An Eichler-esque beach house.

An Eichler-esque beach house on the boardwalk between Balboa and Newport Beach piers.

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Newport Center.

Located in Newport Beach, California, in Newport Center, this building was designed by William Pereira. In addition to this building and its twin, Pereira designed the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco’s needle-like Transamerica building, UC San Diego’s Geisel Library, and the legged Encounter Restaurant that sits about 70 feet above the ground in the center of LAX’s Theme Building complex.

Lovell Beach House.

Located on Balboa Peninsula — at 1242 West Ocean Front, right off Balboa Boulevard and adjacent to Newport Elementary School and right at the edge of the boardwalk — this house was designed by R.M. Schindler in 1926.

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Fashion Island Skydivers.

Since 1967, the three aerialists in Fashion Island’s Atrium Court have remained, suspended in a perennial free fall.

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Vertigo

The sunrise was notable because it rained the day before and the Santa Ana winds had kicked in that night; bye bye smoggy inversion layer.

Taken about 7:15 a.m., Tuesday, December 16 — nine shopping days ’til Christmas…

Also Also Sprach Zarathustra at the Beach

An odd space between the Newport and Balboa Beach piers. This is one of a couple of walls used for racquetball, handball or some other kind of bouncy ball game. There also are basketball hoops here. Other recreational stuff, too.

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Oh, deer.

Early morning, August 6, 2003, at Newport Center, in Newport Beach, California.

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