Here is another photo from my recent exploration of the abandoned prison in central Pennsylvania. The SCI Cresson campus is interesting for a number of reasons. This photo isn’t the typical prison photo, if there is such a thing. But I liked this perspective.
Sunrise Point
Brad, Blair and I met way, way, way too early this morning (my sleep will be messed up for a week) to photograph the sunrise in downtown Pittsburgh. For those of you who don’t know, there is a Pennsylvania state park positioned where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers come together to form the Ohio River in the heart of the city. The park’s name is Point State Park for obvious reasons.
Anyway, at the “point” in the park where the rivers come together is a large water fountain. They turn it on right after sunrise each day. We wanted to capture the sunrise reflection in the water of the fountain. Fortunately, it worked out since I’ve failed to capture this a few times in the past. We finally got a nice sunrise and sky, which made this image powerful.
Governor's Visit
I never post anything about work, but we held a special event this week. We had the honor of hosting PA Governor Tom Wolf at our COVID Vaccine clinic this week. Following the tour, there was a press conference where Governor Wolf, PA State Representative Tim O’Neil and I all spoke.
Prior to the event, I awarded the first ever WHS Presidential Achievement coins to 18 WHS Team Members for their outstanding performance throughout the pandemic. Not only did the Governor mention and congratulate each of them by name in his remarks, but he was very gracious with his time. After the press conference, we went over and thanked each of them and posed for photos. It was a great day for the Washington Health System.
PA Governor Tom Wolf and I
L to R: PA State Rep Tim O’Neil, Governor Wolf, WHS Presidential Achievement Coin award winners, and I
Me mid speech
L to R: Governor Wolf, me, and PA State Rep Tim O’Neil
Governor Wolf
Fort Pitt
Or what’s left of it…. The original British fort from the mid-1700s during the French and Indian War was constructed in the area that is now downtown Pittsburgh. The outline of the Fort Pitt walls are all that remain of the fort, which sits inside Point State Park. This is a great city park at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and the start of the Ohio river (thus 3 Rivers).
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Point Fountain
MJ, Blair and I worked in the yard all day and now I feel like I could go to bed immediately (it’s only 7pm). But I’ll probably stay up a couple more hours, otherwise I’ll be awake at 4am staring at the ceiling. Anyway, due to my physical exhaustion, I will keep this short.
Here is a photo I took with my drone looking at downtown Pittsburgh. On this morning, Blair and I tried to catch a nice sunrise that didn’t happen. We got this cloudy morning instead.
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Vessel and Empire State Building
During our last trip to NYC (last fall), MJ and I visited the Vessel and the High Line. While we walked the High Line, I captured this photo of the Vessel with the Empire State Building in the background. It was interesting to see it from a distance after being inside it a few minutes before hand. There was also this weird reflection of the sun off the building behind it that caused an odd bright contrasting space towards the top of the Vessel.
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Point To Downtown
An aerial view from the Point State Park to downtown Pittsburgh. This was captured in the past during an overcast morning. So nice to see the city and not just the inside of my house or work, even if it is via video from happier times.
NYC At Dusk
Here is a photo that’s been sitting on my hard drive for a couple of years waiting for it’s turn to shine. I took this just after sunset from the Top Of The Rock.
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State Correctional Institution
I haven’t posted a photo from this spot recently. This is from the abandoned prison outside of Pittsburgh. Blair and I were given official access to explore and photograph it. This was one of many long boring (but interesting) hallways inside the facility.
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By the way, I met a legend in the Pittsburgh Photography circles tonight. It was nice meeting JP Diroll ( @jpdirollphotography ). You can see his work on this website (http://jpdirollphotography.com) and all his social media channels.
The Point from Above 2
Here is the follow up video from my last blog post. I created this with my drone. Blair and I are standing at the point within the Point State Park very early in the morning…..
The Point from Above
Yesterday, Blair and I got up early in an attempt to catch the sunrise at The Point State Park. Unfortunately, we had two events happen that prevented our planned photo. First, the Fountain was turned on when it was supposed to be turned off. Second, the sunrise was a bust!! So, we made the best with what we were given. I captured this photo as part of this excursion.
Come back in a day or so to see the next blog post, which will be a drone video from this spot.
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ESB
I’m keeping it short tonight. Here is a photo I took of the Empire State Building just after sunset. I loved the colors in the sky that evening. What do you think?
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PGH Cityscape
I hope you’re having a great weekend. We got a little snow in our area yesterday. I took this drone photo a couple of weeks ago from downtown Pittsburgh (pre-snow). Look how high the water is in the rivers…. Right up to the top of the river walk. Anymore and they’ll have flooding in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Fort Pitt Bridge and The City
I took this sunrise photo a few weeks ago when I was downtown with Brad and Dave. Not much I can say about it…. Just your typical downtown sunrise photo.
For those of you not from Pittsburgh, this is the Monongahela River, Fort Pitt Bridge, and downtown Pittsburgh on the left. The best view of the city, in my opinion, is when you come out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel and immediately enter this bridge. At that point, you get an amazing view of the city. #TheBestCityView
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Point Sunrise
Here is a quick post for you today. Nothing fancy or any deep thoughts (those rarely happen). Just a beautiful photo I took last weekend. This is Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Statue of Freedom
Some days I can come up with tons to say on these posts. Other days, I don’t say much, due to my schedule, being tired, etc.. But tonight, I just can’t think of anything to say. So, I’m telling you I can’t think of anything and therefore, you’re getting nothing of substance. Sorry about wasting your time.
I took this photo of the U.S. Capital building dome last August. I love the Statue Of Freedom on the top.
Here is a fun fact for you…. According to Wikipedia, the cast iron for the dome is an estimated 8.9 million pounds.
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Ricketts Glen
Here is an oldie…meaning I took this photo a few years ago. It has been sitting on my hard drive in my folder where I save photos to share with you some day. For whatever reason, I’ve passed over this one for some time. But today is the day for it. Enjoy this waterfall from Ricketts Glen State Park in central Pennsylvania.
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Babcock State Park
I feel like I missed fall this year. I don’t know if it was because of my work schedule, travel schedule or if I just blinked and missed it. Regardless, I missed it. Thankfully, we had nice weather this weekend.
Anyway, here is a fall photo I took, not this fall, down at Babcock State Park in West Virginia. It’s an amazing spot.
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Serenity
As weird as this sounds, I can’t remember where I took this photo. It is either Rickets Glen State Park in central Pennsylvania or it is from Watkins Glen State Park in the State of New York. I was taking water fall photos in both places the same weekend and I’ve lost track. How sad is that??? My memory is getting really bad.
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Cell #10
Tonight’s post is another photo from our exploration of an abandoned Pennsylvania prison. Blair and I were given this opportunity last October to check out this place from top to bottom. That was a fun day….. Most people want to avoid prison… Blair and I ran towards it.
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