Pictures of your town

[Cremazie]

I would like to see the different places we all live. Here are a few pictures of Edmonton and Area..

Edmonton:

Legislature

Downtown at night

Downtown from the west

Downtown from the East

Groat Road

High Level bridge waterfall

[Cremazie]

Fort Edmonton Park

Calgary:

Lake Louise:

Columbia Icefield Highway:

[tmp]

Ugly building that went up across the street from me

The mall I worked in before I got the job downtown

The building our offices used to be in

Little Tokyo, where I have lunch every other day

Grand Central Market, where I usually have lunch when I don't eat in Little Tokyo

Edited September 5, 2006 by tmp

[mustang84]

Cool thread...I like looking at pictures of cities.

Ames, IA...where Iowa State University is

CY Stephens Auditorium, named Iowa Building of the Century and considered a world-class auditorium. One of my professors was part of the design team back in 1969, and I took his arch. photography class last year.

The Design Building where I spend most of my time. The building is trapezoidal shaped and has a five story glass atrium sandwiched between the two parts. That thing leaks like a mother...and there was a bad construction detail done on the roof so that water runs down the walls on the INSIDE.

But the engineering students get the nice new building...

The Campanile that chimes every quarter of the hour

Edited September 5, 2006 by mustang84

[mustang84]

And lastly, Des Moines, IA....where I spent my summer this year for my internship. Huge insurance company city...second only to Hartford. Downtown is a mess right now because there's construction going on everywhere...a new riverwalk/pedestrian bridge, office expansions, loft conversions, I-235 modernization...it'll be nice when it's done though.

Skyline from the new Martin Luther King Jr. Drive...the "pictoral" entrance to downtown from the airport

801 Grand...tallest building in Iowa and formerly tallest between Minneapolis and Denver before Omaha stole the title by 2 feet (the bastards)...same height as the Gateway Arch (630 ft)

View from 42nd floor of 801 Grand

EMC Insurance, Iowa's newest highrise

State Capitol on the east side of the Des Moines River...downtown is one the west side

One of the many loft conversions going on to attract YUPPIES back to downtown...this used to be an old warehouse.

Edited September 5, 2006 by mustang84

[Nick]

Let's see what I can muster up from google (Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village California)

Jack Niklaus signature course and 3.5mil+ homes located in the Lake Sherwood area of Thousand Oaks

This guy's extremely baller mansion on this massive hilltop up the street from me...this pick doesn't do it justice and doesn't even show all of his land...it's pretty impressive...

Sherwood country club

[Nick]

Shot of the Civic Arts Plaza from Gardens of the World

more of the civic arts plaza

Gardens of the World (Which I have yet to be in)

The Promenade

The Lakes (like the Promenade, but located a little farther down, adjacent to the Civic Arts Plaza)

oddly enough, this rendering gives a little better of an interpretation of the Lakes rather than that actual photo...can't find many good pics of it though...it's relatively new.

View of the area from the mountains...

turned around 180 degrees, those are the Channel Islands in the background

I wish I could find some pics of the local canyon roads (specifically those of Decker/Latigo/Mulholland, etc...)But you will have to take my word on how amazing they are. I'd post more pics like the last two, but I know they are pretty large and I don't want to be too harsh on slower users...

[Cory Wolfe]

If you search for "Welcome To Brookville" topic titles started by me in the Lounge, you'll have lots of pics.

[GrimJaw]

@ Cremazie - Those are some great pics Cremazie, I'm never seen "the great divide" before. Well aside from some other peoples pics.

@ Nick - The civic arts plaze looks amazing at night thats a great pic

[pow]

I figure you guys aren't too interested in our recycling center or Subway, but it's hard to find much else in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the cultural wasteland of LA county. Still, here's what I could find from Google...

... hmm, nothing. I've lived here all my life, and apart from the nice views and nice homes, I still can't think of a single worthy thing to post. So I'll try Wikipedia...

There's this Wayfarers Chapel thing, built in the '50s, which is supposed to be some great architectural landmark by Lloyd Wright. Apparently it was featured in The OC "as the site of weddings and funerals."

