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February 12, 2008 - Townes Square, a great place to reflect

Townes Square in downtown Greenville, SC.  A great place to reflect on a park bench.  This photo was taken by Denton Harryman and posted at GreenvilleDailyPhoto.com on 2/12/2008.
It is my understanding that Townes Square not only celebrates the accomplishments of Charles Townes, who was born in Greenville and received a Nobel Prize for his formulas which lead to the invention of the laser. The square also celebrates the idea that many great ideas come about while sitting on a bench and enjoying the park. I thought today’s photo demonstrated the concept.

PS: City Daily Photo bloggers please read this request: Collaboration, your photos at an international conference.

~tanty~ said,

February 12, 2008 @ 1:54 am

I found this photo is quite amusing :)

Abraham Lincoln said,

February 12, 2008 @ 6:00 am

Your spam word was, “downtown.”

Nice photograph. And the story behind it is interesting too.

Zsolt said,

February 12, 2008 @ 9:07 am

this photo is fantastic with the similarity:)

ann in Alpharetta said,

February 12, 2008 @ 12:30 pm

this photo really speaks with the addition of the real live man sitting on the other bench.
great shot

Lessie said,

February 12, 2008 @ 1:53 pm

What a trip — two sitting men in glasses!

dan said,

February 12, 2008 @ 9:10 pm

reminds me of Pearl Street mall in Boulder Co. Also kind of reminds me of a saying I think I heard from my grandmother…someimes I sit and think, other times I just sit.

Denton said,

February 12, 2008 @ 9:21 pm

~tanty~, I was very pleased to have this photo opportunity.

Abe, the anti-spam word matches very well in this case. However, as I mentioned to another reader recently, I control the list of anti-spam words which WordPress selects from randomly. I chose words which were complementary of photos or specific to downtown where I taken 90% of my photos. So no real magic was involved.

Zsolt, yes it was a unique photo opportunity.

ann in Alpharetta, thanks.

Lessie, twins.

dan, Grandmothers have the best sayings.

Carolyn said,

February 12, 2008 @ 9:25 pm

If I only had the time to sit and think….maybe I would come up with some profound thoughts….HA HA

Helen said,

February 12, 2008 @ 10:07 pm

LOL… very nice catch.

Jilly said,

February 13, 2008 @ 9:45 am

Oh this is great! Love that you caught the two men! Very funny.

Gizelle said,

February 16, 2008 @ 5:46 am

Now I understood why the anti-spam word seem to always be related to the photo…mine’s colorful. Great catch there….the man unknowingly resembles Townes complete with eyeglasses. Lovely day!

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