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In Savannah
On Abercorn Street
Forsyth Park as seen by a passing off-course albatross :)
The Armstrong Mansion, Italianate Renaissance style bulit in 1916; it served as a junior college for its first thirty years and was later seen in the Clint Eastwood movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Comer House built in 1880, was owned by a railway president who hosted Jefferson Davis in 1886
Ready for a nostalgic train ride on the Orange Blossom Special?
The surrey with the fringe on top heading to Oklahoma
Leo used to provide store security here (seen on sunny day from ground level and on cloudy day from 11th floor)
London's most famous bridge
Authorities keep an eye on the photographer from across the pond
Chelsea Harbour from above; boats can access marina at high tide
Baker Street Underground station (10 platforms)
Tower of London, begun 1078
District Line heading east
Pump and pub commemorate how in the 1800s Dr John Snow suggested that the original water pump here contributed to a cholera epidemic (handle was removed until epidemic ended)
Sad Eyes, London Clowns Gallery, 2 Cumberland Close, near Dalston Junction station
Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Leeds in West Yorkshire, England was once a wool-trading town; this very interesting building in Leeds, built in the 1800s, has a dome design based on the Bourse de commerce of Paris (commodities exchange); this Leeds building once served as a corn exchange but now serves independent retailers and food outlets
Corner location in Leeds should bring in business
Things are a little different here in Los Angeles
Santa Monica Pier
Los Angeles robin on bench
This is the way to view the race (notice the well-mannered dog in the front seat)
“Da da da, di-di-di, di-di-di, da da da daaa! … Da da da, di-di-di, di-di-di, da da da daaa!”
AND THE HORSES ARE ON THE TRACK!!!
“AND THEY’RE OFF! … GAL FRIDAY JUMPS OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD, FOLLOWED CLOSELY
BY NOT-FOR-HIRE, WITH NONCHALANT RUNNING THIRD! … AS THEY PASS THE QUARTER POLE,
GAL FRIDAY NOW OPENS UP A TWO-LENGTH LEAD. NONCHALALANT MOVES TO SECOND POSITION
WHILE NOT-FOR HIRE IS FADING FAST INTO THE PACK! …”
And the winner is ...
Landing in New York
View from Hoboken, NJ on Hudson River with an excellent view of the New York Skyline
This year's Christmas card picture
Upside down message as seen from one side (two silhouetted people stand reading message)
Two stony surfaces in Central Park, one natural one constructed
Egret and turtle in lower pond
Day looking like night
Just the right moment
Hikers behind back view of Boathouse Restaurant
Unionized sea-Lions at zoo entrance demanding more fish as salary for their services :)
Bench sitter
Shop clerk at Chelsea Market on a sad day
Colorful day
Zoltar knows all (East Village life-sized currency operated sidewalk machine-man in case)
I bought a ticket to sail on this tall ship at South Street Seaport
Passing eagle’s view next to the Seine
Gare de Lyon in Paris
A bit of the Seine near Notre Dame
False front on Rue de Lyon
Relax on the Seine
Barge on the Seine
Hotel Corail where I stayed; sandwicherie where I had breakfasts
On the Left Bank
School of design
Near Versailles train station
An interior view of Musée du Louvre
In Norfolk, VA: USS Wisconsin, Iowa-class battleship (nickname Wisky) was launched on December 7 1943; the ship is now owned by Norfolk, VA, but it must not be altered in any way that would impair its military utility; it must be preserved in its present condition; and spare parts and unique equipment such as the 16 inch gun barrels and projectiles must be preserved in adequate numbers to support Wisconsin, if reactivated
No it's nearby Virginia Beach in early April
Flying is important in this neck of the woods
Virginia Beach horses allowed in fall, winter, and spring
Just a bit of the sun coming up
Late afternoon sun in both pictures
Photographer lands at Toronto, Canada
Canada Life 'Beaux Arts' building opened in 1931
At a Toronto playground: "You can do it; I just did it"
One corner in downtown Charleston
Color abounds in late afternoon
Historical landmark
Someone has to take a nap even on a busy day
Boardwalk on Myrtle Beach SC
Under the pier
Beachfront entrance to my hotel
Broadway at the Beach WonderWorks after a storm :)
Nearby and ready to dig for clams?
"Hear ye, hear ye!" roars a sea lion at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
Up the hill in a cable car
Some of the streets of San Francisco
The bay from high on Golden Gate Bridge
One of the sights from the bridge, The Presidio
Man escaping from Alcatraz, heading under the bridge! :)
Alcatraz in background
A very nice airport at Gainesville, FL
City gives photographer a courtesy flight from airport to his hotel downtown :)
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Photographer arrives at downtown accommodations
On Main Street
U.S. National Register of Historic Places: Gainesville Masonic Lodge No. 41
Near the university?
