To explain: Mt. Vernon Street is a residential area of substantial, well kept older homes; for a number of years, it has played host to Prescott's Halloween night trick-or-treaters. In fact, the affair is enough of a tourist draw from the Phoenix environs, and possibly elsewhere, that the city subsidizes the give-away candy. (And if I lived on Mt. Vernon, I think I'd ask for help; participating households are reputed to pass out as much as $600-700 worth of goodies
each on this one night of the year!) BTW, though I've lived in town for, it seems, forever, this is the first time I've actually done the Mt. Vernon Halloween scene.
Not everybody takes part in the big contest for the creepiest decor, though I believe this old house with a tower rates as a likely #1.
A few other examples of Halloween on Mt. Vernon...
Since I wasn't equipped to shoot night scenes, I can't offer any really, really crowded crowd shots. I arrived at about 4:30 pm, when parents with the littlest ones show up. As dusk approached, more and more people appeared. The teens and costumed grown-ups show after dark. Mainly.
And then there was this cat, not named Floyd, who found the street without any traffic to be hard to resist crossing. The people were all on the sidewalks.
Though far too much of the decorations and the costuming come from the Halloween stores to meet my taste, a few outfits caught my attention. For example, Dorothy came in from either Kansas or Oz, though Toto was not with her. There were enough dogs present to make up for his absence, though.
I don't think this flower lady (or lady flower) came out of the store either.
Certainly Candidate McCain was store-bought. BTW, you may remember the
McCain-Obama scarecrows over on Park Avenue. They lasted three weeks and then both were kidnapped.
Of all the hosts along the street, this couple was my favorite, even though they did not give away any goodies but just chatted with the kids as they passed by.
Almost all the other hosts were costumed and waiting on their porches to give away goodies.
Here's how I felt after the evening on Mt. Vernon. Haven't seen any report about how big the traffic was; never did find out when the tradition started. Can anybody out there fill us in? Oh, yes, if you want more Mt. Vernon pictures, go to the
Courier gallery. And, if you want a bit of a snicker at
their expense, go to
this Halloween post.
To explain: Mt. Vernon Street is a residential area of substantial, well kept older homes; for a number of years, it has played host to Prescott's Halloween night trick-or-treaters. In fact, the affair is enough of a tourist draw from the Phoenix environs, and possibly elsewhere, that the city subsidizes the give-away candy. (And if I lived on Mt. Vernon, I think I'd ask for help; participating households are reputed to pass out as much as $600-700 worth of goodies each on this one night of the year!) BTW, though I've lived in town for, it seems, forever, this is the first time I've actually done the Mt. Vernon Halloween scene.
Not everybody takes part in the big contest for the creepiest decor, though I believe this old house with a tower rates as a likely #1.
A few other examples of Halloween on Mt. Vernon...
Since I wasn't equipped to shoot night scenes, I can't offer any really, really crowded crowd shots. I arrived at about 4:30 pm, when parents with the littlest ones show up. As dusk approached, more and more people appeared. The teens and costumed grown-ups show after dark. Mainly.
And then there was this cat, not named Floyd, who found the street without any traffic to be hard to resist crossing. The people were all on the sidewalks.
Though far too much of the decorations and the costuming come from the Halloween stores to meet my taste, a few outfits caught my attention. For example, Dorothy came in from either Kansas or Oz, though Toto was not with her. There were enough dogs present to make up for his absence, though.
I don't think this flower lady (or lady flower) came out of the store either.
Certainly Candidate McCain was store-bought. BTW, you may remember the McCain-Obama scarecrows over on Park Avenue. They lasted three weeks and then both were kidnapped.
Of all the hosts along the street, this couple was my favorite, even though they did not give away any goodies but just chatted with the kids as they passed by.
Almost all the other hosts were costumed and waiting on their porches to give away goodies.
Here's how I felt after the evening on Mt. Vernon. Haven't seen any report about how big the traffic was; never did find out when the tradition started. Can anybody out there fill us in? Oh, yes, if you want more Mt. Vernon pictures, go to the Courier gallery. And, if you want a bit of a snicker at their expense, go to this Halloween post.
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