Overlooking Elm and N 2nd Street at 4:40PM
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The attic of The House of the Seven Gables
August 26th, 2013
"The attic retains portions of the framing for the westernmost facade gable of 1668 and early plaster on the remains of the gable and on the west end wall. The roof framing of the 1668 house is of principal rafters, common rafters and principal purlins, while the framing of the 1677 wing is of the more forward looking principal rafter/common purlin framing system that was introduced about that time. In 1909, Chandler enclosed a closet in the southwest corner of the 1668 attic with pieces of shadow-molded sheathing that he salvaged that had originally been the exterior finish of the parlor wing."
SOURCE: pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73000323.pdf
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I am not all that comfortable taking photos of people. Especially when I don't know them but I am getting used to it. When I saw this young couple hanging out at the very top of Profile Rock I had to ask them if I could take this shot. It was too good to pass up. That sun setting, the warm colors, the detail, etc... I am glad I asked. This is how I imagine a perfect sunset to be captured.
Oh no, I think I really like taking photos of people :O
History of Profile Rock:
"Profile Rock, also known as the Old Man of Joshua's Mountain, is a 50-foot high granite rock formation located in Freetown, Massachusetts just outside Assonet village and near the Freetown State Forest.
Native Americans believe it to be the image of the Wampanoag Chief, Massasoit. The Wampanoags occupied the region of present-day Rhode Island and Massachusetts bounded by Narragansett Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Chief Massasoit was friendly to the early Pilgrim settlers, but his son, Philip, is the namesake of King Philip’s War (1675) between the Wampanoags (sometimes referred to as the Pokanoket) and the English, which resulted in the tribe’s ruin.
Joshua’s Mountain was named after Joshua Tisdale who was the first to settle near the site. The mountain was privately owned for several years by former Freetown Selectman, Ben Evans, who sold the mountain to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be used as a state park tourist attraction. Massachusetts has done little to promote the attraction, however, and the site has been vandalized with graffiti."
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Re-edit: The New Bedford Orpheum Theatre
Taken during my last visit in October 2011 and not processed until now.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
If there was one place that I have been and would like to visit again, it would be this place before it rumbles down...but that doesn't look like it'll ever happen again.
"The History of the New Bedford Orpheum Theatre & French Sharpshooters Hall
Although she’s lost a bit of her original luster from neglect, there are few buildings in the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts that have contributed more to the history and culture of the area than the Orpheum Theatre and French Sharpshooter’s Hall. She is the last bastion of a once proud neighborhood that was annihilated by urban renewal in 1960’s when buildings were bulldozed to make way for route 18, a new highway slicing through the city’s historic district.
The Orpheum opened on April 15th, 1912 at a very important time in American history. Little did the people know at the ”Grand Opening” that the Titanic would sink on that very same night. This was just before World War I, when the City’s mills were busy, the economy was good even though the whaling industry was slowly declining.
The Orpheum was constructed under the ownership of The French Sharpshooter’s Club of New Bedford. This esteemed group operated a ballroom and armored shooting range in the building for nearly fifty years. Le Club des Francs-Tireurs had many events such as dances, benefits, and shooting tournaments. The Club was instrumental in raising and training recruits for both World Wars. The theatre was leased from the Sharpshooter’s to the Orpheum Circuit of Boston.
The Orpheum not only presented stage shows, but they were great innovators in the motion picture industry. They would show movies, then named photoplays, in between acts. As the popularity for Vaudeville waned in the 1920’s, the motion picture industry was there to take it’s place and keep crowds packing in. The Orpheum Circuit had many mergers over the years and eventually became Radio-Keith-Orpheum, the RKO famous for films like “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane”. There were over 400 Orpheum linked theaters nationally. The oldest Orpheum Theater still operating is now called the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles. It opened on June 6th, 1911. New Bedford’s Orpheum opened one year later, and appears to be the second oldest in the country.
The New Bedford Orpheum’s location in the neighborhood was central to the community. Water Street was completely lined with shops and stores that were integral to the adjoining neighborhoods. There was a busy trolley that ushered the residents from their homes to the mills, or the many other destinations. The theatre was a place many came to hear the latest events on the newsreels, or to catch up on the latest gossip."
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May 17th, 2013 at 9:18PM
Boston, Massachusetts
Another Boston Night Scape at a slightly higher angle and later at night. Enjoy!
This one taken from the Harborwalk: "The HarborWalk has a changing character as it winds through the city's waterfront neighborhoods and downtown district, stretching from Chelsea Creek to the Neponset River, through East Boston, Charlestown, North End, Downtown, South Boston and Dorchester. Part of the richness of the HarborWalk is its variety, reflecting the various activities and urban texture of adjacent land. The HarborWalk's design guidelines allow for the expression of diversity and a variety of active and passive uses.
The HarborWalk is designed to connect the public to a clean and restored Boston Harbor. The HarborWalk links the water's edge to the city's open space system.
Along some areas of the waterfront, the HarborWalk extends into maritime industrial areas. In these areas the HarborWalk may be a series of observation points, rather than a linear path, where the public has the opportunity to view at close range the exciting operations of a working industrial port. At certain locations and times, there are limitations to public access in order to protect public safety and industry operations.
The HarborWalk also connects to new and existing networks of inland trails, which will link the HarborWalk to established parkways and open space networks, including the Emerald Necklace system, the Charles River Esplanade, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. In the future, the South Bay Harbor Trail will offer Boston residents a new and exciting way to access the Boston Harbor on foot or bicycle. The trail will extend from the Ruggles MBTA station and winds its way through Lower Roxbury, the South End, and Chinatown to reach the HarborWalk at the Fort Point Channel."
Source: www.bostonharborwalk.com/about_harborwalk/overview/
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