Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Frank, and I hope you fill us in about the joy the little one you were able to adopt. Thanks for the further information on the building. Just from these two days I wouldn't have believed this was an "iffy" area after dark with all the restaurants and upscale apartments. But I was sure to walk my wife back from the convention center. I'm sorry I missed you but another time, I'm certain. Best! Adam On 2/23/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > Sorry we missed you.... obviously your photography did not suffer! Great > shot! > > About the location.... go back 25-30 years ago..... > > We are in Long Beach taking a test to be adoptive parents.... we get sent > to > THIS building to do some interviews. At the time, it was occupied by State > and local bureaucrats of all types. Location is 1 block form the ocean, > and > in a neighborhood that is best described as ... bad. The back side ( which > goes down, maybe 2 stories, is full of tattoo parlors and 15 cent beer > bars.... It was a Navy dock town, with attendant "entertainment". > > Neighborhood has gotten a lot better in the past 5-8 years. Still not a > place to go walking around after sundown.....especially with a fancy > camera....The building also looks better with a coat of paint... > > Yes, we got our little darling... > I have a lot of emotions about this building, not all of them good. But > that is a story for another day..... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/23/_L3U9540.jpg> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >