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Just a whisker to the north was the residence of Gregory Grave! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/8991711c-318e-4345-bd20-c3534c402cfb/10019+Briar+-+Scene+of+the+1962+roof+fall.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP Briar Drive house from which Richard fell in 1962. from the high spot between the dormers where he summited — and soon plummeted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/f97bd299-1804-4fdb-9f7a-619556527ff1/Juniper+house+-+farmable+yard+and+wasp+nest+roof+peak.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP Our final OP family dwelling, it with the large, farmable corner lot and high, southern end roof peak, home to the almost-flaming wasp nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/9788668b-78dd-4b6f-bf4f-0bdb33d98a06/Mom+and+Dad+25th.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP Al & Barbara Paradise, taken on their 25th Wedding Anniversary in May of 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/7dd55b26-7564-435c-9746-31b4369a9640/Robert+1st+Bday.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP My brother Roberts 1st Birthday, March 25th, 1962, with the three older Paradise siblings, and a couple of Muehlebach cousins thrown in for good measure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/3085c69f-8775-43de-af3e-7b26f19374df/The+Luggage+Carrier+%282%29.JPG Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP AJP’s homemade luggage carrier, which he painted to help stand out in the parking lots from all of the other homemade luggage carriers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/1ea572fb-7553-407b-9dbd-431505f4dd9e/AJP+Plane.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP This is a picture of the actual radio controlled model Stearman PT-17 Kaydet built by AJP in 1980, which he never flew, nor crashed. It now hangs gloriously from the rafters of a beautiful party barn in Minnesota, a fitting tribute to the man who could build much better than he could fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/a51da2b7-b04b-477f-a4f5-0b80f40bdbb3/91st+%26+Somerset.JPG Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP A 1959 picture of the V-Shaped intersection of 91st Street & Somerset. The house still stands today, but the overturned cement truck, the object of my father’s fascination, was quickly removed. Going through AJP’s slides, I found no pictures of my First Holy Communion, or my Baptism, or my first day of school, however, I did find twenty or so pictures of this overturned truck, from every angle imaginable. Once an engineer, always an engineer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/a096337e-ee6a-4cb2-bb0b-cbe9dc08cbbd/Somerset+kids+1.JPG Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP A gang of local OP toughs, working the mean streets of Somerset Drive, Summer, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/56acdf9f-3956-4062-8507-f066898857a8/RWP+5th+Bday+2.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP My 5th Birthday party, Summer, 1961. View is looking north from Somerset, towards 91st Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60a2b4bcb705d963d39c0f50/5bd642c1-35c2-47f1-8743-c2e09c8a7e95/Thom+McAn+Metcalf+%281%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Growing Up in the OP The main fountain at Metcalf South, circa 1973. The Thom McAn Shoes store can be seen in the background, on the left. 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