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- The most dangerous fire escape I've ever seen
- Out of Place
- Sir Bedevere
- Witch way to the fire?
- Proud to be an old Coot
- That old scale
- Bowled Over
- Cat years?
- 'Why' Wyoming?
- His Master's Voice
- What! No dish under the skewer?
- Only in Hollywood?
- What's Up Doc?
- Destination?
- I'm pretty sure this was a voluntary program
- When I see chicken wire rabbit cages I think of three things
- The War Ears
- Eating the bunnies? Really?
- A love affair with a machine
- Hasenpfeffer
- Back support
- Hot type!
- Can you smell ... the news?
- Looking across the street and Flong
- Memories of my elderly hoarder neighbor
- Linotype in the Twilight Zone
- By Memory?
- Quiet place
- Line Of Type
- And no hearing protection
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Hotel Del: 1900
Coronado Beach, California, circa 1900. "Hotel del Coronado." Now welcoming guests after a bazillion-dollar makeover. 8x6 glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Troubled Waters
The thing I remember most about Coronado Island wasn't the hotel or the beach, it was the suicide prevention signs on the bridge. Yikes!
No Longer "Dangerous"
Decades ago my late husband and I lived in San Diego, and I always wanted to spend a romantic weekend at the Hotel del Coronado. He — always alert for possible disasters — refused, declaring that the dear old Del was a firetrap. I'm sure the old girl has adequate sprinklers now.
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Below is the same view from April of 2011.
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