tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post5048172558722499935..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: Light through ConcreteLaurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-43392504642492834042009-10-06T00:33:30.022-07:002009-10-06T00:33:30.022-07:00Hi everyone,
Wow, such cool comments from all of ...Hi everyone,<br /><br />Wow, such cool comments from all of you. And thanks, PA. I'm glad you like it! <br /><br />Now I really want to go find out about the basement below these bricks...<br /><br />Until next time!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-30337222688922955722009-10-05T15:09:33.765-07:002009-10-05T15:09:33.765-07:00This is my second favorite photo you've ever p...This is my second favorite photo you've ever posted. Right next to the one of the stylish elderly lady watering her yard in front of the patterned cinder block wall. Did I tell you I came across the house? over by the park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-90261975120898826752009-10-05T13:39:55.240-07:002009-10-05T13:39:55.240-07:00We had these purple glass tiles in Prescott (AZ) t...We had these purple glass tiles in Prescott (AZ) too, outside the 19th-c. Palace Bar, most famously. They were said to house the underground tunnels to the opium dens.Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-10055756534205899392009-10-05T12:46:54.797-07:002009-10-05T12:46:54.797-07:00Beautiful, beautiful. The shadow on the left is a ...Beautiful, beautiful. The shadow on the left is a bit sinister! Wonder what it could be.....??Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448831402553298056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-22077732905461498832009-10-05T12:22:07.369-07:002009-10-05T12:22:07.369-07:00We have many of these in Pasadena but I've nev...We have many of these in Pasadena but I've never seen light coming up through them. They're from the late nineteenth century, and they were installed to admit light into basement floors.<br /><br />This tells me that the building next to yours has a functional basement, perhaps fully restored.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-76050218372581292262009-10-05T09:12:41.683-07:002009-10-05T09:12:41.683-07:00Phasinating photo.Phasinating photo.Dixie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591688785324214877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-87787449604144844232009-10-05T08:56:59.686-07:002009-10-05T08:56:59.686-07:00There used to be any number of these 'skylight...There used to be any number of these 'skylights' around Vancouver along with the freight doors that opened out of the sidewalk to access basements of businesses. There are very few of either now.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763611338613325523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-67155537865741150152009-10-05T07:44:42.035-07:002009-10-05T07:44:42.035-07:00when I was a young kid and we were waiting to line...when I was a young kid and we were waiting to line up for the Memorial, 4th of July or Labor Day parades, or just walking along Mission, I was told that under these glass squares were monsters. We couldn't even walk over them or they'd "get us". I'd always hug that little strip of concrete that didn't have the glass, terrified.<br /><br />These days I'm more apt to take a picture or get down on my belly and look into the glass to see what I can see.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12388261083998643091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-57720322367663657132009-10-05T07:36:36.113-07:002009-10-05T07:36:36.113-07:00My first thought... the scene in Bell, Book and Ca...My first thought... the scene in Bell, Book and Candle when Jimmy Stewart brushes snow away from glass sidewalk squares like this, which lead him to the Zodiac... a nightclub where gorgeous witch Kim Novak waits to vamp him. <br /><br />Ah, but that lavender light... magical, and so beautiful it invites bewitchment..Yakpatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788658793693064873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-61820521757834951112009-10-05T06:55:01.793-07:002009-10-05T06:55:01.793-07:00I'm most impressed with the long telescoping l...I'm most impressed with the long telescoping lens you used for this!Cafe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-57191365306548215282009-10-05T05:20:33.130-07:002009-10-05T05:20:33.130-07:00If you look carefully, there is a magical shadow h...If you look carefully, there is a magical shadow holding up a Jack-o-Lantern. I love the abstractness of the checkered concrete, bathed in lavender light. Nice find, LA!!Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.com