Finding TRUTH in Palos Verdes

TRUTH, Rolling Hills Est.

Looking down from Peninsula Center Library rooftop parking lot... Here is what the camera took:

What remains...

... is inspiration.
(Inside the burned out building from previous post.)

What remains ...

Giorgio's restaurant on Silver Spur had a kitchen fire a couple of years ago. The building now stands empty and is ready for renovation (hopefully soon). The 2nd floor had extensive fire damage too and is mostly gutted now... but some things were left behind... 

P.S. Georgio's reopened late last year at a nearby new location on Deep Valley Drive.

San Pedro Municipal Building

Night in San Pedro, March 2012

I am often in the neighboring port town of San Pedro, which is one of the communities within the City of Los Angeles. This photo is from a night shoot with the PV Art Center night photography class.

Old Barn - Yellow Springs, Ohio

On the road to Yellow Springs, Ohio  (11 April 2012)

Before spending the weekend in Chicago,

I was on business travel in Dayton, Ohio,

where we visited the artsy old town of Yellow Springs.

My colleague paused by the side of the narrow road

for me to take a photo of this splendid old (perhaps dairy?) barn.

Twilight over Charleston, SC (SkyWatch Friday)

From Rooftop Bar, Charleston, SC  (22 Feb 2012)

Morning Light on the Rooftops

East Side of Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates (Jan 2012)

Rock on (at The Getty)

The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA - (Oct. 2011)

Sound Structure

Sound Structure, Torrance, CA (January 2012)

A new wing of Torrance Memorial Hospital is under construction,

with a promise of a great view of the mountains on clear January days.

Still Snazzy After All These Years ... (Wednesday Doorways)

3200 La Rotonda Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes (22 January 2012)

Built in 1974, as the sole condominium complex on the south side of Palos Verdes, now with only a couple of golf fairways and cliffs separating it from the Pacific, the complex still looks in great shape.

Alcove with a View

Nice print (artist unknown) found at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.

Gone (in Rolling Hills Estates)

A '60s ranch house, at the corner of PV Drive North and PV Drive East, is no more. It's been empty for a while. I think it was last used as a realty office. Recording these kind of changes always makes me sad.

Here is the "WAS" snapshot from March 2008 (a month before I started PVDP),

taken while we were stopped at the traffic light.

Portuguese Bend Gate House (4/4)

Inside the courtyard.

Portuguese Bend Artists Colony

Portuguese Bend Gate House (2/4)

And now for the side view.

Oh look, an open door. Hmmm... what should I do?

Portuguese Bend Gate House (1/4)

On Sunday, the banner caught my eye and I stopped for a closer look.
It is on the original gatehouse to the Vanderlip's Villa Narcissa property, which is now at the entrance of a gated community of Portuguese Bend at Narcissa Drive just off of Palos Verdes Drive South.
(More at Maureen Megowan's Secrets about PV Peninsula)
I think that the Portuguese Bend Artist Colony painter Richard M. Humphrey created the campaign banner in support of Mr. Knight for RPV City Council.

Belfry of Friendship (Ujeong-ui Jonggak)

Korean Bell of Friendship under the stone pavilion at Angel's Gate Park

Wikipedia on "Korean Bell of Friendship"

Theme Day: Under Construction

At PV Mall, the former Border's bookstore is being partitioned off for offices perhaps.

Today is City Daily Photo Theme Day. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Behind the Scenes at The Palace

The rear view of the Buckingham Palace, London, UK (Summer, 2007)

Roxy of RHE

I've been looking through some old e-mails, and came across this one from Randy P. of Rolling Hills Estates from Sept. 2009. It's a lovely shot of their "Border Collie, Roxy, near the entrance to the landfill" and Randy wanted me to share it on PVDP.

Phineas Banning Residence

After all these years of living in Palos Verdes, we finally took a tour of the Banning Residence which is about 5 miles away from us. The building is considered the finest exisitng example of residental Greek Revival architecture in Southern California. (The grounds are being renovated, and an unsightly fence got in the way of showing the whole building.) Banning contributed a lot to development of the LA basin, from seting in motion the creation of Port of Los Angeles, and opening stage coach routes, to (along with other entrepeneurs) creating a railway connection from Los Angeles to San Pedro From the upper deck of the 24-room house, Banning was able to see the Pacific Ocean, ranch lands, and the LA river. Below is a photo of the back stairway (which was taken before I was told that photography is not allowed inside.)