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Friday, November 30, 2007 – The Arts District

No one visits El Segundo – only sixteen thousand residents, a giant oil refinery, a giant waste treatment plant, and all the corporate headquarters from Mattel to the major aerospace companies. It's squeezed between the LAX airport to the north and fancy Manhattan Beach to the south, where all the sports stars live, with the Pacific on the west, with tankers full of crude oil at anchor.  It's definitely not a beach town, as you can tell from the city's website.  But it has its charms.

The Arts District, or Heritage District of El Segundo, Old Town, runs along Richmond Street, south of Grand, and it's anchored by the Old Town Music Hall.
Old Town Music Hall, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California
Old Town Music Hall, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California
Old Town Music Hall, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California
Old Town Music Hall, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California
Old Town Music Hall, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California

A balcony in the manner of New Orleans –
Balcony, Old Town, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California

Good brickwork –
Brickwork, Old Town, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California
Brickwork, Old Town, Richmond Street, El Segundo, California

The heritage of the fifties – a color study –
El Segundo Bakery, Grand Avenue - signage

Grand at Richmond –
Grand at Richmond, El Segundo

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.
[The Arts District]

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