During a recent walk out onto the pier at Cesar Chavez Park, my eyes were dazzled by the surrounding complexity.
The cranes of nearby barges and distant shipyards . . . the curving San Diego-Coronado Bridge . . . the various structures, rails and benches on the pier . . . all of these elements combined with reflections and shadows to create interesting geometric patterns.
I cropped and altered the contrast of many photos to make them even more visually abstract and thought-provoking.
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A colorful canvas in the window of James Watts’ studio on Seventh Avenue. I don’t recall seeing this artwork before.
This morning I walked south down Seventh Avenue, from the top of Cortez Hill to Petco Park.
I was happy to spot some new (and old) cool sights along this stretch of downtown San Diego. So I took photographs!
Some street art recently painted on a sidewalk utility box. I Love Downtown San Diego.Complex reflection in the windows of the building at 701 B Street, which has undergone some upgrades, including this west entrance.Looking north up Seventh Avenue through downtown San Diego’s Financial District.Crane swings a load above the Bosa Tower construction site, with the old Hotel Churchill sign in the background.Advertisements peeling from another construction site fence.A huge mural is now being painted on the rear of the Moxy San Diego Gaslamp Downtown! This cool new mural appears to depict part of the Gaslamp Quarter.Morning reflections on the shiny Sempra Energy building, with the historic old 1887 Clermont Hotel in the foreground.A new shirt with a West Coast State of Mind, in a window of the Padres Team Store, which is located in the Western Metal Supply Building.Palm trees reflected in the glassy, very modern Omni San Diego Hotel.
UPDATE!
I took a photo of the Moxy mural days later when it was finished…
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A couple months ago I blogged about the debut of a fascinating dodecahedron sculpture called Unfolding Humanity. The San Diego Geometry Lab had begun building their project by a parking lot at University of San Diego.
Today I finally saw the interactive metal sculpture completed! It was among the many cool inventions on display at 2018 Maker Faire San Diego in Balboa Park!
If you want to learn more about Unfolding Humanity–the mathematics behind it, and how it’s symmetry and complexity is similar to the structure of the universe–please check out my earlier blog post here, or visit the artwork’s extremely interesting website here.
I learned from Diane Hoffoss, Associate Professor of Mathematics at USD, that the San Diego Geometry Lab might be building additional similar projects in the future. Probably every other year. Because it’s quite an undertaking!
I also learned that many people enjoyed stepping inside Unfolding Humanity during Burning Man! Someone even performed magic tricks inside it!
This is what I saw at Maker Faire San Diego today…
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Sunlight brightens west-facing art glass windows inside the passenger deck of the steam ferry Berkeley.
The days are becoming shorter.
Hoping to enjoy every last drop of daylight, this evening I lingered by San Diego Bay.
As the sun neared the horizon, golden light splashed upon two famous museum ships: the steam ferry Berkeley, and the aircraft carrier USS Midway.
The amazing art glass windows of the Berkeley remind one of glowing stained glass found inside cathedrals.Light streams up along the historic ferryboat’s ceiling.Splashes of golden sunlight reflect from the floor, woodwork and empty benches inside the passenger deck of Berkeley.The sun nears the horizon beyond the USS Midway Museum, reflecting like a band of gold on San Diego Bay.Golden sunlight splashes the immense bow of the USS Midway.
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Trees at Tuna Harbor Park have turned golden just before sunset.
Here are a few photos from my walk along the Embarcadero early this evening. The images I’ve selected were taken between Navy Pier and Seaport Village.
Every walk in San Diego is magical.
A happy smile greets my camera at the foot of Navy Pier!Two people exit the USS Midway Museum.Playing the fife beneath the Grand Union Flag near the Greatest Generation Walk.A reflection of man and fishing boat in Tuna Harbor.A gull ready to alight upon a mast.Lobster traps in Tuna Harbor reflected in ripples of early evening water.The U.S.S. San Diego Memorial attracts walkers. Another day is nearing an end on San Diego’s Embarcadero.A fisherman and sea lion regard each other.People watch another magical sunset across San Diego Bay.
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Flagship’s ferry ship Cabrillo arrives at the Embarcadero. Emerald light shines from the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier.
Another early morning walk downtown by San Diego Bay. We are experiencing a mild Santa Ana. So the air is dry. After a chilly night, the rising sun is bright and warm.
I encountered few people by the water, mostly joggers. I swung my camera toward anything that caught my eye. Here’s a mixture of morning light and life…
Man walks across a barge’s horizontal crane. The demolition of the old Anthony’s Fish Grotto is now underway.Gazing east along Broadway in downtown San Diego early one morning.Gleaming morning light on several downtown skyscrapers, including Pacific Gate and Emerald Plaza.Riding a bike along a path near the USS Midway.A fisherman takes a stroll along a floating dock in Tuna Harbor.Someone is about to stand up from a bench in Ruocco Park.Patterns created by the shining windows of the Embassy Suites, the adjacent Park Place Condominiums and bare branches.Two birds take flight after sunrise.
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A mysterious, glittering reflection of the Port Pavilion on San Diego Bay.
So many new buildings are rising around downtown my head spins whenever I’m out for a walk.
In the past few years a host of gleaming high-rises has materialized near the water, and the Embarcadero has been so dramatically improved I can barely recall the way our waterfront once appeared.
This morning during a walk I captured some dreamlike visions with my camera. And my mind began to ponder the stealthy passage of time. The past can be so difficult to remember…the future can be so difficult to envision…
Another morning. A gull glides over smooth San Diego Bay. A short distance north of downtown, the Coast Guard station shines in the early sunlight.Reflections of buildings along San Diego’s waterfront. Like dancing fragments of light, these visions change as the years pass quickly by.The InterContinental Hotel, under construction at the location of old Lane Field, is beginning to appear complete.Near the Broadway Pier, morning light invites people into the brand new day. Remnants of past days are quietly swept up.A crane on a barge. The demolition of Anthony’s Fish Grotto on the Embarcadero has begun.A peek into the past, and into the future.
If you’d like to time travel on this blog, here are some links concerning past construction along the Embarcadero, in chronological order.
I myself hadn’t visited some of these old posts for years. Memories were rekindled…
A cool prism wall sculpture, beneath reflections of nearby downtown buildings.
Walk or drive in downtown San Diego past the corner of Broadway and Front Street, and you might glimpse rainbow colors splashed every which way!
For more than thirty years, a very cool sculpture has added surprising color and life to the public plaza at the entrance to 101 West Broadway. Titled Light, Rock and Water, the prism wall and accompanying elements were created by renowned New York artist Charles Ross. According to a small plaque, Ross has described his work as “cinematic in nature, seen as a sequence of spectrum images, some muted, some bright, but not all visible from any single vantage.”
I recently approached this public artwork and walked slowly all around it.
Here are some photos…
Walking along the public plaza near the corner of Broadway and Front Street in San Diego.This fantastic sculpture at 101 West Broadway attracts curious eyes with its changing prismatic colors.Light, Rock and Water, by Charles Ross, 1985. This is a prism wall environment with elements of light, rock and water. The renowned New York artist’s first outdoor sculpture.Light reflecting from and passing through the prism wall reflects from a basin of water.A cool optical sculpture which includes various natural physical elements.The colors of the visible spectrum appear like linear rainbows at one’s feet near this surprising sculpture.A colorful work of public art in downtown San Diego!
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