"The area is frequented by runners, hikers, horseback riders, bird watchers, surfers, scuba divers, and bicyclists. The infamous Palos Verdes surf spots have been in the spotlight many times over localism. The "Bay Boys" (as they are known by Palos Verdes residents in reference to Lunada Bay) have been known to harass, intimidate, and assault outsiders seeking to surf the perfect winter waves of "the hill." A non-local might find his tires slashed (very common) upon returning from a PV break. The most notorious surf spot for localism in Palos Verdes is Lunada Bay, which can hold any winter swell and has been known to rival Sunset Beach, Hawaii on a big day." I've never heard of such a thing, but okay...

There's also Trump's golf course, which is pretty much a badge-engineered local course. There's absolutely nothing special or prestigious about it, apart from the recent news of phoney Caltrans signs on the 405 and a ridiculous 70-ft flag pole in front of the ocean.

Edit: Oh yeah, I took some PV pics here: http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...wtopic=8950&hl=

Edited September 8, 2006 by empowah

[Jamie]

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

I took these back in October 2004 (Spring) while testing my new camera (Fuji FinePix S5500/S5100). All the thumbnails should link to a web page with full sized (2272x1704 pixel) images.

The shots were mostly taken in the South Bank Parklands area of Brisbane. This part of the downtown area was cleared back in the early 80's to create space to set up the 1988 World Expo. After the Expo, the land was reworked into a public parkland and dining area. The free public access swimming pool/lagoon is open year round and features a sand beach and salt water chlorination.

A major feature of the city is the river that winds through the city, and high speed catamaran ferries (limited to about 40 km/hr to prevent damage to the river banks) have turned the river into a very useful transport corridor.

Brisbane River from South Bank Parklands

The Treasury (Casino)

South Bank Parklands - CityCat Terminal

South Bank Parklands

South Bank Parklands

South Bank Parklands

South Bank Parklands

South Bank Parklands

Queensland Maritime Museum - HMAS Diamantina

Queensland Maritime Museum - SS Forceful

CityCat - Goodwill Bridge

The Mansions - George Street

Queen Street Mall

The Breakfast Creek Hotel

Newstead House

[Satty]

Um....most interesting thing around here is a house falling into a sinkhole.

[Cadillacfan]

Well, if you want to find out what it looks like just south of where I live, turn on any major cable news channel right now. This whole Ralph "Bucky" Phillips manhunt seems to have reached national attention as they corner him at the NY/PA border about 60 miles south of Buffalo. That area is very rural in some parts while the rest is hilly with dense forests.

I live north of the City of Buffalo and that's very suburban. The city itself isn't very big but that doesn't mean the architecture isn't world class. Some of the first "sky scrappers" where built in this city and although they pale in comparison to today's standards, they were something to talk about in the early 1900s and were designed by some of the most famous architects in American history.

Buffalo:

Skyline

City Hall

Skyline at night from Lake Erie

Skyline with lakefront town houses

Frank Lloyd Wright's historic Darwin Martin House

A very small section of the very large Delaware Park: Designed by Frederick Von Olmsted - the same guy who designed Central Park in NYC

The Guaranty building: Designed by the famous Louis Sullivan

And finally:

Buffalo is a nice town overall but the skyline hasn't changed much for 30 years. The city has been in decline since the 50s due to state and local government corruption and the huge decline of the American Steel industry and great lakes shipping. The city was the 8th largest in the nation at one point and showed a lot of potential to be great but s%#t happens. It may eventually gain some footing again but right now, things don't look good. Especially when all New York State government cares about is NYC.

Edited September 8, 2006 by Cadillacfan

[Polish_Kris]

Fort Edmonton Park

Calgary:

Lake Louise:

Columbia Icefield Highway:

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Edmonton looks nice... do you have any more pics of Calgary???

[sciguy_0504]

Thanks for posting photos of Brisbane.

Here's Philadelphia (5th largest city in America), courtesy of Google (even though I live in the suburbs):

Independence Hall (where USA was founded):

City from the Art Museum steps (day):

At night:

City Hall (tallest masonry building in the world; largest municipal building in North America):

Art Museum from Benjamin Franklin Parkway:

Art Museum from Kelly Drive:

Benjamin Franklin Parkway:

Boathouse Row (site of major rowing teams; capital of rowing in the U.S.):

Fairmount Water Works (as seen from the Art Museum):

Elfreth's Alley (America's oldest residential street):

Liberty Bell (with Independence Hall in the background):

Liberty Bell Pavilion:

Logan Square Fountain:

Benjamin Franklin Bridge:

[trinacriabob]

Downtown from the East

High Level bridge waterfall

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Never saw this view, probably because I never went to the east of downtown. Stratchona and the West Ed Mall and the Royal Fork Buffet ( ) are to the west of downtown.

