Winter in Gloucester
Category: Art
Sign of the Day
From Jay Albert’s Cape Ann Images. Jay vividly captures the essence of Gloucester and beyond. Excellent collection of photos! —-Sharon
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Magnolia Pier From Donna Ardizzone
Donna sent me three beautiful pictures, here’s the first one.
Magnolia Pier From Donna Ardizzone, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Thanks To Barbara Koen
Thanks to a generous donation from Barbara Koen from The Dress Code shop downtown we are able to double the amount of t shirts that will be available for purchase. 100% of the money raised from the sale of these shirts will go to the family of Matteo Russo.
Good Morning Gloucester Logo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Fitz H. Lane House…at night
It looks like old time Gloucester. Actually it was taken 2 days ago. —Sharon
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Here Is The Logo For The Fundraising T Shirts
This is the logo and you can see from the mock up example below it will be a smallish design on the chest.
GMG Logo Contest Winner Black Swan Design, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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GoodMorningGloucester Fundraising T Shirt
Beth Swan, The Winner Of The GMG Logo contest and contributor to our fund raising efforts for the family of Matteo Russo sent this mock up of what the t-shirts will look like. The T Shirt stock arrived at my house last night and Paul Frontiero will be printing them up within the next few days. If anyone wants one there are a limited supply of each size so let me know and I’ll try to see that you get the size you would like and be aware that 100% of the money raised for these is going to Matteo’s family. I’d also like to thank Kat Valentine who put together the flyer to promote the G_GAP Fundraising Event at Cape Ann Community Cinema on January 28th(next Wednesday night)
GoodMorningGloucester Fundraising T Shirt, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Ocean Hotel
Old School Kicks never Looked Like This
While walking down Lincoln Road and Washington Street in South Beach there were many places selling sneakers like this.
I went in to snap some pictures and the young salesman asked me which pair I wanted to try on. I told him I wasn’t interested and if the kids were buying these funky sneakers. He replied that these sneakers were bringing it back “Old School”. To which I told him that old school kicks never looked like that and in fact if you ever showed up wearing those things you’d get your ass handed to you back in the day.
Old School Kicks never Looked Like This, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Old School Kicks Never Looked Like This
Old School Kicks never Looked Like This, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Vote For Mark And Ernie
Just got an email from Mark Teiwes. Ernie Morin and Mark are both entered in The 2008 Boston Art Awards.
Mark Entered his Faces Of The Working Waterfront which was shot here in Gloucester and still on display at the Dock. Ernie has “Sight Lines” entered. Give them your votes if you dig the work. They both have my votes that’s for sure.
This from Greg Cook-
“Below is the ballot for the 2008 Boston Art Awards, a contest organized by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research to honor the best art made in New England (excepting Connecticut) and exhibits organized here in 2008. And you are invited to vote. You!
The ballot is long. Crazy long. More than 60 people contributed some 190 nominations for the 2008 Boston Art Awards. Yes! The process was designed to be open to all, democratic and broadly representative of our community. The resulting ballot – which includes nearly all the nominations – is somewhat messy, despite my best sincere efforts to give it clarity. Ah, democracy!
(http://gregcookland.com/journal/2009/01/2008-boston-art-awards-ballot.html)
Winners will be chosen by (1) local active art journalists and (2) anyone else who wants to vote – and will be announced in terms of these two separate categories of voters.
How to vote:
Voting is open to all. So feel free to pass along this message. Voting will be by e-mail. Vote for just one nominee in each category. Be clear. List each category and then your vote in each category. I suggest copying the ballot into an e-mail, and deleting all but the stuff you’re voting for. It’s okay to vote for yourself – everyone’s doing it. You don’t have to vote in every category. Of course, you may only vote for stuff you have seen. And you may only submit one completed ballot. Anyone breaking these rules will be banished. Email your votes to bostonartawards@gmail.com. Put “Vote” in the subject line.
The deadline for the receipt of votes is 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Late votes will be ignored.
The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research will tally the votes. Nominees with the most votes in each category will win. The 2008 Boston Art Awards Ball is being planned by the kind folks at Big Red & Shiny (thank you) – details will be announced shortly, but it’s looking like it will be in Boston on Feb. 2, and free and open to all. Mark your calendars, because I hope to see you there. Winners will be announced by early February. Stay tuned.
Please contact me with any questions, suggestions, complaints, corrections, dire warnings. And please vote.
Greg Cook
The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research
http://www.gregcookland.com/journal
Dorchester, Massachusetts.”
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Old School vs New School- You Decide
Old School South Beach- The Winter Haven Hotel
Winter Haven Hotel, South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
New School South Beach -Il Villagio
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South Beach Alley
One Block From Some Of The Most beautiful Places To Be. I guess to some people it may be beautiful too, like the Birdseye Plant.
South Beach Alley, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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South Beach Miami
I love the architecture here. Probably because I’m a sucker for symmetry.
South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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South Beach Miami
South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Art Deco, South Beach, Miami
These hotels are old and have a rich history. When I was looking up and trying to frame this shot I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of mischief went on over the years on that rooftop balcony. I mean really, how much damage has been done up there? What kinds of parties? How many times did lovers have at it up there with the Atlantic lapping at the shore across the street and partygoers dining and drinking down below on Ocean Ave? If the walls could talk in some of these places and tell the stories of drug deals, romantic encounters, fights, the highs and lows of South Beach’s popularity what a story some of these buildings could tell.
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The Van Ness Hotel South Beach Miami
I had no idea that Peter and Vickie were living so large! Hey Pete, you’re buyin the pizza at the next Block Party meeting!
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Penguin Hotel
When I started to come here in the early 90s the renovation boom had just kicked off. I remember going through some open houses for hotel-condo conversions which were selling for $60,000. What I didn’t remember back then was the sheer number of hotels in the Art Deco district. There are probably twenty more going through revitilization as we speak and many many have already undergone transformations. I was reading a book about the early 90s revitilization and it was quoted as saying that rooms on Ocean Drive in 1976 could be had for $5. That was of course when you would not have wanted to be here and it was a dangerous place.
Penguin Hotel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Old Time Magnolia
My Dad had all these old postcards from Magnolia. A friend scanned them, and I have the slides. I would guess this was during the late 1800’s. The original postcards are on display at the Magnolia Library Center.
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For Shawn Cromwell-
When we were kids, we walked every day to the beach. The end toward the landing was the city-owned public beach. You had to walk through a ton of seaweed to get to clear water. Still the same now. When I put my kayak in now, the memories of “Stinky Beach” come right back! —Sharon
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