Monday, December 7, 2009

The First Building - Monochrome Monday

The Gardner building at the Malaga Cove Plaza at twilight.
Palos Verdes Library District - Local History Collection voluneers have done a wonderful job scanning all the hisorical photos and posting them on Flicker: the Gardner building in 1925.
Check out all of Alieni's Monochrome Weekly submissions here.

15 comments:

Cafe Pasadena said...

"Monochrome Monday"
I gotta remember that one, nT. Gonna add it next to Mundane Mondaze.

marley said...

Tash, what a wonderful woman you are! Thanks so much for all that info about the figures. It all makes sense when I look at them! Are you a proffesional researcher? You should be if not!

Though you got the restaurant elephant puzzle all wrong! Answer revealed tomorrow.

Thanks again :)

marley said...

Btw - lovely monochrome!

Linda said...

The monochrome brings out the calmness of the evening. Such a gracious building, framed by imposing trees.

Cezar and Léia said...

Hi dear Tash
This shot is very impressive, I liked those trees silhouettes and the building at the background, with a harmonious composition!
hugs
Léia

Anonymous said...

Magical lighting. I love the delicacy of the trees against the sky.

Antjas said...

I appreciate the link to the 1925 photos. I'm assuming those barren hills are now covered with homes. If not, I applaud the person who had the foresight to not allow development. It appears however, that if you didn't have a car, it was quite a hike to the library.

Yes, you should be a professional researcher as Marley said.

Clueless in Boston said...

The building looks great in b+w. Nice long shot.

SquirrelQueen said...

A lovely photo, I like how you used the trees in the foreground.
The Road to Here

Anonymous said...

Wow, everything looked so barren back in 1925.

Anonymous said...

I went to the flikr site. I look at the hill behind the center and wonder if that was native California bush or was it planted for grazing? Maybe the Portuguese, while lovers of the sea, may have had some sheep loving Basque among them.

Anonymous said...

great B&W shot

The Explorer said...

thanks for sharing this one.

Pat said...

Nice one again, Tash. I think I remember this building.

PJ said...

I like the cloud between the trees, it looks like the sky is opening up.