I drove over this bridge a lot, I think. This is probably why I never saw any waterfalls.

I was there in November 2004. It was chilly. I fear how cold it could actually get.

[trinacriabob]

Calgary:

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Even I have taken this picture(!)...though a little bit further up and closer to the Saddledome.

I liked that Calgary is closer to Banff and the Rockies. It's also probably a little warmer. And I found a Greek restaurant that had a lunch buffet.

For Albertans, what are the pros and cons of Edmonton/Calgary? I am sure they are viewed as rivals.

[trinacriabob]

Cool thread...I like looking at pictures of cities.

But the engineering students get the nice new building...

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You are not alone in liking to look at cities...do you like to look at maps of them, too, to see how they are laid out? I think I could pick out most cities if unlabeled just by their layout of major arteries and natural features such as rivers.

I like the engineering building. Who did it?

[trinacriabob]

And lastly, Des Moines, IA....where I spent my summer this year for my internship.  Huge insurance company city...second only to Hartford.

State Capitol on the east side of the Des Moines River...downtown is one the west side

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I know my parents had some stuff with Principal Groupd in DSM.

Gold leafed domes are cool, without a doubt.

Did you like your internship there?

[trinacriabob]

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Lake Sherwood used to be unspoiled with nothing around it. I am actually sorry it had to be developed. I loved the fact that "the country" was so close by. Also, some of these photos are touched up ( ) - should be more brown than green.

[trinacriabob]

I wish I could find some pics of the local canyon roads (specifically those of Decker/Latigo/Mulholland, etc...)But you will have to take my word on how amazing they are.

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Breathtaking...makes me homesick for my birthplace in the southern part of the state...but thinking about the hassles of living there....oh well....

[Charger4U]

Deadwood, SD, enjoy

Looking from whit rocks, i live on near the road on the left side of the image

this is tiltet to the right from the last image, includes main street

Main street in the snow.

1876 main street image

looking up main street during the sturgis motorcycle rally

our post office built in the 1800's, can you belive our little town had that!

looking up deadwood gulch

W.E Adams house, 2nd place in the nation to receive a telephone line, this house is really cool inside...its right down the street from me too!

[HarleyEarl]

This is the city where I live, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

I've also included some photos of the mountain parks close by...Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and other areas.

The Three Sisters Mountains in Canmore, near Banff, Alberta

[DetroitNut90]

I'll try and get some pics of West Laurel in a bit, but here's some of plain old Laurel:

This is our little Welcome sign, heading East on MD-198, although you're actually in Laurel when you see this sign

Our rather plebian city hall/munincipal center

Laurel Lakes, some of the brownest water you'll see north of the Potomac

A shot of our Main Street. I really like Main Street, even if we really don't do anything with it.

A picture of some horses at the Laurel Park Racetrack

The Harrison Street Park

The Phelps Senior Citizens' Center, which at one point was the first High School in Prince George's County, built in 1901.

Greens of Patuxent Golf Course

Patuxent Place, on the east end of Main Street, home to the Red Hot 'n Blue, a few random shops, and the Patuxent Publishing Company, who makes the Laurel Leader (our newspaper).

[DetroitNut90]

And now, on to the surrounding areas. Baltimore's first.

The skyline of downtown Baltimore

Some houses in Charles Village

Panoramic view of the Inner Harbor

Some row houses in Locust Point

The National Aquarium in the Inner Harbor-it's actually pretty cool to visit, and Power Plant Live's right next to it

The oldest surviving wooden ship, the USS Constellation is anchored in Baltimore Harbor

The Baltimore World Trade Center

A shot of the Fells Point neighborhood:

The Baltimore Visitor's Center, opened in 2004

I'll only allot 1 picture to DC, since all it is is monuments and traffic

A pic of Pennsylvania Avenue, Capitol Building @ one end, G.W. @ the other.

