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Why is the Beverly Hills Hotel famous?
Affectionately known as the 'Pink Palace', The Beverly Hills Hotel is famous for legendary service and legendary guests. Over the last century, Hollywood stars have enjoyed the timeless glamour of this dramatically beautiful setting, drawn in by the relaxed surroundings and seamless service.
The Beverly Hills Hotel was established in May 1912, before the city's existence. The original owners were Margaret J. Anderson, a wealthy widow, and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. The original hotel was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey, in the Mediterranean Revival style. From 1928 to 1932, the hotel was owned by the Interstate Company. In 1941, Hernando Courtright, the vice president of the Bank of America, purchased the hotel with friends including Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, and Harry Warner. Courtright established the Polo Lounge, which was for many years the premier dining spot in Los Angeles, hosting entertainers ranging from the Rat Pack to Humphrey Bogart and Marlene Dietrich
The song "Hotel California" by the American rock band the Eagles is slightly based on the folklore behind the hotel. The cover of the band's album of the same name features a photo of the hotel itself.
On my last evening in this big border town I finally got that sweet evening sun I wanted for shooting the west side of the international bridge. After shooting northbound CPKC train I-181-29 I was rewarded with a southbound Union Pacific transfer behind a freshly painted unit dressed in the current version of UP's timeless Armour yellow now without nose wings or the giant flags. UP 5849 (GE C44ACM orignally blt. Mar. 2002 and recently rebuilt by Wabtec) which arrived in town on train MSAMX-29 (SoSan Yard in San Antonio to CPKCdeM) is stepping out over the narrow muddy Rio Grande on the 1275 ft long combination deck and thru truss span built in 1920 by the Tex-Mex and now owned by CPKC.
Laredo, Texas
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Just another frame of this scene for a late Steam Sunday entry. Because rendered in monochrome it has an timelessness to it as if pulled from a boom of photos taken during railroading's golden age.
I hadn't got a steam fix in a while, and since I was down by the shore for family reasons this weekend and only 40 min away from New England's premier tourist railroad I figured it was the perfect time.
In years past steam went cold here after the end of December and wouldn't be fired up until the riverboat runs began in the late spring, with diesels handling the wildlife trains and other specials. But this year they are running lunch trains on weekends behind steam so I took advantage of the low winter afternoon light.
This classic location just north of their departure point at Essex station has long been a photographer favorite, but I'd never bothered to make the short hike in. Here is the 2:30 PM lunch train departing north seen passing beneath the old wooden Dennison Road overpass and then over the short bridge crossing the Falls River and entering the open field near MP 4.5 on the old New Haven Valley Line. In charge today putting on a good show is Valley Railroad #3025, a China Railways SY class 2-8-2 that was built in 1989 by the Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works for Pennsylvania's Knox & Kane Railroad where it spent its life until that railroad's demise following the collapse of that lines signature attraction, the Kinzua Viaduct. It was purchased by the VRR in 2008 and was rebuilt as a functional replica of a New Haven J-1 'Mikado' locomotive like the type that once plied this line in local service and re-numbered 3025, one numer above the last of the original class on the NYNH&H.
To learn more about the history of the Valley Railroad check out this link: essexsteamtrain.com/about/history/
Essex, Connecticut
Saturday February 26, 2022
A calm and peaceful moment in Penzance harbour. The film like colour tones were added using Topaz, and I was struck by how they give the scene a timeless mood.
The "old" Veijo District of Habana, Cuba with it's busy narrow, cobblestoned streets. Dating back to the 1500's it is now a UNESCO Heritage site & is being continually restored. Characterized by Hispanic-Andalusion architecture. Time seems to stand still here but it does not feel like a museum.
My interest in photography started many years ago when I took a black&white photography course while in university and learned to process film in the darkroom. Although I have always been attracted to photography, for over 25 years I was too busy with work and family to pursue it. Three years ago I purchased my first DSLR and it has quickly become a passionate hobby. Since I mainly enjoy landscape photography I always try to plan trips around being at locations during the golden hours of sunset and sunrise. Although it is immensely rewarding when conditions come together and you catch that magic light, it can also be frustrating since many times you put in a lot of effort into photographing a place and things just don't pan out.
While scouting the rim at Toroweap for my sunset and sunrise shots, I came across an older gentleman with a large format camera (the big old-style ones on a tripod) happily snapping away photographs in the blazing sun and a plain blue sky with no clouds. I asked him if he would be around for sunset and he said "No, I am working on black&white".
That rang a bell with me and although I knew no color shots would be keepers with the light conditions as they were, I decided to go back to my origins and take some shots as I walked around which I could later look at in B&W. This one turned out to be the best, and to me it has a distinctive timeless feel which is different than what you get with color. I will work on learning B&W processing and going forward hopefully I will be able to capture some images that otherwise I would have missed.
Toroweap is a National Park on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It is the only viewpoint in the Grand Canyon from where the Colorado River can be seen vertically below. It is a relatively remote area only accessible by a 60 mile drive on a dirt road. The last stretch is rough and more suited for those with a high clearance vehicle.