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Make your way around our website (it isn't very big!) and enjoy some old stories, facts about the beach and natural world, and our wonderful shared park. Become a member of the CIA and help build this wonderful community resource. There is so much to do: build a park, build community, protect the ocean's resources, and enjoy the beauty of the seashore and its environs! 
A crowd came to the park to observe the sunrise of the winter solstice on December 21 at 7:12 am!
And all who entered the Sun Circle
were inspired by
the love, art, science and the mystery of the universe.
Above photo shows the view of sunrise as it would appear on the winter solstice.
Below photo shows the way it would appear on the spring and fall equinoxes.
 Photo taken by Bruce Greenwald at sun rise on snowy Sunday December 6, 2009
Stormy Sea on October 17, 2009 ...near high tide... photo taken by Alexander Falk
COMPLETED SUN SCULPTURE HOSTED
OBSERVANCE OF THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
SUNRISE CEREMONY Astronomer Jim Keating explained, answered questions , Rev. Susan Morrison of Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, Danvers led gratitude with St. Francis' canticle.
5pm CEREMONY OF EQUINOX at 5:18 (EST) 21:18 (Greenwich Mean Time)
UU Reverend Wendy von Zirpolo, Methodist Reverend Susan Morrison, Rabbi David Meyer, Nashad Kahn, Sufi Minister Sally Shreiber-Cohn led a small ceremony with blessings and readings from the Christian, Jewish, Moslem and Sufi traditions that focused on our place on the planet. Teller Judith Black provided a story about life and death.
see Dennis Curtin's photos at http://denny.smugmug.com/gallery/9615643_hgXuB#647980478_Bd6D
See front page salem news http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_265215841.html
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The CIA was established in 1934 with gifts of land which are now used for parking.
In 1993, a generous gift of additional land was given by the Blodgett family. This land, which connects with Preston Beach, is now known as Beach Bluff Park and is enjoyed by everyone who passes by or stops to visit.
In the spring of 2007, the wall protecting the park from the sea was destroyed by a storm. A new wall, with stairs down to the beach, has been constructed which will protect the Park as well as the avenue from being flooded during storms.
The new Park hosts a spectacular, educational, Sun Circle to be installed in August.
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