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A Tour of Hubbard Park, Meriden CT
Video tour of Hubbard Park, Meriden CT. This video was made with an Insta 360 X3 video camera.
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Abandoned House in Meriden CT
Set back considerably off the road on N.Broad St., Meriden CT is this old abandoned home. Probably a thriving refuse for a growing family at one time now simply the bones remain. If anyone can like abandoned structures I must say I really like this one. If you look towards the top left corner of the house you’ll see a hawk sitting on an electrical wire. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera. Lens was a Sony GMII 24-70 f2.8 using Clear image zoom 120mm. 1/500th, f8, ISO 1000, Aperture Priority
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Abandoned BG Graphics Sign Company, Meriden CT
For years and years I’ve driven by this abandoned BG Graphics building on the Berlin Turnpike in Meriden CT. I finally took the time to photograph it. When I see a building that has become completely engulfed by the surrounding environment I’m always intrigued. In front of the building was, at one time, a paved parking lot. However, nature has taken that over as well. I’m sure this company was thriving back in the day and, for whatever reason, it’s just a memory. Although I find abandoned building photography interesting that’s not to say that I’m not without empathy for the people and circumstances that led to this. I wish…
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A walk in the park.
If you’re a reader of my blog you know that I love Hubbard Park. I grew up in Meriden and Wallingford and have come here a 1000 times. This was a Thursday afternoon at lunch time in early February. I decided to leave work for an hour and get a little relaxation with the camera. It was fairly void of people except for some lunch time walkers. I drove around the park once looking for what I could possibly make a shot out of and came up with this. In the spring and summer you’ll see couples getting married at this gazebo or having their formal wedding pictures done there.…
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Fall at the park…………
Early in my life I spent lived 15+ years in Meriden CT. Besides their library the one thing that I took considerable advantage of, and still do to this day, is Hubbard Park. It’s a beautiful sprawling park at with Castle Craig looking down upon it from atop the mountain. It’s visited by individuals, groups and families all week long. It was a real gift bestowed upon the City of Meriden by Mr. Hubbard back in the day. If you were to visit the park and take the approx. 1.5 mile road that leads up to Castle Craig one of the first vista’s you’ll pass is the Meriden Reservoir on…
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On a weekday afternoon in early October I stopped by the Meriden Green as I had never been there before and was impressed by the foot bridge structure. My visit did not disappoint. This 14 acre park was quite beautiful. It’s many walkways and open greens allow for public recreation. There is a nice amphitheater with ample seating on one end. The brook running through the center of the park is a nice touch that adds visual appeal as well as some flood protection if I understand correctly. I wandered through the park from one end to the other and one side to the other. There were very few people…
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It’s fall at the castle.
I set up my tripod on the sidewalk at the south end of Hubbard Park’s pond aimed at the Castle waiting for the light. In short time it lit portions of the foliage beneath the Castle causing their beauty to speak to you. The shutter was snapped and yes I was lucky enough to catch that hawk circling the castle he was not added in later. Walter Hubbard, a local business magnate, donated all 1800 acres to the City of Meriden in 1900 with the one stipulation that the City could not reap any financial rewards from the towns folks and I think they’ve lived up to that commitment. The…
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A page from the past……….
As I get older I get more and more nostalgic, amongst other things. So a few years ago Cheryl bought me a small metal, table top, replica motor scooter because it reminded me of the one I rode in high school. It was about 12″ long and 7″ tall. I decided to bring it into my studio and take a close up of it. Mostly because I’ve been stuck at home during this Covid-19 outbreak. I needed stuff to photograph. So we drove to Platt High School where the Oregon Rd. entrance had remained unchanged despite the remainder of the exterior seeing substantial additions over recent years. This was basically…
