#UrbanLandscapes – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

This week the Monochrome Madness host is none other than our beloved host Leanne Cole. She does a terrific job coordinating all the hosts and themes for this amazing challenge. She has decided to challenge us with the theme of Urban Landscapes. She has shown some wonderful examples of Urban Landscaping.

I’m starting off with a couple of images my dad took ages ago when he and my mom visited Washington D.C.

*The National Mall,*
*often called ‘*
*America’s Front Yard,’*

We had visited D.C. years before this as a family, but this was a trip for just the two of them after my brother and I had left home. This view of the National Mall stretching from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol encompasses many museums, monuments, and open green spaces making the National Mall more than just a Park. Capturing this view with a 35mm camera back in the mid-eighties is something astonishing.

I’m not sure how my dad managed this shot, but it looks good to me. It is a n aerial view of Washington D. C. highlighting the White House and the Washington Monument.

This next gallery of images are from our trip to San Francisco, California in the Spring of 1979.

Transamerica Pyramid
San Francisco, California

Moving further along California’s coast driving Hwy 1 we come home to San Diego. The city I called home for many years growing up with many happy and memorable funtastic times with friends and family. From the beaches along the coast to the various inland attractions there’s always much to see and do in beautiful San Diego.