June 25, 2021
Apple Tower Theatre Opening
Yesterday the Apple Store in the Tower Theatre (first in L.A. to be wired for talkies, hosted sneak preview of The Jazz Singer, first in L.A. to be air conditioned, 1927) in downtown Los Angeles opened. The building had been sitting unused since 1988. This certainly seemed like a worthy event to travel to. I've wanted to see the interior of this theater for years, I'd never been to an Apple Store opening, and this one promised to be a bit more than the opening on El Paseo in La Quinta. So I got up early and drove to Rialto to get Metrolink. This is the first time I've tried parking at Rialto and it was totally fine. The parking lots were about three-quarters empty. And, it's not San Bernardino. Metrolink is still requiring masks for everyone on their trains (and even platforms), but they appear to permit eating and drinking on board?!
Union Station is looking pretty nice. I took some shots on film and continued shooting film as I walked to the Apple Store. I got there about 10:30 and the line to enter was not long at all and moved very quickly. They actually did the applause thing as our bunch walked in. And then I switched to my digital camera, because I just wanted to shoot a lot of photos under a wide variety of lighting situations. So I just walked everywhere and took pictures of everything. It was easy to spot Tim Cook - it was like finding the queen bee in a hive. Just look for all the congestion and wiggling abdomens.
Once I felt I had seen and photographed everything, I switched back to my film camera and walked around taking more photos. There's a chance I may have gotten an okay shot of Tim Cook on film...but I'm finding my film predictions are often wildly wrong.
Here's a nice, short article about the store.
Walked back to Union Station, made the train with like five minutes to spare, got to Rialto and the truck was fine and even in the shade!
The complete set of photos (so far) from Apple Tower Theatre is here. And here are some of them:
Apple Tower Theatre shot with my iPhone.
A look down at Tim Cook from the balcony.
They restored the drinking fountains, and they work.
Part of the ceiling over a balcony that overlooks the entrance lobby.
The loftier parts of the entrance lobby.
I can't imagine the theater actually had windows along 8th Street, unless they were just for display cases where they'd put their movie posters. These are hinged, but I don't think you'll find them standing open while the store is operating.
The big, main false skylight. There's another, smaller one over the balcony, mostly obscured in this shot.
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June 23, 2021
Four More In Massachusetts
Somewhere in Boston, 1983.
Gate of Heaven Roman Catholic church in South Boston, 1982.
Nantucket Lightship in Nantucket during my one and only trip there. Kodachrome, 1982.
Old South Meetinghouse, Agfachrome, 1984. Some history.
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June 18, 2021
Two in DC, Two in Maine
A light on the U.S. Capitol grounds. I couldn't find any information about this lamp (there is probably more than one) such as designer or the year of installation. If you have more info about it please leave a comment. Kodachrome, 2001.
Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington, Kodachrome, 2001.
Lower South Branch Pond in Baxter State Park, Maine. This was my usual campground when I went to Baxter State Park. Kodachrome, 1987.
Maine - probably Baxter State Park, Kodachrome, 1987.
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June 14, 2021
The 20th Century Will Never Go Away
South Korea and Japan posturing over a border dispute. But of course, North Korea claims an interest as well.
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June 9, 2021
How Did I Come Up With Five?
The view along Commonwealth Avenue from Packard's Corner in Allston towards the Prudential in the Back Bay, Kodachrome, 2001.
BU Bridge, Agfa Scala black & white slide film.
Zakim Bridge when it was opened for pedestrian visitors before opening for traffic, Kodachrome, 2002.
Mrs. Sarah Clap, deceased 1826, in Dorchester North Burying Ground (Boston), Kodachrome, 1990.
Flowering succulent, Kodachrome, 1989.
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June 1, 2021
Three Bostons and a Houston
Boston University Law School (among other things), Agfachrome, 1984.
TC Energy Center in Houston, Kodachrome, 1989.
Looking out from the entryway at 530 Atlantic Avenue in Boston, Kodachrome, 1989.
