Cape Ann Images: Downtown Cape Ann !

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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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Downtown Cape Ann !

Today I visited Main Street of all four Cape Ann communities. For Rockport I included Beasrskin Neck since it is a major shopping district for the town. Small shops and cottages fill the nooks and crannies situated along it's harbor. The Main street of Essex is best know as "The Essex Causeway". The causeway is lined with antiqe shops,restaurants and boat yards. And in Manchester By The Sea it's Main street comprises of shops and restaurants. Gloucester's Main street is going through change. Gone are the seven major department stores that dominated the street until the late 70's and is now mostly specialty stores,restaurants and night time entertainment.

Rockport