Edited November 13, 2006 by DetroitNut90

[trinacriabob]

I've also included some photos of the mountain parks close by...Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and other areas.

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GOOD GAWD! I think I took that same picture from that viewpoint about 10 times. That hotel and that backdrop are out of this world. Thanks for the memory.

[HarleyEarl]

You are more than welcome, my pleasure....one of my all-time favorite hotels. The setting is stunning.

Here's a vintage railway poster of the Banff Springs Hotel:

...and a vintage photo:

Edited November 13, 2006 by HarleyEarl

[Mr.Krinkle]

this is the plaque on the conference house on the butt end of staten island. it overlooks the raritan river between ny and nj.

thats the house where the last attempt at a truce was discussed. the plaque explains it. i took a piece of rock from the house one night. i think i still have it

wow..just noticed the date. sept. 11. woooo. eeriey.

and the view out, one reason i like it so much down there.

this is the chrysler building at night

wall st. i hate it down there. really feels like youre trapped in a canyon. very intimidating and overwhelming.

yes there is some park land around here.

washington sq. park. chess games like this are common. old young black white.

usually good money riding on the games. and often times some blizzunts.

Edited November 13, 2006 by Mr.Krinkle

[Mr.Krinkle]

the cube at st. marks. i used to get my hair cut over there on astor...

john lennons favorite spot, strawberry fields near central pk. 72nd ish

this is manhattan. probably the last bit of primordial forest as it was when "discovered" its really far up there.

chinatown

brooklyn college.

the feast at san gennaro on mulberry st. terribly crowded. great food lots of people. i saw junior from the sopranos oddly enough here a couple of months ago. wasnt during the feast but it was that crowded though. (i didnt recognize him, i dont really watch)

more wall.

and finally washington sq pk again. every first sat of may used to be pot day here.

dont really know if it still goes on. hell of a time though. there was a guy one year about 3 blocks away from the protest smoking a joint in front of mcdonalds on broadway. a cop came over to him and said.. you cant do that here, you have to at least be in the park... always something happening in there. they were filming some movie or something there the past couple of weeks.

just some of the $h! thats around here. i gotta say those pics of edmonton looked real nice. with the mountains and water there. lots of nice looking towns all around.

Edited November 13, 2006 by Mr.Krinkle

[trinacriabob]

brooklyn college.

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I had no clue you were a NYC person at all! And I certainly did not know that Brooklyn College looked so residential. People out West have no clue that it is possible to live in Brooklyn, Queens and ESPECIALLY Staten Island and have a front yard and a back yard. Our family had acquaintances that lived in Forest Hills (Queens) and had/have a gorgeous house.

Where's Gotham, anyway?

[Mr.Krinkle]

I had no clue you were a NYC person at all!  And I certainly did not know that Brooklyn College looked so residential.  People out West have no clue that it is possible to live in Brooklyn, Queens and ESPECIALLY Staten Island and have a front yard and a back yard.  Our family had acquaintances that lived in Forest Hills (Queens) and had/have a gorgeous house.

Where's Gotham, anyway?

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gothams just another name for ny. brooklyn college has a beautiful campus. it was and i think still is known as the poor mans harvard. theres a bunch of parakeets that live on teh campus. supposedly as the story goes a circus car full of wild animals derailed and the birds escaped and just took up residence there. the junction had trains and troleys running through it at one time.

even in the city theres still places to go to get away from it all. wash sq. park, union sq. park...way uptown...the cloisters. thats a good one, might want to look it up. havent been there in a long time but you might appreciate it.

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ probably get a kick out of that link too if you feel like clicking on it.

one of my professors co-authored a book on the history of nyc, and its called gotham oddly enough. really great book filled with lots of info and history and the origins of the city. the conference house was built in 1680 to give you an idea how long people have been here. thats one of my favorite places on all of staten island. just thinking ben franklin and adams went there to talk with the british about not having the American Revolution...yeah. its not all big buildings and random people around here.

Edited November 13, 2006 by Mr.Krinkle

[the_yellow_dart]

I live between Toronto's Church and Wellesley and St. Jamestown.

So - I live between the gay village on one side, and 18,000 new immigrants (73% non-white) packed in to roughly 40 acres on the other.

