Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's OK looking. Much better than that weirdo "kid with face" sculpture we have. And of course our City Clownsul is doing a "Happiness Survey" so an artist can make a "Happiness Map", smack of the "why, they can eat cake" mentality that our fine city is developing. On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto