pics of my town
 

so, i'm always really curious about what other people's towns look like. so i thought i'd post some pictures of mine. i took these today while walking home from work. it was a really weird day because the sun was out, but there were also a lot of dark clouds in the sky.

here i am standing on the bridge downtown, facing north. the white building in the background is the tallest building in kent ... a grain silo! :laugh:

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97692423-M.jpg

franklin square deli. this is where i toil daily, making sandwiches for unappreciative bastards. i mean ... customers.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97693740-M.jpg

here's a nice autumn-y shot. kent's a nice-looking town, kinda. that building on the corner that i'm facing used to be thompson's, a cool, locally-owned drug store. now it's smokin' tattooz. yeahhhhh. one of five tattoo shop in a two-block area.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97691356-M.jpg

another tattoo shop. this one's sparky's tattoos. sparky's an asshole and comes to the deli way too often. and smells bad. but look - he'll pierce both your nipples for $60! sweet ****!

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97694563-M.jpg

here we go. this is turnup records, complete with chinese-lantern-cum-turnip in the window. they sell second hand vinyl and communist/conspiracy-theorist literature.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97696093-M.jpg

this is a "headstone" at the mock cemetary for extinct species of north eastern ohio. poor big-eared bats!

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97695800-M.jpg

right after 9/11, someone threw a brick through those front doors.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97697499-M.jpg

and finally ... my street. you can't see my house, though ... it's on the right, after that stop sign.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97697815-M.jpg

ok, who else wants to share?

hey, cool idea!!! why don't we all post pics of our neighborhood or town?? I will follow you

BTW, nice pics!!

thanks! i would really love to see where other ledgies live. :thumbsup:

Wow!! Kent looks like a cozy, quaint little place. And what a great idea - I think I'll take my camera to work with me tomorrow!!

What a pretty little town Carrie! Maybe I will post some pics of my town sometime soon :)

yeah, a lot of kent is really quaint! especially my neighborhood, which is about 2 blocks from downtown. unfortch, there's also a lot of sprawl happening & housing developments are popping up everywhere. our school system is very well-respected in the area, so it attracts a lot of cleveland commuters.

can't wait to see your pics!

well you keep saying you live in paradise ... we need photographic evidence! :D

Alrighty :laugh: I will take a walk now, and show you my neighbourhood. No beaches though!!!

i live in between princeton and trenton but frequent princeton often. i just took these on friday afternoon. i can't wait for the fall foliage there (princeton university) and on my campus as well.

Miraflores, Lima
 

I live in Miraflores, a neighborhood of Lima, in south pacific coast. I love my place

this is the shore near my home, I live two blocks from here:
http://p.vtourist.com/1821563-Travel...lores_Lima.jpg

this zone has beautiful buildings and hotels
http://www.southtravels.com/america/.../hotelview.jpg

another view from the air of the same neighborhood, Miraflores
http://www.infoperu.com/pics/cities/miraflores.jpg
http://www.perou.net/ala/fr/costaverde.jpg

Very cute little town, Carrie!

Yeah, I could so just see me taking photos of my town. "Here is the big ugly prison where Charles Manson used to be held. Here are the ugly sprawling Outlet Stores where they sell last year's crap at a reduced price. Here's the enormous monstrosity of a Catholic church whose bells wake me up in the morning. Here's the church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the other church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the church that shares the same parking lot as the second church that used to be a movie theater. Here's a gas station that closed down. Here are the two gas stations built across the street from the one that closed down. Here is another gas station that closed down. Here are some more gas stations across the street from the other one that closed down..." :lol:

those pictures are so cool! those buildings are amazing, and the trees are beautiful. my favorite was the one with the lion statues flanking either side. very nice.

wow, those pictures are stunning! i'm pretty jealous :)

:lol: :lol: :lol: so you're saying ... don't vacay in vacaville?

