Travels in the 2nd half

Ontario Beach park is in the Charlotte neighborhood of Rochester new York. Charlotte was an independent town that served as Rochester’s port on Lake Ontario as far back as The War of 1812. After the Civil War, Charlotte started to grow as a summer resort for Rochester’s upper class. Hotels and restaurants were built along the lake front. In 1884 the Ontario Beach Improvement Company was formed to develop the area. In 1889 an electric trolley started serving Charlotte from the city of Rochester, and that changed the size and makeup of the visiting crowds. Instead of a few hundred of Rochester’s richest residents, the area became a destination of thousands of residents of all classes.   Virginia Reel By Unknown author - from a c. 1910 postcard., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16951920 By 1890 an amusement park had been built along the lake. It included a carousel, a fun house, and many other rides. It became known as the Coney Island of Western New Y...

Eastman House If you are a regular reader of my blog you may have noticed that I really love taking pictures. I got my first camera when I was in the 3rd grade and I have loved photography ever since. I love taking pictures. I love the way pictures can tell a story or reveal a truth. Whether it's someones family, the realities of war, or a strobe shot that reveals how an event took place, photos show things that the eye often doesn't see on its own. So when I was in Rochester NY recently and had some free time I finally got a chance to visit the George Eastman Museum. Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H25224 / Unknown / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Michael_Melgar_LiquidArt_resize_droplet.jpg I have been visiting Rochester NY on and off for almost 15 years, usually to attend a state-wide conference for science teachers. Rochester has struck me as a typical Midwestern city in the 2000’s. It suffers from many typical problems. Much of the population of Rochester moved to the suburbs ...

Here are some really good examples of street art that I have found in different places: On a Street Stair in Lisbon Same Lisbon staircase Outside ABC No Rio on NYC's Lower East Side Also on the Lower East Side of New York Silver Lake district of Los Angeles Also in Silver Lake Close-up in Silver Lake   Montreal Rochester NY Lisbon - they used 3 whole abandoned buildings in 1 street Lisbon Building #3 in Lisbon