Wednesday Walk Downtown New Bedford
This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)
Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.
This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.
Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.
Try and get a few shots not just one
Add a bit of a write up about where you walked
You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.
Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss
Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .
Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.
I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules
I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.
Make me Smile Collaboration
As I mentioned above Wednesday Walk is collaborating with the [Make Me Smile] hosted by @elizacheng,
Here are the rules for her challenge
Your post can be writing, singing, video, poem,drawing, photography etc.... the most important part is your post Make me" smile, Remember, the ME is whoever read/view/listen to your post and this includes YOURSELF.
b. Your content must be ORIGINAL CONTENT
c. Please include at least 50 Words in your post
And now onto this weeks post
And its actually a walk I did in the last week rather than digging into my Archives, from a walk a took around downtown here in New Bedford last week
I looke dup the history of New Bedford and found it was founded in 1787, The Russell family, in particular Joseph Russell III, is considered the founder of New Bedford because of his land purchases along the Acushnet River and the overlooking heights. In 1765, Mr. Russell sold 10 acres of this land to Nantucket whaling merchant Joseph Rotch.
An interesting fact I never knew was that in the 19th Century New Bedford gained worldwide reputation as the greatest whaling port and the richest city per capita in the world. Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants formed the backbone of the whaling industry, on the wharves and on the high seas.
Starting with a shot of one of the cobblestone streets downtown
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Now I do love cobblestone streets and find it hard to resist the urge to edit them into a mono shot which is what I did with the next shot
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Next up is City Hall, which is what spurred this post I needed to go there to pick up a Beach Parking sticker for my car
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This building has Custom House written above the pillars, not sure if it is still used as that
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And finishing of with a shot of the probate court building
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Weekly giveaway of shares
I am sending Hive to a few people selected through a random draw so on the weekend all people who joined in last weeks Wednesday walk. this week I am sending 5 Hive to
@elizacheng will send one SBI share to
As @elizacheng and I collaborated with our Wednesday Walk and Make me Smile Challenges
And one person is randomly drawn who joins both challenges to receive one Hive from me and this week it is @TBA
I hope a few of you may find this an interesting challenge and decide to join in.
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