The Near South Side

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Valentines Day.

 

 This is my attempt at crafting. One of my sisters who seems to be the crafty one in the family roped me into coming over one day to make mesh wreaths. I am not a real big fan of mesh wreaths but went anyway. My creation will hang on the front door at least until next week...

We are having beautiful weather, so Tom and I took a drive around town today. Very cold weather is headed our way next week and there is even talk of snow. 

We hadn’t been over to the near south side of town in a while so we scouted around there.This area was a very desired location to build  luxury homes back in the late 19th century. Then, it was followed by a time of old homes being torn down and warehouses popping up. It was also a  pretty undesirable part of town. Very few of the old mansions are left  standing. This one seems to be some sort of business. Everywhere you look there are modern condos and apartments being built,

 due to the  neighborhood’s proximity to downtown, which  is why it is called the near south side .

A group of attorneys renovated this one for their offices.:

This one is also a business. I am going to have to look up The Center for  Healing  Arts and let you know what that means? Or do you already know?

I hopped out to take a picture of this pretty old church and was surprised by the sign. Guess it has become a law office as well.. 

Heading back west we stopped at the University book shop to buy Tom a baseball cap. He always has a cap on his head so they wear out pretty  quickly. A final stop for an 🍦 and we are home for the day...Heading out on a short trip tomorrow...more on that later.