Now does anyone wonder why I'm so accepting?

Edited November 13, 2006 by the_yellow_dart

[deftonesfan867]

The historic stockyards.

The cities herd, they do daily cattle drives from downtown to the stockyards for all you yankee tourist

Some old boot store in the stockyards.

I'll look for more later.

[Mr.Krinkle]

The historic stockyards.

The cities herd, they do daily cattle drives from downtown to the stockyards for all you yankee tourist

Some old boot store in the stockyards.

I'll look for more later.

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thats pretty cool...this is the only bull ive seen around here.

and of course the other side...

makes for some fun things to say when your passing by the touristy folk.

[deftonesfan867]

Love the skyline at night

This view is a couple miles from me, taken from I-35W going southbound.

The Fort Worth museum of modern art.

Another pic of the museum

Daytime pic of the museum.

More coming soon.

[ocnblu]

Awesome pictures, everybody!

[HarleyEarl]

Ocnblu, here's Lancaster on your behalf...I hope that's ok. It looks like a great city and area to live. Great history. I understand it has the oldest market in the US? And I like the city square...always liked that about older American cities. Especially smaller ones. Lancaster, at about 55,000 people is just right in size for me. Where I live, it's now one million people...too big.

And great photos of all the places where everyone lives.....I think it's time for a road trip. You all got me wanting to travel and experience your areas.

[ocnblu]

I believe Lancaster is the oldest landlocked city in the US. Founded 1730. The second picture is our train station... literally next door to where I work.

[Cremazie]

This view is a couple miles from me, taken from I-35W going southbound.

More coming soon.

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Is it me or does it look kina like Edmonton? (minus building colors)

Edited November 14, 2006 by Cremazie

[Cremazie]

So,

here are some more of the Edmonton Area:

Downtown:

It's so big it creeps into the 4th dimension, the West Edmonton Mall:

[HarleyEarl]

Is it me or does it look kina like Edmonton? (minus building colors)

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You won't believe this, but when I saw that photo, I thought, oh, thats Edmonton.

And how are things in the place of my birth? It's been awhile since I've been there. I have been getting homesick lately.

[CSpec]

Is it me or does it look kina like Edmonton? (minus building colors)

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What's with all the glass pyramids?

[ocnblu]

Huge Egyptian expatriate population.

[HarleyEarl]

What's with all the glass pyramids?

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Those glass pyramids are a plant conservatory...each one is a different climate zone.

[mustang84]

You are not alone in liking to look at cities...do you like to look at maps of them, too, to see how they are laid out?  I think I could pick out most cities if unlabeled just by their layout of major arteries and natural features such as rivers.

I like the engineering building.  Who did it?

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Actually, as a kid, I would always look at maps on road trips and kind of memorized the interstate systems and how they looped around cities and stuff. I also could draw New York's boroughs off the top of my head right now, lol. I played a game called SimCity a lot when I was younger, which is where you build and manage cities (maybe you've heard of it before), so I've long had an interest in city planning.

A firm called Brooks Borg Skiles did that building, which is called Howe Hall.

Edited November 14, 2006 by mustang84

[mustang84]

I know my parents had some stuff with Principal Groupd in DSM.

Gold leafed domes are cool, without a doubt. 

Did you like your internship there?

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Principal has a large presence in Des Moines. Not only do they own that tall peaked tower I showed earlier, but they also have a campus of six other buildings surrounding it. They're the main contributor in funding for the Principal Riverwalk redevelopment.

Yeah, the internship was good...I'm planning on working some over Christmas break before I'm off to Italia.

[trinacriabob]

Huge Egyptian expatriate population.

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You're such a dweeb. Gawd....

[ocnblu]

I don't have a problem letting people know I'm imperfect.

[Cremazie]

You won't believe this, but when I saw that photo, I thought, oh, thats Edmonton.

And how are things in the place of my birth?  It's been awhile since I've been there.  I have been getting homesick lately.

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All is well, minus the snow we had over the weekend.. makes me sick

You should come up sometime.. the city misses you!

[Cremazie]

What's with all the glass pyramids?

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As HarleyEarl said, for some reason they like pyramids in Edmonton tho!

City hall has 2 as well

Conservatory:

Edited November 15, 2006 by Cremazie