I said there was more Boston to come, and here it is. I left off at the public library, with plenty of Boston still waiting to make it onto the blog. So here’s part two—a few more places, some street scenes, and a little background along the way. Dividing the post was easy. Leaving photographs out is still a work in progress.
Boston is a city where different centuries share the street. Founded in 1630, it played a central role in the American Revolution, but much of its familiar appearance took shape during the nineteenth century, when expanding neighborhoods and ambitious landfilling projects transformed its geography—including turning the waters of Back Bay into streets lined with row houses. Today, brick buildings, old churches, and modern glass towers stand alongside one another, while people go about their everyday lives between them.
Hannibal, Missouri, sits along the Mississippi River approximately 100 miles north of St. Louis. The historic river town is best known as the boyhood home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens—better known to the world as Mark Twain—and the inspiration for many of the places and characters found in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Each Labor Day weekend, however, Hannibal travels into a different version of the past when the Big River Steampunk Festival takes over its historic downtown.
Trips have a way of changing pace near the end. After cities, ports, museums, and long days of moving from one place to the next, Tigre felt like the journey beginning to ease into its final chapter. Water replaced traffic, boats replaced buses, and the pace seemed to slow just enough to take it all in.
The world's tallest heart sculpture, a 73 foot tall mirrored stainless steel sculpture is located in Tradition, Florida.
Port Stanley sits on the eastern edge of East Falkland, overlooking a sheltered natural harbor called Port William. It’s about 300–380 miles off the coast of South America—close enough to Argentina to argue about, far enough to feel like another planet.
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay, located on the northern shore of the RÃo de la Plata. It was founded by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala in 1724. It functions as Uruguay’s main port, cultural hub, and economic center, combining colonial heritage with modern coastal living.
From the color and rhythm of La Boca, we move on to the most affluent areas in Buenos Aires called Recoleta. And within this affluent area lies the very impressive Recoleta Cemetery.
(photograph courtesy of GotoBuenosAires.)
If you have followed my blog entries so far, you know that our next stop in La Boca, was La Ribera Caminito, a well-known parrilla (Argentine grill restaurant) located on Avenida Don Pedro de Mendoza, right beside the famous tourist street Caminito.
La Boca, one of the most recognizable corners of Buenos Aires, has long been a place where the city’s immigrant past and vibrant street life meet. What was once a rough-and-tumble port district has become one of the most visually distinctive neighborhoods in Argentina.
Buenos Aires, with 3.5 million people in the city proper and over 15 million in the Greater Buenos Aires metro area, was our first stop on a multi-week journey through Argentina and Patagonia. It held special meaning as my birthplace, and walking its streets felt like discovering a home I had never known, yet always wanted to connect with. From bustling avenues to quiet corners, the city offered endless moments worth capturing through the lens.
(for a larger view, click on the individual photographs)
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After living in this town for decades and decades one runs out of things to shoot. Frank, my partner in crime, decided..... why not make a list of some of the murals... that had caught our eyes while driving around, and make a project of it.
Hence, on a windy, cool day a couple of weeks ago.....a shooting we went.
"Coronado is a resort city in San Diego County, California, known for its beaches, grand resort, and strong military presence. Though it is often called an island, it is actually a tied island connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus called the Silver Strand."
"A symbol of San Diego, the iconic California Tower has served as a magnificent entry to Balboa Park since its construction for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. "
"Old Town San Diego" is the location of the first European settlement in California. It is the oldest neighborhood in San Diego located in the heart of San Diego county.
The Illinois State Fair has been around since 1853, held for the first time in Springfield at a wooded 20-acre site located one mile west of the Old State Capitol.
From there, the State Fair went on to be held at 12 different cities across the state, including Alton, Centralia, Chicago, Decatur, Du Quoin, Freeport, Jacksonville, Olney, Ottawa, Peoria and Quincy.
After 40 years, Springfield was made its permanent home.
The Fair runs eleven days during the month of August and is filled with many attractions and entertainments, bringing in thousands of people from across the state to enjoy music, rides, expositions and other events that make the Illinois State Fair one of the most iconic fairs in the Midwest.
One of the most visited touristic areas of Montreal is the the Old Port. It is a historic port as its use started as early as 1611, when the French fur traders used it as a trading post. It is located adjacent to Old Montreal and it stretches over 1.2 miles along the Saint Lawrence River.
Murals have become a staple in Montreal’s colourful visual identity over the past several years as the city has become a beacon for graffiti artists and street art fans.
The city has more than 3,000 murals spread out across the island and here I've rounded up a very small sampling of the ones that caught my eyes.
Every Sunday the City of Stuart, Florida, and the Main Street Organization present and promote a free concert for the local public and those visiting the area.
Each of these concerts is delivered by very talented musicians; some local and others from across the country.
This particular Sunday, The Dottie Kelly Band was the performing group.
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