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Crossing the Carquinez Strait of San Francisco Bay is the Carquinez or Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge which connects Contra Costa and Solano counties in California. There are actually two bridges that span the strait, one eastbound on Interstate 80 and this one, a beautiful suspension bridge built in 2002 handling the westbound Interstate 80 traffic as well as pedestrian and bicycling crossers. This newer suspension bridge which replaced the original bridge built in 1929 was dedicated to Alfred Zampa a steel worker who worked on the original cantilever bridge and on the Golden Gate Bridge.
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The view looking east as you're heading into Vallejo. We were tripping out on these pylons in the water. They make for a great foreground.
I am lost within the shadows
Searching for the light
On a line of demarcation
Separating day from night
In the lightness of my being
And the heaviness I feel
The secrets of the shadows
the light will be revealed
From Shadows And Light
William Lindenmuth
I was back on the Vallejo waterfront this evening for walk number 61 of 100 for 100 x: The 2018 Edition.
A 14mm view of the moon setting over Vallejo and San Pablo Bay.....The trail in the forground leads to Channing Circle Park In Benicia. This was the view at 4:20am as I waited for the moon to set in the hopes of seeing meteors during the Geminid Meteor shower....
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Unique to Vallejo:
Explore unique beauty of Vallejo at Artiszen Cultural Art Center.
The Unique to Vallejo photography show launches this Saturday, Aug 2nd from 6-10pm. The Exhibit will run through August 23rd.
337 Georgia Street, Vallejo, CA
Gallery Hours: Thu & Fri 5-9pm, Sat 11-9pm: Sun Noon-6pm
A wonderful old building whose future is in doubt. I guess we needed a bigger postal facility, but the new building is so ugly, and this one is so nice. I hope it is put to good use!.
The Hereios are dining out! Join us Eating and Drinking.
And for the ARTBWBTRA September 2016 Challenge, Silhouettes.
In 1834, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was sent from San Francisco, by the Mexican Government, to the Petaluma area to accomplish three things: to secularize the San Francisco Solano Mission in Sonoma, to colonize the area by starting a pueblo (Sonoma), and to be near the Russian Outpost at Fort Ross. He was given his first land grant of 44,000 acres (later supplemented with another 22,000 acres) as a reward and to further encourage his leadership. He chose a hilltop for his Petaluma Adobe rancho and factory. The operation needed to be large in order to support Vallejo's military command in Sonoma, as they did not receive adequate support from the government.
The Adobe served as the center of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's 66,000-acre (100 square miles) working ranch between 1836-1846. Made from adobe brick and Redwood, its design is typical of Hispanic Architecture. The rancho headquarters at Petaluma Adobe were unusual because many working areas were combined into one large building rather than a number of smaller outbuildings. There were between 600-2,000 people working at the Adobe, but not all of them lived within the building. The workers of higher status and supervisors would have lived upstairs. There was a Native American village adjacent to the creek. The main economic activity of the rancho was based on the hide and tallow trade. As well, the rancho produced many crops, and grain was traded in large quantities.
This is the Daniel Webster Harrier House – one of many beautiful old houses here in Vallejo, California, but this one is on the National Register of Historic Places. Daniel Webster Harrier (1834 -1915) was one of Vallejo's early settlers, who became a prominent local businessman. In 1870 he built this ltalianate beauty, which was designed by master architect Robert Hugh Daley. It became a prototype for the elaborately ornamental examples of the style that came to dominate San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s.
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I believe this building dates back to the 1920’s, and was originally home to Vallejo’s First Presbyterian Church. When that congregation moved to a larger building in 1952 it was purchased by the Vallejo Bible Church.
Come see Spotlight Your Best where the May theme is “Churches.”
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Totally old school measuring tape. This one is over 40 years old and belonged to my day. It is such a beautiful tool. Have no idea why was forgotten in my junk drawer. It will definitely become a piece of art in my household.
Macro Monday project – 09/1911
“I Found This in the Junk Drawer"
We went for dinner after going to a small art exhibition in Vallejo, California, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. My friend Jerry Downs and I snuck out of the restaurant after ordering the food to take photos at the blue hour. He showed me the colorful graffiti below the Mare Island Causeway. This is the Mare Island Causeway with drawbridge that leads to the historical Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
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I moved just one month ago. I think the timing for today’s We’re Here! challenge is excellent! We are visiting Around Your Town.
I’m still in Solano County (would sure hate to have to change my Flickr moniker!) but I’m in a new town: Vallejo, California. It’s a city of about 120,000 located 32 miles north of San Francisco. Like San Francisco, it is built on hills and has lots of beautiful old houses and public buildings. Unlike San Francisco, no one writes songs about it, and I get funny looks when people hear I chose to live here. But so far I’m loving it. I went out walking down random streets this evening, chatting with folks here and there, exploring alleys, admiring stately Victorian dwellings, and finding a few surprises. I’ve chosen to post this picture of the public restroom at City Park on Alabama Street. It is a beautiful old park, and if you are around at 8:00 am on Wednesday mornings you can participate in Tai Chi. Come visit Vallejo! In the words of one of the Hereios touting his home town some months back, “It’s not as bad as they say!”