Images of your city

[Kyriakos]

Not sure if this has been done in some other thread :)

You can post iamges of the place you live in, be it a city, town, village etc.

I live in Thessalonike (most common spelling of it in english appears to be Thessaloniki) which is the capital of the greek province of Macedonia. It has around 1,5 million people, and was founded around 2300 years ago by Kassander, one of Alexander the great's diadochoi.

Later on it became capital of one fourth of the Roman Empire, under the tetrarchy system.

Finally it was the second most important city of the Byzantine Empire, and there exist tens of ancient churches from that period here :)

But enough with the introduction, here are some pics :)

http://www.altergreece.gr/images/stories/thessaloniki2.jpg

http://www.newsfilter.gr/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thessaloniki_aristotelous.jpg

http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/greece/roman_byzantine_ottoman_modern_thessaloniki_ert.jp g

http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/l/0/3999-thessaloniki-bay-thessaloniki-greece.jpg

http://esperida.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/31068-grc-tesalonica-radio_thessaloniki.jpg

http://www.gnosticweb.com/files/799px-Thessaloniki_08-07.jpg

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Very nice pitures there :thumbs_up
Not sure if this has been done in some other thread :)In a way it has, as some such pictures have been pusted in Pictures Taken By you... (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20158) but never mind that: I think this a good subject for a thread. I'll see what I can find to add to it.

/Claes

[Niamh]

Here are some photos of my home city! :)

The River Liffey at Night time
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/nighies%20trip%20to%20Ireland/leilastripto029.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/dublin/oconnellst.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/dublin/d4s1.jpg

http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad135/drecogriffin1/dublin/P1000441.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t236/Irisheaglesfan/Dublin%20pics/IMG_1114.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/dublin/dublin_irelandaerial.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/dublin/Ireland-Dublin-TrinityCollege.jpg

[papayahed]

Here are some photos of my home city! :)

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t236/Irisheaglesfan/Dublin%20pics/IMG_1114.jpg



What the heck is that?

[Cailin]

That is a new bridge in our city called The Samuel Beckett Bridge - I think the shape of it is designed to evoke the image of a harp... Or am I wrong on that Niamh?

[OrphanPip]

I could post pretty pictures, but instead I'm gonna post some greyish ugly ones from Google maps.

Here is the street I grew up on.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z241/i_feel_tiredsleepy/street.png

This is the river down from where I grew up.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z241/i_feel_tiredsleepy/river.png

[papayahed]

This is the street where I grew up:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4174/healy.png (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/healy.png/)

Seriously. On the right hand side there used to be 5 houses.

I'll have to dig up more pictures to show the better parts of town.

[papayahed]

That is a new bridge in our city called The Samuel Beckett Bridge - I think the shape of it is designed to evoke the image of a harp... Or am I wrong on that Niamh?

It does look like a harp or violin...one of those stringed instruments.

[applepie]

Here's my home town of Cincinnati (the city anyway)

http://www.cinciapwu.org/cincinnati2.jpg

Where I live is a bit more suburban than all that, but we're on the outskirts. I think it is maybe 20 minutes for me to get into down town.

[JuniperWoolf]

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=579&pictureid=4270

That's mine behind my geeky friend Steve.

http://www.kananaskisalberta.ca/gssi/offices/images/grandecache.jpg

http://www.worldweb.com/Uploads/PhotoGallery/file-10-7557-file_image.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/13425467.jpg

http://www.bwgrandecache.com/images/cache_hiking-b.jpg

A kid fell off of that last cliff just last month. Don't worry, he's okay (just some scrapes, and the poor little guy lost his cell phone). That's what happens when you get wasted in the dark right beside Hell's Gates (actual name for it).

[OrphanPip]

All that open space makes me feel agoraphobic, I'm not entirely comfortable unless at least 50% of the skyline is obscured by buildings.

Edit: Guess I'll also include a picture of Montreal.

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/25/downtown-montreal_19234.jpg

[Niamh]

What the heck is that?
Its a bridge!


That is a new bridge in our city called The Samuel Beckett Bridge - I think the shape of it is designed to evoke the image of a harp... Or am I wrong on that Niamh?


It does look like a harp or violin...one of those stringed instruments.

Yep its a harp. The designer wanted to invoke the impression of a harp lying on its back. It is an amazingly fantastic bridge. It also turns sideways to allow boats to pass. :nod:

[TurquoiseSunset]

I live in Paarl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paarl). I took this photo out of my classroom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paarl_Gimnasium) window...maaaaany years ago :D

http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/Africa1984/Home/Paarl-gim.jpg

[Niamh]

all i can say is wow!

[kasie]

Thanks so much for that super picture, Turquoise Sunset: I visited Paarl when I went to SA a couple of years ago and your picture brought back some happy memories. My guide was a Cape Town man who delighted in taking me 'off the beaten track' to show me the beauties of your country - I was particularly interested in SA Flora and he took me to all sorts of wild places, including up into those mountains in the background, to show me flowers in their natural habitat. I'm saving hard for a return trip.

