Where on the Irvine Ranch was this photo was taken? #5

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Minimal clue due to Google fu. Nice spot to take kids for a boat ride and fishing on the floating bridge. (this is not easy)
 
second and third photo clues
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[quote author="Cameray" date=1249368897]Hidden Valley Private Park?</blockquote>


The park there is limited in size and could not fit many visitors.
 
Here is a hint:



Look at the trees in the photos. The twisty branches is a dead giveaway of its location and the elevation where these trees are typically found. Another clue is this type of trees often flourish at the bottom of a valley where it collect the most amount of water shed from the adjacent hills. The contour and topography is suggesting a flat area by the area of the water and fishing bridge. The maximum occupancy is also a clue to eliminate freeway proximity due to stacking and no presence of police traffic officer. In one of the photos the trees are deciduous and that is not typically a tree found on the master planned communities in the city.



Boats require buoyancy and the depth of the water would be deeper than what is allowed by code. If it is a city park the safety standard would be 18"-24" not enough to allow operation of boats and survival of fish. This should also be another major clue to the nature of the parks operation.
 
Irvine Regional Park? I'm just going off memories from my childhood of riding paddle boats there many times. The twisty trees look like something you would find in Griffith Park.
 
[quote author="Mcdonna1980" date=1249372495]Irvine Regional Park? I'm just going off memories from my childhood of riding paddle boats there many times. The twisty trees look like something you would find in Griffith Park.</blockquote>


I am surprise that this guess came up this late. It is not Irvine Regional Park. Take the Griffith Park topography and see if you can find places on the Irvine Ranch that has similar environment that promotes this type of twisty trees.



This is where knowing art becomes extremely useful to identify locations. Early California Plein Air artists seeked out locations with strong morning and late afternoon light that cast dramatic shadows against the hills. The hills therefore must situate on the north facing south so the shadow is cast either easterly or westerly direction. The subject matter often were the twisty trees in the valley field of yellow and gold hues. Many of the painting found in the Joan Irvine Smith collection were painted at this site during the 1900's depicting the trees and the surrounding hills.



Water in the lake and reservoirs and how did all the water ended up there if snow is not presense in Irvine? This should begin to pin point the specific topographical location where rain water and run off is captured.
 
Is the 'Regional Park' part correct? I don't know if there is a lake at O'neill Regional Park. Laguna Niguel Regional Park has a lake but I don't know about accommodating 15,000 people. And neither of those are on the Irvine Ranch right?



Verizon Amphitheater can seat over 15,000 people and is a concert venue. ???
 
I added an extra layer of challenge for myself. I'm not allowing myself google. Just going off memory of places I've been. I have a vague memory of visiting a big park with a lake on the way home from Lion Country Safari. I don't know the name but somewhere close to the LCS park.
 
[quote author="zovall" date=1249373476]Is the 'Regional Park' part correct? I don't know if there is a lake at O'neill Regional Park. Laguna Niguel Regional Park has a lake but I don't know about accommodating 15,000 people. And neither of those are on the Irvine Ranch right?



Verizon Amphitheater can seat over 15,000 people and is a concert venue. ???</blockquote>


This is in the Irvine Ranch. Woodstock was a huge gathering event but it did not occur in an amphitheatre. People sat on grass.
 
Parks near the 405 is against hills situated on the south, Painters do not like painting objects that is back lit just like photographers.
 
Another photo
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hey BK,



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I think you would be a great contributor, for sure you will enjoy all the nostalgic stories. I'm saying this in the most respectful way. :smirk:



I was looking for some 60s-70s pictures of Irvine Ranch (or other SoCal places) and quiz you. ;-P



He he.
 
The best places that I cherish on the Irvine Ranch are places where man respected nature to carefully carve a project to fit into the land rather than the other way around. The pictures I posted are places worthy of your time.
 
[quote author="Rocker" date=1249374897]hey BK,



Have you visited this blog: <a href="http://www.octhen.com/">http://www.octhen.com/</a> Orange County Memories



I think you would be a great contributor, for sure you will enjoy all the nostalgic stories. I'm saying this in the most respectful way. :smirk:



I was looking for some 60s-70s pictures of Irvine Ranch (or other SoCal places) and quiz you. ;-P



He he.</blockquote>


Good luck.
 
Now that I remember, I can get 2 B&W pictures that are 100 years old on average, and ask you, wheres this happened in OC?



They are in the lobby of an office building where I used to work before, that could be a good screwball.



He he.
 
[quote author="LoudRoar" date=1249376081]is it Irvine lake?</blockquote>


Irvine lake has no floating bridge. The purpose of a bridge is to cross over the lake and Irvine Lake's diameter is too long and not feasible structurally to span across.
 
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