Uh, I wouldn't recommend it, no. :laugh:

But if you're low on gas, we've got plenty of places to fill up. :rolleyes:

Actually I live in Paradise, (well until I moved even more north, to Magalia)
here are pics:
Paradise Sign
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/parsign.jpg
Aquatic park (the locals call it the Duck Pond Park)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/aqpark.jpg
Honey Run Bridge
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradi...s/honeyrun.jpg
Little Grand Canyon (aka Butte Creek Canyon)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/bcanyon.jpg
Sawmill Peak (heading up to Magalia)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/smpeak.jpg
Old Magalia Church (very VERY small!, used for Wedding Ceremonies)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/magchur.jpg
The Depot (used to be a train Depot)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/maginn.jpg
Merlo Park in Sterling City (where my daughter lives)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/merlopk.jpg
Feather River (up Highway 70)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradi...s/frbridge.jpg


theres more but you get the idea....

You live in a cute town Carrie.

Here is a picture of the Providence skyline at dusk that I took about a year ago. That is same skyline that is featured in the show "Family Guy".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...rovSkyline.jpg

Here is a shot of Providence right before something called Waterfires. You can see the wood in the caludrons along the river.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...005/CROP01.jpg

Here is almost the same view after the fires were lit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...005/CROP02.jpg

Another view of the Waterfire.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...005/CROP03.jpg

This is the view from my balcony in Beautiful Downtown West Hollywood. In the distance is Bunker Hill (downtown L.A.)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...alconyview.jpg

this photograph reminds me of a few of the local towns in southern new jersey. it's very cute -- looks like a very nice place to live. how close is the kent state from downtown or does it basically make up the town?

i wouldn't mind waking up everyday to a view like that. gorgeous.

thank you. the architecture is unbelievable. the campus sits on 700 acres in princeton. down the road off of nassau street (the main drag in town) is an amazing view of the boat house on lake carnegie and before you arrive at rt. 1, there's nothing but trees lining the road. it's so beautiful.

You guys live in some sweet places :D

Here is my neighbourhood - no buildings or anything - They are all in the city - I live in suburbia :laugh:

My House

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/1.jpg

My Backyard & Pool

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/2.jpg

Random Pic

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/3.jpg

More coming....

Isn't the prison just purty? Y'all know you're jealous.

http://www.cya.ca.gov/Visitors/images/SOL.jpg

More Random Pics

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...va/Random1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/4-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...va/Random2.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...va/Random3.jpg

My Bush

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/5-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...luva/Bush2.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...luva/Bush3.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...luva/Bush4.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...luva/Bush5.jpg


Two more to come...

The Old Water Tower

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...luva/Bush6.jpg

My Street

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...uva/Street.jpg

There - done :D

Foxluva!:thumbsup: Great pics, so typical and familiar
Awww...your'e making me homesick. Had my 22nd "years away from home" anniversary last week, so it's nice to see it's still the same....
Some other cool photos too folks..interesting.:nod:

lets see if I can post this image of my town

Yay it worked!

I want to visit England/Ireland so BAD!!! ARRGH you are so LUCKY!

I bet its nicer at NIGHT :nod:

This is where I was yesterday, Shoal Creek in Austin, Tx. I didn't take this picture:





Here's another favorite of mine, the Congress Street Bridge. If you look closely you'll see the capital building waaaay in the distance:



The U.T. Tower after the Rose Bowl win last year:

Great idea, and cool pics from everyone! I'll have to get back to you guys with my pics, though - I'm thinking pics of urban sprawl/Walmart/TGIFriday's/etc. aren't that exciting. :rolleyes: Gimme time to figure out a better representation.

I like these town pics. Carrie, your town is cute. Tooootally made me eat my ass on what I thought the midwest was like. lol. Actually, I figured it was nice, just pretty flat.
And, the only person that showed us some mountains of my spirit was Irishgrl. Of course. California foothills and mountains are so amazing. That's my place, I'm that girl.
Anyhoot - I don't have many pics of my actual hometown, but I do have a few of where I live. They are repeats, though. Which makes them no less awesome, but may make them a smidge more boring. To those who have seen them. Gah, I should take my camera out more. My vacation pics are way better, but that would be cheating, even though I feel like that is where I really live.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1Image0005.jpg

Hey, Paula - this is what you might see to your left as you first wake up - I call it the "ugly window". Right Above your head will be the "good window" :laugh:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1Image0004.jpg

The clouds, repeat. Hopefully we can take some awesome new pics here soon. The trees are on fire right now. Okay, actually most are still summer green, but it still looks good. This is from before.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../fullsize1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...0Image0015.jpg

So there's all these houses I like...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...0Image0011.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12.../fullsize3.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...nark/city1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...bayfromtop.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ritehouse1.jpg

et cetera. I must say, I really enjoy the pics.

