California in mosaics and photos

Carrillo's Tortilleria in Canoga Park. It's in the same strip mall as a pupusaria. Too bad we were way too full to try west coast pupusas!

San Buenaventura Mission in downtown Ventura.

Starfish and tide pools.

Air Force One beautifully displayed at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library.

A stormy late afternoon in the normally sunny Ojai Valley.

Lovely mosaics depicting the history of Ventura, CA, by artist Larissa Strauss, can be seen at the Museum of Ventura County. See more of Seth and my vacation at my Flickr account.

They don't make 'em like they used to--UPDATE

Scenes from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank on the ground floor of The Clocktower. Mosaics, mosaics and more mosaics, everywhere you look, each more beautiful than the next:
According to An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn, by Francis Morrone, the mosaics on the ceiling in the photos above and below were designed by artist Angelo Magnanti. The mosaic above is hand painted. The one below is a grand depiction of the zodiac in gold and pale blue. This photo doesn't do it justice:


These remind me of the ornate designs on the front of the Brooklyn Public Library. Does anyone know more about them? Are they by the same artist? Update: I think they're by Rene Chambellan. The iron figures in the first photo definitely are.

Squirrels on either side stand guard as this girl holds on tight to a beehive:

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The great outdoors--spotted at the Delancy subway station.

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