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Sheep grazing in Sunnyvale captured using my new 100 MM lens .
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April 10th, 2011Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
November 26th, 2010
Grace Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral located on Nob Hill in San Francisco.
Its ancestral parish, Grace Church, was founded in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The cathedral is the daughter of historic Grace Church. The first little chapel was built in the gold rush year of 1849, and the imposing third church, for a time called Grace “Cathedral”, was destroyed in the fire following the 1906 earthquake. The railroad baron/banker Crocker family gave their ruined Nob Hill property for a diocesan cathedral, which took its name and founding congregation from the nearby parish. Its a beautiful structure giving the victorian feel as well as the serenity of the church.
Mark Twain was to satirize the church’s efforts to find a short-term rector in the 1860s and 1870s. Among the short-term rectors were roll film inventor Hannibal Goodwin and James Smith Bush great-grandfather of former US President George H. W. Bush and great-great-grandfather of former US President George W. Bush
Courtesy:Wikipedia.org
View from 1, West Street, New York
September 10th, 2009
View from 1, West Street, New York, originally uploaded by Swami Stream.
A shot from my archives taking during the trip to New York in 2005. This was the view from the service apartment I was staying and was taken with the Minolta Film camera. I have not used the Camera since my Canon Xti Rebel came along.
Are there people who will buy old film SLR’s is there a market for it .
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 10 Sep 09, 12.40PM IST.
Performer, Battery park , New York
August 5th, 2009
Performer, Battery park , New York
I was just strolling by in the park when I saw a huge Crowd in Battery park, New York and could not resist clicking this amazing performance which shows if needed a human body can do such acts. Took these shots with the Minolta camera .
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 3 Feb 07, 5.15PM IST.
Empire State Building, from Close by
February 14th, 2009
This shot I had taken when I travelled to NY in 2005.The present site of the Empire State Building was first developed as the John Thomson Farm in the late 18th century. At the time, a stream ran across the site, emptying into Sunfish Pond, located a block away. The block was occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the late 19th century, and was frequented by The Four Hundred, the social elite of New York.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world’s tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center’s North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City and New York State.
The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of America’s Favorite Architecture according to the AIA. The building is owned and managed by W&H Properties.
The Empire State Building is the second tallest skyscraper in the Americas (surpassed only by the Sears Tower) and the 9th tallest in the World. It is also the 4th tallest freestanding structure in the Americas and the 12th tallest in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
