Landmarks Page

In 1978 we took a family vacation in Las Vegas. Needles to say the area is abundant with photo making opportunities. In the landscape section there are a number of photographs taken from Lake Mead above the dam. The photographs shown here are taken when our tour boat approached the Hoover Dam. Lake Mead here is as deep as the dam is high and from this view point one can see the dam stretching from one side of the gorge to the other side. Nikon F2, 75-205 Vivitar, Ektachrome 64. (L-700/701)

Getting closer to the dam, it became larger than expected and the traffic on the road on top of the dam was barely visible. From the picture on the right, one can see the normal waterline indicating a lower than normal level. Spillways prevent the water from rising higher then the waterline. The structures on top of the dam are elevators carrying visitors to the power generating plant located at the Colorado river level several hundred feet below. Notice the average water line markings on the dam facing. Some years ago when I was in Chicago for business I took a stroll downtown and took a night

shot of the Wrigley Building. The building was magnificently illuminated and made a worth-while image for my collection. This building was build in the thirties by the creators of the Wrigley chewing gum manufacturers with profits of a product which was sold for a nickel/pack until the late forties. Wrigley must have sold a lot of chewing gum needing a building a large as this one just to keep track of product/manufacturing administration. The building is still in use by the Wrigley people and is still illuminated during the evening hours. I used the Nikon F2 with a Vivitar 75/205. 100 ASA Ektachrome and a brick wall for support to make this time exposure.

One of the more graceful bridges across the Inter-coastal waterway is the The Lions Bridge in St. Augustine, Florida. The bridge was build in 1927 and is listed by the National Register of Historical Places. In 1970 the Florida D.O.T. decided to replace the bridge with a "high-span" but the locals objected and started a battle to safe the bridge that lasted over 20 years. In the mid nineties, the bridge was renovated in the original architecture. Canon Elan 7E, Kodak Royal Gold 200. 135/300mm AF/IS Canon zoom lens. Image taken from the main land north of the bridge.

To the left is the Vinoy Tower of the Vinoy Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg FL. This old hotel is also listed on the National Register of Historical Places. the hotel was build in the early twenties and completely restored to its old luster in the mid nineties. Canon Elan 7E, 28/135mm AF/IS, Kodak E100VS. To the right is a picture I made on the sport fishing pier at Key West FL. It was amazing to see that the charter boats display the catch of the day, that being the efforts of their customers, on special made spiked trophy stands. L-719 was taken in Amsterdam. The canals in Amsterdam are well known but little was written about many of the

# L-720 Vinoy Tower

# L-705 The Scoreboard

dwellings which may have housed people many years ago. The dwellings were build for goods storage such as cotton etc. in times when transport was done by barges.

L-719 Watery Dwelling? §

L-717 Street Organ §

To the left, an image shot in 1972, the Mother of all Landmarks. This image was taken late afternoon from a Circle Line sight seeing boat. I was using my Nikkormat with a 250mm Vivitar zoom. To right, The Twin Towers. Although destroyed by terrorist in September 2001, the Towers are still referred to as a world class land mark.

NY-915 Statue Liberty

NY-911 Twin Towers

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