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August 2021 – Splash! Enjoy photographs of Grimdrops jazzy hometown portrait off the Elm Street side of Action, Inc. **new** Harbor Village apartment building in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts. The large scale commission heralds Gloucester’s upcoming 400th celebration in 2023. The artist was born and raised in East Gloucester.
Artist: Grimdrops [Mike Grimaldi], mural artist residing and working in Salem was born and raised in Gloucester, MA.
Hopefully NSCDSC will consider commissioning an extra add on for Grimdrops so the artist can extend his characterful water motif ideas straight to the top (and maybe add a gal for history! His vibrant notes brought Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan Mary Ann and folly cove pattern references readily to mind). Come winter the mural might be visible from Chestnut Street. Bonus: if it’s topped off it will be visible year round from that vantage.
Grimdrops mural is on the map! Gloucester murals | Public art Gloucester, Massachusetts.
grimdrops.com
Harbor Village: a new apartment building developed by Action Inc. and North Shore Community Development Coalition building on 206 Main Street at Elm. This is the second of a few public art commissions for this property via the developers’ ancillary non profit, PUNTA .
Visit – https://gloucesterma400.org/
On Thursday the fog came rolling in, I actually like the fog.
aka seeing Fiesta where it isn’t
They had big plans to celebrate their 10th anniversary and Fiesta 2020
Fiesta and Friends Forever: Celebrating a Generation of Local Women Gloucester Daily Times 6/26/2020 Grace Favazza and Rosalie Laiachino
Also Remembering those who held St. Peter’s Fiesta close to their hearts:
“…Joe Novello, the committee’s president, said he was saddened by the sheer number of names — more than 70 — this year. In recent years generally 20 to 30 names have been read.
“The St. Peter’s Fiesta Committee sends out its condolences to all those families who have lost a loved one, and their memory will be in our thoughts and prayers at this time,” he said. Among those lost this year are…
Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Daily Times
Good luck to all walkers, lets make this a great experience for all participants and lets make this an event that the city can always be proud of.
Let the Games begin
Viva San Pietro
The St Peter’s Fiesta & the Greasy Pole are trademarks of the St Peters Fiesta Committee.
Another St. Peter’s Fiesta is in the books and this one ended with Randy Sweet making the winning grab for the flag. Congratulations, Randy, Sunday’s Greasy Pole Champion, 2018!
Only the 2nd walker of the first “real” round, Michael Sanfilippo grabbed the flag in what I have to believe was record breaking time.
Congratulations, Michael! Saturday’s Greasy Pole Champion!
On Thursday when I was walking near the Greasy Pole, it looked like it was resting for the walkers.
“4th of July greased pole walk over water Glouceter, MA 1973” by Spencer Grant
Can anyone identify the Greasy pole walker, boat leaper, and little boy in the cool inflatable (50 something years old now)? Are you in this photograph on the platform or watching from the water?
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The best light for photographing sunsets is always after a heavy quick moving thunder storm this image I took last year.. image size is 9×20 I will only be printing 10 images at this size please feel free to contact me at (978) 559-1944 or email at marlexop@yahoo.com
The beautiful Beauport Hotel and historic greasy pole taken from an evening cruise with Steve Douglass of Cape Ann Harbor Tours on Friday evening.
Foggy early morning scenes around the Harbor.
Castle in the Fog
City Hall and the Paint Factory
Cruise Ship American Constellation with Ten Pound Island and the Greasy Pole
The American Constellation is a 175-guest room cruise ship from American Cruise Lines. From the company’s website, “Designed to navigate the inland waterways of the East Coast, American Constellation brings guests to beautiful ports the larger ships can’t access. In the intimate atmosphere onboard, guests will find the largest staterooms in the industry, spacious lounges, as well as observation decks and private balconies that offer spectacular views of the passing landscapes.”