Amber, I was born in Oakland, and when I was commuting into the city to law school on BART, we used to pass thru a section of Oakland (Rockridge?) that looked like it was being refurbished/rennovated...I really liked all the cute little homes I saw...I happen to love old Victorians, and I like all the wood shingling. Once, when I worked in the library at my community college, we were doing a huge cleaning, and I had the section of the alphabet at the beginning....I saw a lot of books on architecture, and I ended up checking out a book or two on Bay Area Architects and their styles. VERY enlightening. Many of those styles found their way to Chico. Have you ever just ridden around parts of Chico to see the different house styles? Bungalows, Craftsman, Victorian, Spanish, Art Deco....its all there. And my favorite house on 8th St, I call the Wavy Gravy house. It has a unique roof shingling style called slump. its so cool! Take a drive sometime down East First Street (turns into West First I think!) or even the Esplanade....

Im glad you liked my pics, they came from a local website where you can see local shots. I love this part of the State, it SMELLS good. I know you love this area too, but be warned, there's not a lot of money to be made here, (unless you're in medicine, and there's WAAAAAAY too many attorneys!) thats why Im working for the County....

PS: just for you Amber, I found a site that has a slide show of Chico/Paradise pics:

Photo Tour of NorthValley

here's one of Chico's historic homes:
http://www.matchlets.com/photos/2006...0226_Front.jpg

For the record, I have NOTHING to do with this. And I don't smell bad.

I found this pretty cool site that gives 360degree shots of various places in Chico, and Paradise

http://www.chicorealestateguide.com/..._Back_Yard.htm
you move your mouse left or right to make the camera move. its pretty cool!

Well my window does not have that view, ha ha,, my street is inner.. :rolleyes:
but it's just 2 blocks from the cliff to the beach, and it's very nice in the summer, you can wake up early in the morning to run. And winter is not so strong so you can do it the whole year.

However you can see the coast is desertic, so I'm jealous of you guys who live near forest and woods. It's very beautiful those towns in the US, Europe, Australia, etc..

michael - geez, you DO live in paradise! so green and beautiful. also, the language difference cracks me up, because if *i* posted pictures of *my* bush, i'd probably be banned. :lol:

amber - thanks. downtown kent is pretty nice. i could take some pics of some strip malls and home depots if you want a more typical representation of the midwest. :laugh: your pics are lovely. i really liked the last house picture and the water pic.

sparky - :lol: :lol: sorry, i probably should've clarified :D . that ugly shop does not belong to our lovely, non-asshole, non-smelly sparky.

Downtonw Lima
 

I thought you would enjoy these. This is not my neighborhood but downtown Lima, 5 miles from my district (Miraflores)

This is the main cathedral
http://daniel.haxx.se/travel/southamerica/peru/lima.jpg

the goverment palace, where the president lives
http://www.ecuaworld.com/images/peru/lima2.jpg

the arzobispal palace, the Pope stayed here while he visited Peru
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/...pal%20Lima.jpg

Torre Tagle palace, another colonial building from the years Spain owned Peru (the virreynato, kind of viceroydom) the balconies are gorgeous!!
http://www.aboutcusco.com/cusco/images/cities01_02.jpg

All are typical Lima architecture from colonial times and beginning of the republic

Great photos, everyone! Thanks for sharing them:xoxo:

Villavic - your town looks so rich in history. It's pics like those that remind me how "young" our country is.

so I finally got around to posting pics on this thread.

Here is part of my high school. Well,this is all there was when I graduated. We only had 10, 11 and 12. Then they added on and brought the freshmen over. It goes on forever but I'll refrain from posting .
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...irthday028.jpg

Here is my office where I work :D
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...irthday027.jpg

Here is probably one of the prettiest churches in Henderson. I actually grew up in this church, but I don't go there anymore.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...irthday024.jpg

ahh...Rookies. I've spent many o' nights getting drunk here. Anyone remember my 21st Birthday story?? Yeah-this is it.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...irthday018.jpg

Good ol' Ohio River. There is usually a water feature that is actually really pretty right there. But they shut it down last week :(
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...irthday019.jpg