Sunday, February 3, 2013

Noguchi Park

I have one more set of photos from 2012 that I've been sitting on for at least two months now. I have no idea why I haven't posted them yet, but that's not really a big issue. As many of you know by now, I am a big fan of parks. I tend to stick with regional parks as they offer wonderful nature trails in an utterly boring urban environment.

This park is an incredibly designed concrete park that was built smack dab in the middle of a corporate complex in Costa Mesa, CA. It was designed by Japanese architect Isamu Noguchi. The park is called California Scenario or Noguchi Gardens.

To me, it looked like a combination of a well constructed business park mixed with a Japanese zen garden that mostly included concrete. It was very peaceful as well, but that might have been because it was on a Sunday that we went down there. On the other hand, its devoid of color, but the little stream and the contrasting objects more than made up for it. Well worth to see if you are a park fan like I am.






My buddy charlie, he was trying to do a super mario jump. Boing!


















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Nice pics....charlie can't dunk. ;)
1 reply · active 634 weeks ago
Not even close! :-)
Charlie is my new hero!

Cool angles~ I like the terrain of that park too, eh?? Nice!

p.s. I nominated your fora blogging award. :) http://angrygaijin.wordpress.com/liebster-award/
1 reply · active 634 weeks ago
Whoa, and I thought this wasn't one of my better sets. I shot this at the beginning of November and my picture taking has more than improved since then. Thanks!

That picture of my friend was what really made this set for me.
Haven't been to Costa Mesa in ages... How is it there now? Just like Irvine basically?
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1 reply · active 634 weeks ago
Costa Mesa doesn't seem to change much. Just now they are trying to kick out the illegal aliens and the homeless. Kinda like most of north orange county. I never really changes, except for disneyland.
I wish I had known about this park when I was down in Costa Mesa. It was just around the corner from the hotel I was staying at.
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1 reply · active 634 weeks ago
It was REALLY close to where you guys were staying too! just on the opposite side of South Coast Plaza. I think you'd get a real kick out of it. Next time you're down.

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