Torontonians just got an Ansel exhibition at the AGO (Ran Nov-Feb). Probably not as good as the Eastman House one though.
-Adam Too bad the ferry's gone. Rick Womer wrote: > Well, in any case, it's worth visiting this summer if > only for the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Geo Eastman > House. > > Rick > > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On 5/15/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Condolences not necessary. It's actually a >>> >> pleasant >> >>> city. It could use some jobs to replace the >>> >> 50,000 >> >>> that Kodak has cut in the last 10 years, though. >>> >> I was being my usual snarky self. I've never been >> to Rochester, so I >> oughtn't have commented; in any event, I was being >> tongue-in-cheek. >> >> I do know that unemployment is rather high due to >> those nasty Kodak >> layoffs, otherwise, I know little about Rochester. >> >> Several years ago some brilliant entrepeneur decided >> that a high-speed >> hydrofoil ferry service between Toronto and >> Rochester would be a good >> idea. After fleecing various levels of government >> for money, the >> thing was a bust. IIRC, It made all of about two or >> three round trips >> before it went belly-up, leaving behind a trail of >> creditors. >> >> As the inaugural run approached, one of our Toronto >> dailies printed an >> article, wherein they opined that the ferry would be >> a bust because >> (a) no one in Rochester has any money, as everyone's >> poor due to the >> layoffs, so no one from that end would pay to come >> to Toronto, and, >> (b) Rochester is such a barren wasteland, with >> ghettos and crime and >> no nightlife or culture, that no one from The Centre >> of the Universe >> (Toronto) would want to go there. >> >> I exaggerate a bit, but the slant of the story was >> that Rochester >> isn't a very appealing place. >> >> I kind of figured they were wrong, or at least >> engaging in hyperbole... >> >> cheers, >> frank >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri >> Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Luggage? > GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
