Friday, July 20, 2007 – The End of Rose

Drive west toward the ocean on Palms Boulevard and turn right on Beethoven Street. Near the Santa Monica Airport, Beethoven curves left and turns into Rose Avenue.  Rose runs straight through Venice and dead-ends at the beach.  You'll find some good visuals at the end of everything.

Closed in 2005 – the original Pioneer French Bakery, 512 Rose Avenue, Venice.  But the rose remains.

The city planning hearing –

Pursuant to Section 17.50 of the Municipal Code, a Vesting Tentative Tract Map involving a one lot subdivision for 75 residential condominium units and 5,179 square feet of commercial space on a 61,980 net square foot site in the C4-1 and RD1.5-1 zones.

Ah well…

Nearby, the mixed media mural (acrylic and shards of broken bits of mirror, on stucco) at the Candle Cafe & Grill, 325 Ocean Front Walk, Venice

The only attribution –

Next door – just what it seems –

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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.

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