Apartment house backyard
You might get this one for a good price
Thank you for the thought
The Seaboard Air Line ran from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with longtime rival Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The main line ran from Richmond Virginia to Miami. One of its many stations was at Gainseville
Two historic buildings in Hamilton, a beautiful harbour city and capital of Bermuda
Local ferry stop at Salt Kettle, a small peninsula in Paget Parish at the southern approach to Hamilton Harbour. Salt Kettle was the subject of several important paintings by American artist Winslow Homer.
Cruise ship Liberty of the Seas
During the War of 1812, a British fleet sailed from The Royal Navel Dockyard on a mission to Washington. Over the years, the warships that sailed from here included the tall masted man-of-war, the ironclad, the steam-driven dreadnought, and the diesel-turbine frigate. Today we see giant cruise ships
The seaside Town of St. George was settled in 1612 at the northeastern end of Bermuda. It may be the oldest continuously-inhabited English town in the New World. Pleasure boats from far away places arriving in Bermuda must check in with the dockmaster in one of the buildings at the far left and go through customs.
The stocks are adjustable wooden structures with holes for securing an offending person's hands and head, or feet; used today only for rowdy tourists :)
Rescue ship The Deliverence. The first British to get to Bermuda were shipwrecked and stayed for nine months, constructing two small rescue ships, Patience and Deliverance; they then set sail for Virginia on 10 May 1610.
Someone has to know the way across the river
New Orleans streetcar named Canal
Hotel named Desire
Wild times at Rick's
Optical-Illusion
Nice way to arrive at Greenport, Long Island
Next to Shelter Island ferry terminal, Greenport
Golden glow
Lawn Butterflies in Westhampton
International boundary near Cold Spring Harbor railroad station (Suffolk County, Woodbury Road and East Gate Drive)
T Roosevelt wind power to fill water tank on roof of main house, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay
Leaving Sagamore Hill
First stop Bayville beach house (photo edited to make waves)
The waiting room at St. James Station in Suffolk County; this is the second oldest station on the Long Island Rail Road, erected in 1873
Keeping warm in winter the old fashioned way!
Welcome to Cradle of Aviation Museum
They all want to see planes like this
Three ways to travel at the Aviation Museum in Garden City (this car British in style)
Forest Hills station, Westbound platform to Manhattan
Forest Park, Queens has had this Muller brothers carousel since 1903
Forest Park is run from the Overlook building, shown here at Christmas
Everyone in the park was talking next morning about the snow storm
Photographer's imaginary cottage in remote area of Forest Park
Was a factory; now an expensive apartment that might still display four clocks to the Brooklyn neighborhood
Not far from my hotel in Nashville
Guess who?
One of the best, guitarist Chet Atkins
Famous Studio B, Music Row in Nashville
Art in the streets of Music Row
View of American Falls in foreground and the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls in background
Looking over sidewalk-railing at Horseshoe Falls
Seen from above
Once a power generating station set just below the falling water, built in 1904
Maid of the Mist bravely heading forward toward impressive Horseshoe Falls
Very close view of Canadian side
Mad scientist out to get the Falls to flow upward?
Two well-known icons on Canadian side
Halifax landmarks clock tower and round church
They came to Halifax from "beneath" the sea ...
... and now they're raiding the casino on the right! :)
View from photographer's hotel window
Checking in at the Commons Inn
A cold wind blows along Elm Street tonight
Stop! That tickles
Scary Crow
The Halloween parade on Elm Street attracted many onlookers with hoots, and howls
Perplexed
The Luxor Hotel
The Excalibur Hotel
The Grand Canyon, a several-hour drive from Las Vegas
The immense rocky Grand Canyon; the fall for those foolish people is a mile down
Life-sized cardboard cutouts behind store window
Canine bellhop
At a secret location known only to cats and the photographer
Small high-wheel (penny-farthing) bicycle
Graceful front-window neon dancer promoting shoe store
Famous store-window dogs
Times Square denizens
Cigar seller
Four riders
Opposites attract
What can I get you?
..
Off to the races!
Lost burden
The world needs more cheese!
Here's today's specials
Some service please!
Biggest yawn in the world
Dangerous nature of undercover surveillance
Out on the town
Water carrier
On the way to my hotel at St Augustine
Ponce de Leon, arrives in 1513, still guarding Fountain he searched for
Sleeping accommodations more than four centuries ago, bedding stuffed with Spanish Moss
PIRATES!
