Cape Ann Images: Guns are Blazing at "The Fort"!

Why I created this......

Born and raised in Gloucester, Ma fishing gets in your blood. Surrounded by the sea, kids here have a boat almost as much as kids elsewhere have bicycles! As I grew older my fishing ambitions gave way to what's around me. Although I still "drop a line" every so often, my attention wanders to the majesty of the natural light that make this place so special. Never is each day the same. The subjects may be the same but the light from the sea & sky will morph the subject into a form of art. For that reason artists have been drawn to these shores for several hundred years, they followed the light painting and sketching these surroundings. What artists capture with paint on canvas, I attempt to capture with a click.....if I'm lucky!

I guess that's a sort of Fish'n!

Jay Albert

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Guns are Blazing at "The Fort"!

It guards the entrance of Gloucester's inner harbor and there's a battle going on at "The Fort"! No not the kind you would associate with a fort but one that pits it's residents against the city.The city wants to re-zone the area which is part residential and part commercial.Some say it's the heart of the fishing industry in this harbor and it's true many fish related buisnesses are located there. Also a brewery and an ice company. Now the city visions a Marriot hotel to replace the old Birdseye plant. Some say the plant has artistic value. I for one thinks it's an eyesore,but that's my view. Anyway the city believes commercial,residential and a resort can co-exist in this tightly packed area.There's alot of "fighting" going on at "The Fort" and we're gonna havta wait to see who has the biggest guns.