Worship
by Laurie Search
Title
Worship
Artist
Laurie Search
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography And Textured Photography
Description
Pulgas Water Temple, Redwood City, CA........sfwater.org wrote this: San Francisco built Pulgas Water Temple as a monument to the engineering marvel that brought Hetch Hetchy water more than 160 miles across California from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Bay Area. The Hetch Hetchy Project took 24 years to build through the Great Depression at a cost of $102 million.........On October 28, 1934, the roar of Hetch Hetchy mountain water greeted everyone gathered at Pulgas Water Temple to celebrate its arrival. With vivid memories of the fire that had raged unchecked after the Great Earthquake of 1906, the city rejoiced in its new secure, plentiful supply of high quality drinking water. The frieze above the columns expresses the city’s joyful relief: “I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people.”.........Pulgas Water Temple was designed in the Beaux Arts style by William Merchant, a San Francisco architect trained by Bernard Maybeck. Merchant’s design featured fluted columns and Corinthian capitals to reflect the architecture of ancient Greeks and Romans, whose engineering methods were used to build the new water system. Artist and master stone carver Albert Bernasconi brought Merchant’s drawings to life.........Pulgas Water Temple is located about one-half mile south of the Cañada Road trailhead. To get there, take Interstate 280 to the Edgewood Road exit. Proceed west on Edgewood Road to Cañada Road, then north on Cañada Road approximately two miles to the temple.
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May 26th, 2013
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Comments (31)
Mary Machare
Love the retro feel of this with those 1970s film colors. Gorgeous capture with such perfect symmetry and soft reflections.
Mick Anderson
My dear Laurie, this is postcard perfect!! I'll even add a "Wow!" to it :))) F/V
Laurie Search replied:
Thank you so, so much, dear Mick!!! I really appreciate that....especially that "Wow!"!!! :))))
Karen Adams
I love the symmetry here...this creates such a peaceful and serene scene...I do want to just jump in to that pool though!!...fav/v21
Lee Piper
Very beautiful work! You are very talented!!! l/f
Laurie Search replied:
Aww, that is so incredibly nice of you, Lee!!! Thank you so, so much!!! It really means a lot!!!! :)))
Nick Boren
Amazing photograph Laurie. :-) You are so gifted.. ;-) fv
Laurie Search replied:
Awww, well, that is an amazing compliment, my friend, and I truly thank you so,so, so much!!!! :))))
Lois Bryan
A beautiful vision of an amazing place, Laurie ... wonderfully nostalgic feeling to this one which is so in keeping with the subject!!! f/v
Laurie Search replied:
Thank you so, so much for the wonderful compliment, dear Lois!!! I really appreciate it!!! :)))
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