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Canton, Ohio, the Home of the American Brighton Beach Boxes, Melbourne, Australia

Pro Football Hall of Fame, USA By Bronwen Casey EFIAP/p ESFIAP

By Lisa Marie Cirincione, AFIAP, QPSA
The Brighton Beach Boxes are an iconic and historic feature of Melbourne located on the
Dendy St Beach in Brighton. There are currently 82 of these colourful boxes, which are typically
If you are a fan of American Football, then Canton, Ohio is your Mecca. The birthplace of the painted in bright colours with some featuring artistic pictures and designs on their facades. The
National Football League (NFL) and the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton is visited Victorian architecture, the size and proportions are kept uniform as is the building materials which
year-round by football fans of all ages. Officially opened in 1963, it has grown by leaps and bounds are timber framing, weatherboards and a corrugated iron roof.
since then. Each August, the Pro Football Enshrinement kicks off the NFL season celebrating new
inductees to the Hall of Fame, with a Festival Balloon Classic, the first preseason football game of the Bathing boxes are known to have been present at this location since around the mid 1800’s and
season and a ceremony inducting new members into the Hall of Fame. many have been rebuilt over time due to deterioration. The local council have also added some at
different points in time. Ownership is restricted to local families and you cannot go inside the boxes
The Enshrinement Festival is a but it is the outside that
highlight during the weekend before is photogenic. They are
the game. It features a world-class heritage protected and
hot-air Balloon Classic, attracting have no services such as
balloonists from all over the USA. power or water.
It spans a full weekend, and there
are usually three morning flights Whilst there are
and fantastic fireworks. Weather multiple locations on the
permitting, there are also two ‘night Port Phillip Bay coastline
glows’. A night glow is when the that have groups of
hot-air balloons are blown up and bathing boxes, the ones
lit from within. They are tethered to in Brighton are the best
the ground. It is a beautiful display known and easiest to
of the balloons all lit up. Over reach. They are around
130,000 spectators are said to enjoy 30 mins drive from the
the festival. It is located on the Kent city of Melbourne on
State Stark Campus. The Festival also Beach Rd, however there
Balloon Glow includes a parade, a fun run and a is very little parking in the carpark and there is a fee. Some of the local streets off Dendy St do
photo contest. have spots you can park for a short time. There is hotel and apartment accommodation on Beach
Rd that is walking distance from this stretch of beach. Alternatively, you can catch a train on the
Canton was also the home of the 25 U.S. President, William McKinley. His life and presidency Sandringham train line. Get off at Brighton Beach Station (not Middle Brighton or North Brighton),
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are commemorated with the McKinley National Memorial and the William McKinley Presidential cross over Beach Rd to the beach side and walk north back towards the city. The walk is less than
Library and Museum. a kilometre. Watch for the “postcard” view from the path of the beach boxes below with the city
Recommendations was established in the 1930s and glints off the side of the city skyscrapers. Recommendations
skyline in the background. This view is particularly pretty on the approach to sunset as the sun also
The Canton Museum of Art
focuses on 19 and 20 century
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The best time of day to take photos here is late afternoon and twilight as the beach boxes
artworks, specifically works on
face the setting sun.
paper and ceramic arts. The city’s
The location is popular
art district, located downtown,
has a tremendous amount of
wedding photos, so
interesting outdoor sculptures and with tourists and for
avoid the weekends
murals. and holiday times.
An American photographer Visitor numbers drop
and essayist, James H. Karales, significantly after the
(1930-2002) was from Canton. sun sets. A wide-angle
He was on assignment for Look lens on this beach is
Magazine during the voting good and having a
rights march from Selma to tripod and filters to
Montgomery, Alabama, in March NFL Draft sculpture downtown slow the shutter speed
1965. His single best-known image can provide some nice
is the iconic photograph of the Selma to Montgomery march showing people proudly marching effects with the water
along the highway under a cloudy turbulent sky. and, if very slow (+10
filter) you might reduce
Canton is located on the edge of Ohio’s Amish Country. It is reachable from a few airports, 10 the number of people that register on the photo. For more information about this location, go to:
miles from Akron-Canton (CAK); 60 miles from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE); 79 miles from https://www.brightonbathingbox.org.au/
Pittsburgh International (PIT); and 130 miles from Columbus International (CMH).

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