Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/17
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I grieve - I thought Rocky was gone.
That's the building that houses The Large Glass and Etant Donnes. No wonder
the French think Jerry Lewis is funny; Americans can be such buffoons.
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] to be young again...
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 4:07 PM
> Yes, but Rocky is now ensconced in front of the PMA, to the
> right of the
> grand staircase.
>
> One of my favorite sights in Philadelphia is the queue in
> front of the Rocky
> statue: it's amazing how many people want their picture
> taken next to that
> hunk of slag. There's rarely a similar line for the
> art museum, otherwise
> known as the big building just behind Rocky.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of H. Ball
> Arche
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:57 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] to be young again...
>
>
> Rremember when Robert Indiana had to repossess LOVE when
> Philly didn't pay
> for it?
>
> And (while we're there) how the PMA had to sue to get
> Rocky taken off their
> steps?
>
>
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, William B. Abbott III
> <wbabbott3@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > From: William B. Abbott III
> <wbabbott3@comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] to be young again...
> > To: "Leica Users Group"
> <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 2:55 PM
> > Steve,
> >
> > Remember the LOVE postage stamp?
> >
> > Go to
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/wbabbott3/Lovestamp.png.html
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Feb 17, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> >
> > > during a recent walk about town...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/love.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks for looking,
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
>
>
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