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Ideal Motel

August 15, 2010

Ideal Motel — Adult Movies 1999 Nebraska Avenue Tampa, FL Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Tagged as: buildings, cityscapes, Florida, HISTORIC, SINGLE PHOTOS, Tampa

St. Petersburg, like any city, has many beautiful homes. This is one I find particularly inviting that I’ve often passed on walks. I think I like it because it reminds me of homes in my youth in the Midwest: sturdy, sensible, modest, but with attractive decorations and lots of earth tones…sort of like the home [...]

Tagged as: buildings, Florida, SINGLE PHOTOS, St. Petersburg

Venerable building

April 10, 2010

St. Petersburg

Tagged as: buildings, churches & temples, Florida, HISTORIC, SINGLE PHOTOS, St. Petersburg

721

March 20, 2010

I don’t live here. I don’t work here. I don’t know anyone who does. But, I drive by this place often and the font, size, and finish of those big numbers, the lines of the building, and the colors all work together to please me. I keep meaning to stop and take a picture. [...]

Tagged as: buildings, Florida, SINGLE PHOTOS, St. Petersburg

Pantheon

January 20, 2010

Pantheon, Rome, Italy Taken in 1990 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Tagged as: B&W, buildings, favorite photos, HISTORIC, Italy, Rome, SINGLE PHOTOS, weathered

Columns in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican

January 17, 2010

Rome, Vatican City, Italy Taken in 1988 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Tagged as: B&W, buildings, favorite photos, Rome, SINGLE PHOTOS

recreating interior space

December 9, 2009

Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Tagged as: buildings, fine arts, museums, New York City, SINGLE PHOTOS

memories of another museum and another time

December 7, 2009

Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

Tagged as: buildings, favorite photos, HISTORIC, museums, New York City, SINGLE PHOTOS

St. Petersburg Mirror Lake Library

June 6, 2009

St. Petersburg is divided by a major street, Central Avenue, that runs East to West from the bay side all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. “Avenues” in St. Pete run East and West. “Streets,” North and South. Any street or avenue north of Central Avenue is North; any street or avenue south of [...]

Tagged as: BOOKS, buildings, Florida, HISTORIC, St. Petersburg

Remembering where we are

March 28, 2009

click here for larger image There are times when the sound of the gulls echoes just right; when the humidity, temperature, and strength of the breeze is just right; or when perhaps you see some little visual reminder; and, you remember just where you are, living on a peninsula between a huge bay and an [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, beaches, buildings, Florida, HISTORIC, NATURE, postcards, St. Petersburg

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buildings

Ideal Motel

Another beautiful home

Venerable building

721

Pantheon

Columns in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican

recreating interior space

memories of another museum and another time

St. Petersburg Mirror Lake Library

Remembering where we are

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