Walking past the hotel I DIDN'T stay at
Houses with character
Still standing because it has historical significance
The bells of Key Largo
Who knows what evil lurks in the mist just ahead?
Where oh where can this be?
Still life
"Heart of glass" girl
Early 1950s Studebaker with panoramic back window?
Capitol Building
1920s mail truck with Navy ad
How the mail was carried long ago
Union Station ceiling
Roman soldiers guarding Union Station
Fair skies today in the medieval market town of Shakespeare's birth
Photographer arrives by train
First stop is at the Stratford Butterfly Farm
Then on to Shakespeare's house on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Bard of Avon
Is Stratford-upon-Avon Station an active portal between two parallel universes, one a mirror of the other?
If true, you start on the left side and walk facing forward upstairs. Then you walk facing backward downstairs on the right. To return, you walk facing backward upstairs on the right and walk facing forward downstairs on the left.
Imagine what other things go on in the universe on the right side!
Atlantic City gull admires hotel bedding
Did you say you were interested in a steak?
Arriving at New London, CT railroad station
Shore Line East Railroad and Amtrak share this historic station
Whale theme fountain in front of the station
Across the square
Citizen's Bank
Perry Pond
Ferry from New London arrives at Block Island 30 miles off shore
For walkers only!
Turnstile seemingly without a function
The beach on Block Island
Southern most point of the High Line Park trestle in West Village, NY
View from High Line Park toward Hudson River
Trees now grow where freight trains used to run
High Line skating rink and unusual support 5 degrees off plumb
A nostalgic storefront
West Side Yards of Long Island Rail Road abut High Line walkway
The New York Subway Museum is in an old subway station (actually it's called the Transit Museum)
The NYC Subway Museum lives at the old Court Street station in Brooklyn
On the left is an "iron maiden" with coin slot, used to collect fares at unstaffed entrances; they were placed between floor-to-ceiling see-through gate barriers and were the only way to get to the trains; alongside them were similarly secure high-exit turnstiles that only rotate outward for passengers exiting the station
Subway train signal
Feel free to enter and sit in a 1920s subway car
Easier to walk between cars
Model of one of the old "el" trains on either 9th, 6th, 3rd, or 2nd Avenues
Cars still have original ads; Standard Oil doesn't exist today
Patriotism mixed with product promotion during WW2
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The Seaboard Air Line ran from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with longtime rival Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The main line ran from Richmond Virginia to Miami. One of its many stations was at Gainseville
Two historic buildings in Hamilton, a beautiful harbour city and capital of Bermuda
Local ferry stop at Salt Kettle, a small peninsula in Paget Parish at the southern approach to Hamilton Harbour. Salt Kettle was the subject of several important paintings by American artist Winslow Homer.
Cruise ship Liberty of the Seas
During the War of 1812, a British fleet sailed from The Royal Navel Dockyard on a mission to Washington. Over the years, the warships that sailed from here included the tall masted man-of-war, the ironclad, the steam-driven dreadnought, and the diesel-turbine frigate. Today we see giant cruise ships
The seaside Town of St. George was settled in 1612 at the northeastern end of Bermuda. It may be the oldest continuously-inhabited English town in the New World. Pleasure boats from far away places arriving in Bermuda must check in with the dockmaster in one of the buildings at the far left and go through customs.
The stocks are adjustable wooden structures with holes for securing an offending person's hands and head, or feet; used today only for rowdy tourists :)
Rescue ship The Deliverence. The first British to get to Bermuda were shipwrecked and stayed for nine months, constructing two small rescue ships, Patience and Deliverance; they then set sail for Virginia on 10 May 1610.
Someone has to know the way across the river
New Orleans streetcar named Canal
Hotel named Desire
Wild times at Rick's
Optical-Illusion
Nice way to arrive at Greenport, Long Island
Next to Shelter Island ferry terminal, Greenport
Golden glow
Lawn Butterflies in Westhampton
International boundary near Cold Spring Harbor railroad station (Suffolk County, Woodbury Road and East Gate Drive)
T Roosevelt wind power to fill water tank on roof of main house, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay
Leaving Sagamore Hill
First stop Bayville beach house (photo edited to make waves)
The waiting room at St. James Station in Suffolk County; this is the second oldest station on the Long Island Rail Road, erected in 1873
Keeping warm in winter the old fashioned way!
