What does a respectable city do to celebrate its 80th Anniversary?
If you said "Have a creepy carnival," then you should win a Chinese manufactured plush toy and an Elephant ear. I could only stand to be there for so long (plus I had places to go) So, here is the digital documentation I have (I shot a little film too I'll try to post that later).
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This is the view from 125th Street as I parked... of what was to come.
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"Get the Water in the Hole and win a prize kids." The Carnie announced over the build in pa system.
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Unfortunately they were out of Elephant Ears.
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© 2006 Harlan Erskine. All rights reserved.
© 2006 Harlan Erskine. All rights reserved.
These creatures of MoCa watched the Carnival celebration from their MoCA lake perches.
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