ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
"Manhattan Beach is probably the most perfect spot to live anywhere in the USA," stated Earl R.Stonebridge while sitting inside the Passport Inn in the summer of 1959.
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Manhattan Beach is a beachfront city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. Its population was 35,135 at the 2010 census, up from 33,852 at the 2000 census. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Segundo, and north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing.
During the winter, the waves can get as big as 12 feet (3.7 m). It is one of the three Beach Cities in the South Bay.
Manhattan Beach is an affluent beach town within commuting distance of Los Angeles and therefore it is one of the most expensive coastal towns in which to live in America, according to the most recent Fortune Magazine rankings. The median price of a single family dwelling greatly exceeds the already high Los Angeles County median price by well over 100%.
Property in Manhattan Beach is exceptionally expensive when considering the size of land for sale. In comparison, a half acre of land in Bel-Air is valued at $20 million, while a half acre of land on the Strand in Manhattan Beach is valued at $35 million.
Homes with an ocean view often exceed $5 million in cost.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Beach,_Califo rnia
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
Your work is one beautiful masterpiece.
The shades and hues of blues are exciting. Though blue is a cool color, you have captured the glory of the Grecian Isle's sunlight in a manner that adds warmth to that cool. As an artist, I admire your composition, your framing, the depth of field used to keep the distance visible but not overdone.
Finally, the lines in the domed roofs makes the image most pleasant to view, a treat for the visual senses.
To say that this would make a great travel poster would be an understatement. It would, indeed, be a travel poster that would create responses in airline tickets, but I can also see it on exhibition in galleries.
Great work. You are a fantastic photographer.
Robert
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. Since leaving Japan in 1963 after nearly three years, I have longed to return someday to see Mt. Fuji. If I cannot make it, this photograph is almost like seeing Fuji-San in person.
You have captured this scene in a manner that makes it appear as it might have been seen a century ago.
Your lighting, framing and attention to details has made this scene one of the best I have seen during the past 50 years. Thanks for sharing this memory
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
A BUNGALOW FOR ONLY TEN GRAND--BUT THAT WAS IN 1961
You are right, expensive. My first visit to Venice Beach, California was in the summer of 1959. Only 17, I thought it was a paradise. The blue Pacific was the perfect mural, a paradise come-to-life. Bikinis and beautiful women, men with tanned muscles--it was the place for beautiful people.
I watched the parade of California gals and guys and hoped I might get invited to a beach blanket bingo party. Pacific Ocean Park was open and one could hear the cries of joy as the roller coaster riders went up one wooden hill and down another; it was fun, a summer of fun.
I liked Venice so well, I left my midwestern home and headed west. There wasn't a day when I wasn't goofing off along the Promenade--until I finally decided to join the Navy. I joined the service in 1960 and was stationed in San Diego. Venice Beach was often a weekend destination.
I had met some friends and was having a great time. Two old gentlemen whom I had befriended told me they wanted to sell their home, a beachfront bungalow. They said they had enjoyed it for years but were too old to continue living there.
"We have had our parties here for years, years--but we are just too old to stay. We want to slow it down, get fed on time and enjoy our golden years," the older of the two said. "So, if you want it for around ten grand, it's yours."
If I had not been scheduled to go overseas, I would have purchased the real estate, but that is the world of "if." roberthuffstutter says: click here to tell people why you chose this photo
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