Thanks for looking. Sorry to hear that your Highland Park is all
asphalt and concrete but there's gotta be some photo ops in and around
those Chinese restaurants. I haven't been to Long Beach in many years.
Probably to see the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose the last time I
was there. That will date the trip since I know the Spruce Goose is
long gone. My memories of Long Beach even when I lived in So. Cal as a
kid some 48 years ago was that it was covered with oil rigs.
Our Highland Park also has an old but restored carousel. I'll have to
check for photos. Actually there are 6 restored carousels in the area
and we are sort of famous for that. From Wikipedia on carousels:
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Binghamton, New York is considered the "Carousel Capital of the World"
due to the six original carousels in the Triple Cities area, donated by
George F. Johnson, owner of the Endicott-Johnson Company early in the
20th century. These Carousels were donated with the express stipulation
that they would never charge admission for anyone to ride them.
Apparently when Mr. Johnson was a child he was frequently too poor to
ride the local carousel and he vowed this would never happen to another
child in the area. The carousel at the Ross park zoo in Binghamton, NY
does charge admission (kind-of) as it requires the child to drop one
piece of litter found in the park into a trash barrel in order to ride.
This is all written on a plaque at the entrance to the carousel.
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Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> What a collection of beautiful shots. How lucky to have such a pretty
> park nearby. Our Highland Park is all asphalt, concrete, old stucco
> buildings and many, may Chinese restaurants.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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> On / September 29, 2007 CE, at 5:08 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> I finally got off my duff and went out for a walk this afternoon to
>> introduce a couple of old Zuikos to the new neighborhood. I took the
>> 24/2.8, the 50/1.8 (one of them anyhow) and the 85/2. The 85/2 did
>> most
>> of the work. I tried the 50/1.8 once but it came up short on the
>> width
>> and so I took the last few shots with the 24/2.8. A big change from
>> automation and taking pictures of people. Oh, yeah, Canyon 5D film
>> souped in CS3. It's nice to work with the late afternoon sun.
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/highland_park/>
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