Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum  

Go Back   Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum > Search Forums

Showing results 1 to 9 of 9
Search took 0.00 seconds.
Search: Posts Made By: OLS
Forum: General Discussion 07-03-2013, 11:46 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

Take some pictures!! That's a FINE ZOO.
Forum: General Discussion 07-03-2013, 09:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

The Memphis Zoo again, this is a view from one end of the Siamang exhibit. There is a pagoda base in the
background and nice plantings throughout "Primate Canyon". The plant you see here is...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 09:42 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

Anyone else notice something hilarious in the old Audubon Zoo photos?

There is a fence, then a 4 foot space before another guard rail on the camels and the impalas and such,
and yet you could...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 09:26 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

Architecturally speaking, the Audubon Big cats and Great Apes exhibits were really neat, stunning even.
From the animal's perspective....YIKES. These scenes are stills from the film "Cat People"...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 09:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

Here are a few pics of why New Orleans Audubon Zoo decided in the 70s that enough was enough.
While most structures in the zoo were built by the WPA in the depression, it would have been cool if the...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 08:52 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

ARGH! This shot is PERFECT for this thread, about useless for anything else. I got up on Sunday to find the weather
UNSEASONABLY cool for the last weekend in June. My only thought after getting...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 08:38 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

The Tiger exhibit at Memphis Zoo is probably very typical in new-age zoo design, in that it spent the extra time to
not just spray concrete onto forms to make faux rocks, but to recreate in doing...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 08:31 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Re: Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

In the opening statement of this thread, I left out my DUH moment....MEMPHIS ZOO. I have been to only
a half dozen zoos, but this zoo is the rival of all of them. Only Audubon Zoo in my experience...
Forum: General Discussion 07-01-2013, 08:29 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,293
Posted By OLS
Great Zoos of the United States - A Photo Thread

One of the great things about the US has been our determination back in the
early 70s to take zoos from a bunch of caged animals that depressed animals and patrons
alike, to an ethos of zoos...
Showing results 1 to 9 of 9

 
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:00 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All content is copyrighted jointly by Cigar Asylum and the content provider.