Giant 31 by 107 foot pinhole photo tours museum
A massive 31 by 107 foot photograph shot with the world’s largest pinhole camera from the former El Toro Marine Base was moved from the Great Park to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. The Legacy Project created the image in 2006 to document the closed base showing an air traffic control tower and palm trees.
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el Toro Marine Base
Great Park
Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum
Virginia
Kimberly Pierceall
An Eye for Irvine Gifts Across Etsy Finds
Readers see Irvine themed gifts like aerial maps and wallet art from OMaps and Dumb-Kid Designs, a Woodbridge Lake skyline from An Inspired Image, and vintage travel souvenirs such as Hong Kong Pearl of the Orient pins and an Irvine tie tack pin from The Jeweled Rabbit.
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Irvine
Etsy.com
Omaps
Etsy
Woodbridge Lake
Egypt
Irvine couple celebrate kidney transplant at Kidney Walk
I kidney patient Wayne Cook and his husband Aaron Stitt, who donated a kidney, plan to join the Kidney Walk at William R. Mason Regional Park. Cook, diagnosed with kidney disease in 2007, underwent a desensitized transplant at Cedars-Sinai in 2013 and now requires daily anti rejection meds and grapefruit avoidance. The walk begins at 9 a.m. at 18712 University Drive with details at donate.kidney.org.
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Wayne Cook
Aaron Stitt
Irvine
Ayne Cook
William R. Mason
Cook
Cedars-Sinai
Stitt
University Drive
Donate
Kidney.org
Kimberly Pierceall
Amazon opens virtual collectible coins store with Stack's Bowers
Amazon launches a online collectible coins shop at amazon com collectable coins by pooling several dealers including Irvine based Stack's Bowers. A spokesman says Amazon earns 6 to 10 percent of final sale price. A Saddle Ridge Hoard coin set in the original can is offered at 2.7 million dollars for 14 coins and was in stock as of last Friday.
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Saddle Ridge
California
Amazon.com
Irvine
Bowers
Amazon
4 4 QUOTABLE UC Irvine Alumni Donation Threat
A tweet from user Josuebalero threatens to withhold donations from UC Irvine until the university frees a figure nicknamed Superfan. The post uses graphic phrasing and targets UC Irvine officials over a campus issue.
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