(Day 131) - CJ and the Long Beach Arena by cjphoto

(Day 131) - CJ and the Long Beach Arena

Hey guys, this is CJ the Legographer here. Big Chris is very busy today so I'm posting for him. A few days ago he took a photo of the ocean off Long Beach's Pacific Coast but the City of Long Beach also has some interesting buildings. This is one of my favorites, the Long Beach Arena. You'd think it would house the city's aquarium but that's located in a totally different building. A hockey team used to play here but now it's mainly used for ice skating performances, concerts, and other very important events.

The mural was painted by Robert Wyland, who paints many marine murals without compensation all over the world to draw attention to the environment. Everything in the mural portrays the actual size of its subjects! Amazing...makes me feel even smaller in this big world! :)
I love anything to do with art, what a interesting story about this artist and photo to back it up.
June 24th, 2016  
what a beautiful mural. Thank you for telling us the story behind it.
June 24th, 2016  
Thanks, CJ, for the photo and story behind it. Regards to big Chris, too.
June 24th, 2016  
Favtastic!
June 24th, 2016  
What an interesting picture and write-up. That art work is pretty amazing, love the little light stars too, fav.
June 24th, 2016  
"Logographic" - love it - I see a series of postcards in your future!
June 24th, 2016  
Awesome shot CJ! We all feel small compared to those amazing creatures.
June 24th, 2016  
Wonderful all around!
June 24th, 2016  
Wonderful shot
June 24th, 2016  
CJ, you have a great eye. Nice background story.
June 25th, 2016  
@shylaine3304 @cruiser @granagringa @soboy5 @stephanies @olivetreeann @kandkids @elisasaeter @joysabin

All shucks, thank you guys so much! It was a fun taking a photo this beautiful mural and helping Big Chris out for the day too!

@vankrey - Yes definitely gonna have to make greeting cards of these locations one day soon! Big Chris and I have plans to find more locations throughout LA so stay tuned. :D
June 25th, 2016  
@cjphoto looking forward to it! (and I now see I mistyped "legographer," which I wanted to pay homage to appropriately spelled :)
June 25th, 2016  
Awesome picture of you CJ. The arena is a perfect backdrop for Chris's series of blue photographs this month. Fascinating information about the mural and the size of it.
June 25th, 2016  
This is fantastic - I love the shot and the mural and story behind it are so interesting.
June 28th, 2016  
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