Garner police station, town hall in photogenic buildings on 7th Avenue

Flanking the Southeast Regional Library in Garner, N.C., profiled in a post here yesterday, are two government buildings -- the police department and town hall.

Each has a striking architecture for the function they provide, but the police station (shown in the photo leading off the post) more so than the town hall -- at least, that's what I thought considering their respective function. I didn't make it inside the police department, but I did walk through town hall.

As usual, to pull up a larger, sharper version of an image, simply click on the picture. This is particularly important if you access the blog from a mobile device. To see a full gallery of my images of the police station, click on this link. If you want to see a full gallery of images of the shoot from town hall, click on this link. 

Photo geek stuff: I shot all these pictures with my Canon 6D and Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD lens equipped with a polarizing filter. I made three exposures of each composition for later melding into one frame using Photomatix high-dynamic range (HDR) software.

Above and below: Two more perspectives of the police station exterior. 

Above and next two below are compositions using the side stairwell and wheelchair ramp as elements for lines, shadows and patterns. 

Above: There is ample parking for all three facilities -- the police station, the library and town hall -- in a municipal lot immediately behind the library. This view is from the police station stairs.

TOWN HALL

Above is what you see if you approach town hall from the library side. Fortunately, there is a sign by the road that identifies it as town hall. But if there were no sign, one might wonder if this stately structure could possibly be a town hall. The two photos immediately below provide closer and different perspectives of the exterior. The third photo below is a closeup of the flagpole.

Inside town hall, I came across the council chambers (above), the main lobby (first below), a pattern composition from the stairwell between floors (second below), a pattern composition from a light fixture on the second floor (third below) and a pattern composition of the front doors as seen from the second floor.

Places to sit outside the main doors (above) and park your bike and/or drop off a payment (below).