Nevada's elegant state capitol, part 2

The capitol grounds in Carson City are stunning! I have been on the grounds of nine state capitol plazas and the one in Carson City is my favorite. The capitol is nearly hidden behind all of the trees that are on the plaza. It is a veritable forest right in the middle of Carson City. The trees represent many different types and were donated by people, businesses or schools. Next to each tree is a small, concrete plaque that looks like a small headstone that indicates what type of tree it is, when it was planted and what county it came from. There are also a few trees that originally grew on the plaza when it was first set aside. There is also a double sidewalk that leads from Carson Street to the front porch of the building and the space between the two sidewalks is full of different types of flowers. There are so many trees on the plaza that it is hard to take a picture of the building! When I sat at a red light next to the capitol and I was facing the capitol, I could barely see the building! All I could see was about three feet of one of the Doric columns. There are a couple of places to stand on the capitol grounds where a person can take a decent picture of the building, but that picture would only be of the middle part of the front side of the building. The ends of the buildings would still be obscured by trees! I guess the best time to take a picture of the building would be in autumn and winter, when most of the trees have lost their leaves. The evergreen trees on the plaza would still have their leaves, though.
If a person goes a few blocks from the capitol in any direction, all he or she would see is the silver dome and the top of the white tower that supports it! That is all I could see from my motel room on the south side of town.
The capitol underwent an extensive rehabilitation from 1977 to 1981 to make it earthquake proof and fire proof. There is one result of that rehabilitation that I do not like and that is the fact that the original dome, which was made of pure silver, was replaced by a fiberglass dome that is painted silver. It is six-sided and looks like the original dome in all respects except that it is made out of fiberglass.