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Though sleepy, I had to take advantage of this rare calm-wind and clear-sky condition, which lasted only for a few hours, at Clear Lake late last night (1:43:52 am to be precise).😊
The house (not mine!) is all decked up, ready for the Christmas holiday!
If this look familiar to you, that's because you have a wonderful memory 👏 for I have captured this same scene in No Time To Sleep.
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In our county there is a small fishing no-wake lake that is surrounded by tall grass and reeds. I found a break in the grass and captured the cool cloud reflection in the water. It was one of the few days that the wind was calm enough to get a good reflection.
Lake Evans Chambers - aka Clearlake - Beaver County Oklahoma USA
Safeway located at 14922 Olympic Dr. in Clearlake,CA. This store opened in the late 1970s after an older marina store located located a little less than a mile away closed. As of May 2009 much of the mid 1990's interior decor remains in place with the exterior still covered with 1980s era signage.
oddly enough, a group of 13 year-old girls took this picture. Each one of them looked like one of us.
Motel located on Lakeshore Dr. in Clearlake,CA. The motel which had this sign appeared gone but the sign still stands on the site.
Former Safeway located at 14050 Olympic Dr. in Clearlake,CA. The building is now occupied by the Clearlake police department.
Former Safeway located at 14050 Olympic Dr. in Clearlake,CA. The building is now occupied by the Clearlake police department.
15 sec exposure in mid day at Clear Lake, Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
Farm machinery at the Martynn Farmstead. This was once a farm operated by a "back to nature" family in the 1960's, now owned by the Armand Bayou Nature Center in Clear Lake, Texas and used as a learning center. I have no idea what this actually is though.
This weathered trunk seems to be standing as a sentinal over the rich vine maple color on the lava flow at the edge of Oregon’s Clear Lake.
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This is a painting that my wife made of where we went yesterday Clearlake. I must say it is pretty accurate it was rainy and foggy, you could not see anything yet it was beautiful. She painted it with acrylic paint.
The Gulfstream Hotel is a historic hotel in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. It is located at 1 Lake Avenue. On January 11, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Originally built in 1923, the hotel was mostly owned by the families of Gen. Richard C Marshall and Col. H.Cabel Maddox. From 1941 to 1971, it was managed by Ben Pease. After Pease retired, William R. Donnell, along with his wife Ellen, son Rick, and daughters Beth and Carol ran the operations until 1992.
A book was written about the classic hotel in 1976 titled "The Gulfstream Hotel Story" by Glenn Ingram. Ingram was a career CPA from Chicago who spent many winters at The Gulfstream with his wife Nelle.
Ceebraid-Signal Corp Lake Worth purchased the hotel in 2005 for $12.9 million. It was the target of a foreclosure lawsuit.
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I have no idea what the poles are for. They are singular, they are not paired like for a pier. The view is from the north end of the lake towards the southwest. To the right is Mt Konocti. The lava flow from the dormant volcano extends out into the lake. The subdivision known as Buckingham can be faintly seen on the near slope. Looking at this photo now I’m amazed by the blue light and the overall blueness of the scene.
The transition from dark to light and the geometric pier are the subject while the color is secondary but draws the eye through the scene.
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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