20 Pinckney Street on Beacon Hill, Kodachrome, 1982. This was the home of Louisa May Alcott and her family from 1852 to 1855.
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May 28, 2021
Some Unknowns Here
1985.
JFK's childhood home in Brookline, Agfachrome, 1983.
Entrance to the Public Garden, Ektachrome, but I don't know what year.
Date unknown, don't recognize the boat and there are no landmarks on shore , but I can tell you it's Ektachrome.
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May 21, 2021
The Republicans
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Four From Washington DC
Lincoln Memorial, Kodachrome, 2001.
Washington Monument seen from the Lincoln Memorial, Kodachrome, 2001.
Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, Kodachrome, 2001.
The Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Memorial, Kodachrome, 2001.
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May 14, 2021
War Deaths, Military and Civilian
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May 2, 2021
Two Hoover Dams, Two Bostons
Hoover Dam, Kodachrome, 2001.
Hoover Dam, Kodachrome, 2001.
The Winthrop Building, the first steel frame skyscraper in Boston, 1894. Kodachrome, 2002.
Old State House, Boston, Kodachrome, 2002.
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April 28, 2021
Yet More Kodachrome
The Niels Esperson Building in Houston, Kodachrome, 1989.
A cast iron tombstone, but I don't recall the location. Kodachrome, 1990.
Miss Hannah Goddard, deceased 1786, Walnut Street cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts. Kodachrome, 1989.
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April 21, 2021
Kodachrome Outdoors
Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station on Cape Cod, Kodachrome, 1990.
I've been unable to identify this building. The photo was shot about the time I was in Baltimore, so it might be around there. Or, of course, somewhere in New England. Kodachrome, 1989.
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April 18, 2021
Kodachromes From All Over
Maple Cemetery in Royalston, Massachusetts, Kodachrome, 1989.
Houston, Kodachrome, 1989.
Baltimore Inner Harbor, Kodachrome, 1989.
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April 5, 2021
Photos From The Lodz Ghetto
Forty-eight photos by Henryk Ross. Wikipedia: Starting in 1940, Ross had been employed by the Department of Statistics for the Jewish Council within the Łódź Ghetto during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Daringly, working as staff photographer, Ross also documented Nazi atrocities (such as public hangings) while remaining officially in the good graces of the German occupational administration. Ross gifted the photos to Lova Szmuszkowicz. They passed from him to his son, who sold them in 2018 to Howard Greenberg who in turn donated them to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston which has digitized them and made them available to the public.
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Four Grave Photos
In Evergreen Cemetery in Brighton, Massachusetts, Kodachrome, 1990.
In Maple Cemetery in Royalston, Massachusetts,, Kodachrome, 1989.
The Kennedy family plot in Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Kodachrome, 1990.
Eunice Clark, deceased 1724, in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Kodachrome, 1989.
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March 26, 2021
Four More
The grave of Paul Knot in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island, 2001.
John Stanton Slocum, also in Swan Point Cemetery, 2001.
Some historical building that I do not recall and have been unable to identify so far. If you have a clue, please leave a comment below. Kodachrome, 1992.
Interior of another unidentified building, Kodachrome, 1992.
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March 25, 2021
Under the Lincoln Memorial
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March 24, 2021
A Variety
Manhattan, but I can't say exactly where, Kodachrome, 1994.
125 Summer Street, Boston, Kodachrome, 1991.
A succulent flowering on my windowsill in Boston, Kodachrome, 1990. I have this type growing in my front yard in Desert Hot Springs now.
Wagon Master General, a soldier of the revolution, Kodachrome,f 1989.
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March 17, 2021
Old Ones From New England
Somewhere in New England, 1986.
The beacon atop the old John Hancock building in Boston, Kodachrome, 1988.
1986.
Some historical figure in Boston, but I don't recall who, nor do I recall the location. If you recognize him, please leave a comment. Agfachrome, 1983.
