Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the blue sky, but don't care for the fountain. Technically, a nice image. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/23/2015 7:34 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > A year or so ago, I posted a photo essay on California Avenue, a secondary > business district that is about a mile south of downtown Palo Alto. > > The city fathers, in their wisdom, have spent a couple of years revamping > this street. They imbedded glass chips in the sidewalks to give a festive > effect, and until some of it was redone, had some dangerous bits of > sharpness protruding. They loused up parking in the area for two years. > And, curses, they replaced a lovely spouting fountain, possibly because it > was a lure to pranksters who liked to pour blue dye into it. > > The replacement is hyped as a unique sculpture, in that it ?works? whether > or not water is flowing. I no like! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1000258.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1000258.jpg.html> > > Please look ?large?. > > Herb > > > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >