors for the era the building was built. I like how there was a globe to show floor one. On the second floor there were two globes. We didn't make it up to third to confirm what the globes would look like.
Here is a hallway. Again, not the color scheme i expected.
I thought this was interesting. The banister on the stairwell has amazing detail. I'm surprised it's not worn down from people touching it. Stayed tuned for more pictures. I was completely blown away that all of this existed and i never knew it. It was great fun.
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