[TurquoiseSunset]

My pleasure Kasie! I've lived in Paarl my whole life and I can't imagine living anywhere else! Hope you'll be back soon!! :D

[Whistle]

http://www.sweden.se/upload/Sweden_se/english/articles/SI/2009/Matteifestivalen/Sweden-Lulea-view.jpg

http://pt.hotelkey.com/imglib/hotelfotos/g/049/49821_007.jpg

The main street in the winter:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/3072236188_a85dae45e3.jpg

[Lokasenna]

Well, I spend half my time in Llandudno, North Wales, which is where my folks are:

http://llandudnoboattrips.co.uk/images/Great_Orme_Marine_Drive.jpg

http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/images-attractions/St_Tudno_Great_Orme.jpg

http://www.limestone-pavements.org.uk/gallery/Land%20Management/album/slides/Great%20Orme%20goats.jpg

http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/images2/Conwy_County_Great_Orme.jpg

And the other half of my time in Durham, which has a wonderful cathedral, but very little else:

http://michaelvolland.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/durham23.jpg

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/UK/Britain_Yorkshire_and_North/Durham_Cathedral/Images/900/Durham-Location-SR.jpg

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/UK/Britain_Yorkshire_and_North/Durham_Cathedral/Images%20Misc/Durham-HofGod-BAR.jpg

[TurquoiseSunset]

Wow Lokasenna, Llandudno and Durham are both absolutely beautiful!!

Btw, we have a Llandudno too, but I think I prefer yours to ours!
http://www.quilombobrasil.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/llandudno.JPG

I got my first blister sunburn sitting on the rock in the foreground when I was 14 :D

[Kyriakos]

Great pics :)

[Lokasenna]

Wow Lokasenna, Llandudno and Durham are both absolutely beautiful!!

Btw, we have a Llandudno too, but I think I prefer yours to ours!


I had heard there was an African Llandudno out there! Sure, the Welsh version is nice, but I bet the African one get's better weather!:D

[TurquoiseSunset]

I had heard there was an African Llandudno out there! Sure, the Welsh version is nice, but I bet the African one get's better weather!:D

True true. However, the weather might be great mostly, but the water is so cold around Cape Town you might as well be in Wales :p

[papayahed]

Sights from Shreveport, LA:


http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/DHR314/Shreveport/IMG_0679.jpg


http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/DHR314/Shreveport/IMG_0641.jpg

http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af157/DHR314/Shreveport/IMG_0628.jpg

[Niamh]

pretty fountain Papaya!

[Lulim]

Some pictures from my city, where I live (again) since May:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=771&pictureid=7496

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=771&pictureid=7497

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=771&pictureid=7494

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=771&pictureid=7495

[*Classic*Charm*]

Toronto!

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=312&pictureid=7498

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=312&pictureid=7499

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=312&pictureid=7500
Yonge Street when Sam the Record Man was still there :(

[William of Waco]

My hometown of Waco, Texas
(Nine images)

The 1898 courthouse
(flickr - A work of ott)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/3845573254_4280110238_o.jpg

This behemoth is the Grand Lodge of Texas headquarters and located behind the courthouse.
I have always thought it strange that it is not located in a much larger city like Dallas or Houston.
(panoramio - homilimbu)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/17107457.jpg

This is the Alico Building. At 21 stories It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River when it was built in 1910.
As a testament to the structural integrity it withstood a direct hit from an F5 tornado that destroyed downtown Waco and killed 114 people.
It is now mostly empty.
(Flickr)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/3164136889_2f5f89ce7c_b.jpg

Waco also has numerous large churches, a few of them resembling mini-cathedrals.
(flickr - colorful achromatic)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/2233862069_bec3711721_b.jpg

Burleson Square and its Victorian towers.
(flickr - will.b)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/2428374639_ae1f37a806_b.jpg

Waco is full of wonderful old mansions like this.
(wiki)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/Madison_cooper_house_2008.jpg

This is a time capsule house dating from 1873.
Almost everything, outside and in, survive from this period.
(wiki)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/John_wesley_mann_house.jpg

The Brazos River
(flickr - Leslie Platt)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/1118729287_dfff15084c_b.jpg

I used to play on these cliffs as a kid, long before they installed the safety railing you see here.
(flickr - 1sock)
http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff355/williamofwaco/3602619072_56bea225ac_b.jpg

[DanielBenoit]

Here are some pics of my depressing industrial/football city. Green Bay: Home of the Green Bay Packers. Go Pack GO!

Then:

http://www.wcpa-ports.org/user_images/Green%20Bay.jpg

http://digitalheadbutt.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/green-bay.jpg

Now:

http://www.journalinteractive.com/mediakit/images/grnbaySkyline.jpg

http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lambeau.jpg

But I think the real skylines can be seen here:

http://www.thesportsbank.net/core/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/green-bay-packers-bikini-girls-fans-nfl.jpg

[Niamh]

Yonge Street goes on for ever..... Felt like i was walking down it forever anyway.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Yonge Street goes on for ever..... Felt like i was walking down it forever anyway.

Well, it is the longest street in the world :D

[Niamh]

Well, it is the longest street in the world :D

Well now that explains it! :D

[papayahed]

Well, it is the longest street in the world :D

Yeah, too bad they spelled it wrong. hahahaha, when I was younger I went with a group of friends to Toronto. Another friend told us we had to go to Yonge street so when we got to Toronto we of course looked for "Young" street.