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September 2010

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Monday, September 13, 2010 – Folly

Starting in the middle of the eighteenth century rich Englishmen began building "follies" on their massive estates – basically fake ruins – a crumbling Greek or Roman temple, or a Chinese temple, or Egyptian pyramids, ruined abbeys and sometimes rustic villages, mills and cottages – all new of course, but looking old and evocative. They served no purpose. They were decorative. They just kind of reminded you of something that was once important in the past. And it's odd. Hollywood is like that too. Folly, of course –

Old "Studio Café of Hollywood" sign - above the Geisha House, Hollywood Boulevard at Cherokee
Exercise, Blue-Eyed Cartoon Dog

The famous Hollywood Folly – at the southwest corner of Hollywood and Wilcox, the "You Are a Star" mural by Tom Suriya –

"You Are a Star" mural by Tom Suriya
"You Are a Star" mural by Tom Suriya

Old and evocative –

Shoe Repair, Tailor - sign on Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood
Shoe Repair, Tailor - sign on Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood
Old "Studio Café of Hollywood" sign - above the Geisha House, Hollywood Boulevard at Cherokee

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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