Welcome to Cradle of Aviation Museum
They all want to see planes like this
Three ways to travel at the Aviation Museum in Garden City (this car British in style)
Forest Hills station, Westbound platform to Manhattan
Forest Park, Queens has had this Muller brothers carousel since 1903
Forest Park is run from the Overlook building, shown here at Christmas
Everyone in the park was talking next morning about the snow storm
Photographer's imaginary cottage in remote area of Forest Park
Was a factory; now an expensive apartment that might still display four clocks to the Brooklyn neighborhood
Not far from my hotel in Nashville
Guess who?
One of the best, guitarist Chet Atkins
Famous Studio B, Music Row in Nashville
Art in the streets of Music Row
View of American Falls in foreground and the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls in background
Looking over sidewalk-railing at Horseshoe Falls
Seen from above
Once a power generating station set just below the falling water, built in 1904
Maid of the Mist bravely heading forward toward impressive Horseshoe Falls
Very close view of Canadian side
Mad scientist out to get the Falls to flow upward?
Two well-known icons on Canadian side
Halifax landmarks clock tower and round church
They came to Halifax from "beneath" the sea ...
... and now they're raiding the casino on the right! :)
View from photographer's hotel window
Checking in at the Commons Inn
A cold wind blows along Elm Street tonight
Stop! That tickles
Scary Crow
The Halloween parade on Elm Street attracted many onlookers with hoots, and howls
Perplexed
The Luxor Hotel
The Excalibur Hotel
The Grand Canyon, a several-hour drive from Las Vegas
The immense rocky Grand Canyon; the fall for those foolish people is a mile down
Life-sized cardboard cutouts behind store window
Canine bellhop
At a secret location known only to cats and the photographer
Small high-wheel (penny-farthing) bicycle
Graceful front-window neon dancer promoting shoe store
Famous store-window dogs
Times Square denizens
Cigar seller
Four riders
Opposites attract
What can I get you?
Off to the races!
Lost burden
The world needs more cheese!
Here's today's specials
Some service please!
Biggest yawn in the world
Dangerous nature of undercover surveillance
Out on the town
Water carrier
On the way to my hotel at St Augustine
Ponce de Leon, arrives in 1513, still guarding Fountain he searched for
Sleeping accommodations more than four centuries ago, bedding stuffed with Spanish Moss
PIRATES!
Walking past the hotel I DIDN'T stay at
Houses with character
Still standing because it has historical significance
The bells of Key Largo
Who knows what evil lurks in the mist just ahead?
Where oh where can this be?
Still life
"Heart of glass" girl
Early 1950s Studebaker with panoramic back window?
Capitol Building
1920s mail truck with Navy ad
How the mail was carried long ago
Union Station ceiling
Roman soldiers guarding Union Station
Fair skies today in the medieval market town of Shakespeare's birth
Photographer arrives by train
First stop is at the Stratford Butterfly Farm
Then on to Shakespeare's house on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Bard of Avon
Is Stratford-upon-Avon Station an active portal between two parallel universes, one a mirror of the other?
If true, you start on the left side and walk facing forward upstairs. Then you walk facing backward downstairs on the right. To return, you walk facing backward upstairs on the right and walk facing forward downstairs on the left.
Imagine what other things go on in the universe on the right side!
Atlantic City gull admires hotel bedding
Did you say you were interested in a steak?
Arriving at New London, CT railroad station
Shore Line East Railroad and Amtrak share this historic station
Whale theme fountain in front of the station
Across the square
Citizen's Bank
Perry Pond
Ferry from New London arrives at Block Island 30 miles off shore
For walkers only!
Turnstile seemingly without a function
The beach on Block Island
Southern most point of the High Line Park trestle in West Village, NY
View from High Line Park toward Hudson River
Trees now grow where freight trains used to run
High Line skating rink and unusual support 5 degrees off plumb
A nostalgic storefront
West Side Yards of Long Island Rail Road abut High Line walkway
The New York Subway Museum is in an old subway station (actually it's called the Transit Museum)
The NYC Subway Museum lives at the old Court Street station in Brooklyn
On the left is an "iron maiden" with coin slot, used to collect fares at unstaffed entrances; they were placed between floor-to-ceiling see-through gate barriers and were the only way to get to the trains; alongside them were similarly secure high-exit turnstiles that only rotate outward for passengers exiting the station
Subway train signal
Feel free to enter and sit in a 1920s subway car
Easier to walk between cars
Model of one of the old "el" trains on either 9th, 6th, 3rd, or 2nd Avenues
Cars still have original ads; Standard Oil doesn't exist today
Patriotism mixed with product promotion during WW2
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