Alviso, California
120mm Lens on a Toyo 45AX. Kodak Tmax 100. This is a scan of an 8x10 fiber print.
Alviso, California
120mm Lens on a Toyo 45AX. Kodak Tmax 100. This is a scan of an 8x10 fiber print.
A quick note on the above image:
Alviso is a small town situated astride the Guadalupe river at the extreme southern edge of the San Francisco Bay and on the eastern edge of San Jose with which it was incorporated with in the late 1960's. It's an old town that was first incorporated in the 1850's and for many years served as a shipping port and rail transportation hub for San Jose. Steamboats regularly traveled between San Francisco and Alviso.
At the turn of the last century, a Chinese immigrant Sai Yin Chew opened a cannery in Alviso that at one time was the 3d largest cannery in the United States and the first cannery to can asparagus. During the Great Depression of the 1930's Alviso was known for its dance halls and gambling establishments.
Less than 2 miles north - straight up the railroad tracks in the image - lies the ghost town of Drawbridge which is slowly sinking into the bay. Drawbridge was still inhabited in the mid 1980's when the local news media erroneously reported it as a ghost town. Several occupants of Drawbridge had their homes broken into and ransacked by curiosity seekers. If I remember correctly, profuse apologies followed in the press.
Thomas
stunning image vinny!
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Geez! That one is beautiful too...and I love the abstract you included of the place's history.
urban landscape by night...
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Nice!
Originally Posted by Miguel Coquis
Last edited by Ken Lee; 5-Feb-2011 at 14:20.
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