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1. RIVER_050702_114.JPG: Apparently they had painted bulls as their city art item
2. RIVER_050702_125.JPG: Susquehanna River Islands: The broad, yet shallow Susquehanna River is best characterized by its plethora of picturesque islands. And Harrisburg, the trademark city of Susquehanna, is particularly endowed by an abundance of these landmasses, all falling within the city's corporate limits which stretch to the low water line of the River's western shore. Mirrored by the Susquehanna as its waters arrive here seemingly in restful destination after hundreds of miles of travel throughout the Commonwealth's vast mountainous interior, these islands were the favored settlement areas of Native Americans for over 8,000 years. Here are pristine sanctuaries holding hidden channels for exploration and sightseeing. In addition to popular City Island, opposite Center City, is Independence Island just north of the M. Harvey Taylor Bridge, which grew as a destination point for picnics and outings. By the turn of the 20th Century, the island boasted a small amusement area with water slides, swings and bathhouse pavilion. Farther north is Sheets Island, which is a designated state natural area. The Island contains an exemplary bottomland hardwood forest and ruins of a farmstead area sometimes visible at the island's north end. Still farther north is Wade Island, Pennsylvania's largest multi-species rookery and home of Great Egrets and Black-Crowned Night Herons. The island typically contains hundreds of nests and is named one of the 75 "Important Bird Areas" in Pennsylvania by the National Audobon Society. McCormick's Island, at the northern city line, is the largest island of those at Harrisburg. Its southern point is a particularly beautiful vantage point to view the river as it rounds the bend at Division Street on route to deepening channels toward the downtown and the Dock Street Dam beyond.
3. RIVER_050702_145.JPG: World War I "Dougboy" Monument: Erected in 1922, the monument honors soldiers who served during World War I. Boulders supporting the statue, sculpted by John Hardy, were brought from the Gettysburg Battlefield.
4. RIVER_050702_151.JPG: Sunken Gardens: Throughout the 19th Century, lumbering on the Susquehanna River was a major industry. Logs were cut from the forests in the northern part of the state and floated down river to sawmills at Harrisburg and points farther south. A popular place where the loggers stopped to recreate was the "Hardscrabble" neighborhood, located between Herr and Calder Streets on the west side of Front Street. Here thrived boat liveries and related businesses catering to the river trade. However, with the decline of logging by the turn of the Century, and the subsequent public outcry that worsening sanitary conditions along the riverfront be addressed, Hardscrabble's days were numbered. The resulting plan developed by the Harrisburg League of Municipal Improvements, one of the first and most comprehensive civic-improvement initiatives in the United States, involved the northward expansion of Riverfront Park, the construction of the famous river steps and, as one of the last components of this initiative, the demolition of old Hardscrabble in 1924 for the development of the beautiful Sunken Gardens. Although incorporated into the park, some of the basement grade levels of the old houses were retained and not filled to provide for a unique garden plan, formal and symmetrical in design, which has since offered a stunning and unparalleled vantage point to view the Susquehanna River, its islands and mountains beyond.
5. RIVER_050702_237.JPG: Fireman's Memorial Statue: Stands and faces the western terminus of the Verbeke Street Boulevard. Erected in 1924 as a memorial to those Harrisburg firefighters who served in and were casualties of World War I. Sculpted by C. Maretti.
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Wikipedia Description: Riverfront Park (Harrisburg)
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Riverfront Park is a public park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The park runs parallel to the Susquehanna River between the shoreline and Front Street, from Vaughn Street South to Paxton Street. Riverfront Park offers picturesque views of the river, City Island, Wormleysburg and Blue Mountain in the distance. Riverfront Park is also part of the Capital Area Greenbelt.
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2005 photos: Trips this year: Florida (for Lotusphere), a driving trip down south (seeing sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia), Williamsburg, and Chicago. Equipment this year: I used four cameras -- two Fujifilm S7000 cameras (which were plagued by dust inside the lens), a new Fujifilm S5200 (nice but not great and I hated the proprietary xD memory chips), and a Canon PowerShot S1 IS (returned because it felt flimsy to me). I gave my Epson camera to my catsitter. Both of the S7000s were in for repairs over Christmas. Number of photos taken this year: 147,000.
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