Enjoy the journey...ADP
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Arrival and Installation of the Grumman Greenhouse
The "Grumman Greenhouse" has arrived and been installed at Lenfest Plaza. This is a a decommissioned military plane that served as an anti-submarine aircraft flown by the Navy between 1954 and 1976. The aircraft spent most of it's post military life in California as a firefighting plane until it was retired and ended up on eBay earlier this year and purchased by Jordan Griska, the artist. Reference
The plane arrived on Thursday October 20th and installation was completed on Friday Oct. 21st.
Enjoy the journey...ADP
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Falls Bridge at Twilight
The Falls Bridge has saved me countless hours over the years from the traffic nightmare on 76. This evening, I took the time to photograph the bridge knowing that it has some nice lighting which would look great reflecting against the river and the looming clouds. Below are the results but first a little background on the bridge.
The Falls Bridge is a steel Pratt truss bridge that connects Kelly Drive at Calumet Street with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The 556-foot-long (169 m) bridge was built in 1894–1895 at a cost of $262,000 by Filbert Porter & Co. under the direction of Chief Engineer George Smedley Webster (1855–1931) of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and James H. Windrim, director of the Department of Public Works.
The bridge was designed as a double-decker bridge, but the upper deck was never built for lack of funds. The bridge carries two lanes of vehicular traffic on a 26-ft-wide roadway, with 7-ft sidewalks on either side, for a total width of 40 ft. In 2007, blue LED lights were added to highlight the bridge at night. Reference
The Falls Bridge is a steel Pratt truss bridge that connects Kelly Drive at Calumet Street with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The 556-foot-long (169 m) bridge was built in 1894–1895 at a cost of $262,000 by Filbert Porter & Co. under the direction of Chief Engineer George Smedley Webster (1855–1931) of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and James H. Windrim, director of the Department of Public Works.
The bridge was designed as a double-decker bridge, but the upper deck was never built for lack of funds. The bridge carries two lanes of vehicular traffic on a 26-ft-wide roadway, with 7-ft sidewalks on either side, for a total width of 40 ft. In 2007, blue LED lights were added to highlight the bridge at night. Reference
Enjoy the journey...ADP
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Valley Forge Historic National Park
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