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We haven't had any picture topics for a while, so I figured it's time for a new one. Take pictures (yourself!!) of your hometown. In my case, beautiful Elburg.

streets and alleys

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Main street
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Buildings

The st. Nicolaas church. Built in the late 1300's. It used to have a sharp tower, but that burned off in the 1600's.
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The Vischpoort. There used to be four gates like this, but 3 were taken down in the 1800's, together with most of the wall, to provide stones to build the harbour.
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Funky house, built right next to the canal.
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Nothing beats an almost castle in the middle of town.
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This house was built by some kick ass admiral a long, long time ago. (don't know exactly how long)
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small25.JPG)

Some small houses.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small28.JPG)

The old monastry. I really like this one. It has a museum now.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small29.JPG)

Protection

The afore mentioned wall, now mainly used to play soccer against.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small19.JPG)

LOOK OUT! THAT SHEEP WILL ATTACK US!! (taken through a canon hole in the wall)
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small26.JPG)

A cannon to protect us from that sheep.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/small17.JPG)

Water and Bridges

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On the bridge towards the vischpoort.
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The bridge towards the vischpoort.
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On the bridge you see in the distance on the above picture. Those 2 statues are lions holding our city's valor (weapon? I don't know). Oh, and those little doors allow you to go inside some sort of bunkers.
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the Harbour
Elburg used to be a fishing town.
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A look at the town from the harbour.
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To compensate for all the old pretty stuff, here are some more recent areas

Well, this is just field, but I suppose the grass itself is pretty recent.
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Some older ones.

Huis Old Putten. There used to be a castle here, but in during the war with spain (around 1600) the people in there used to be pro-spanish, so the castle was destroyed and the stones were used to build the canals in the town. Now it's just a big funky house.
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Near the harbour.
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A field opposite to Old Putten.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/meerelburg4.JPG)

A path next to Old Putten.
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Another field nearby.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/meerelburg6.JPG)

A bull that didn't like it when my and my girlfriend got a little too close to his bitches.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/elburg/meerelburg7.JPG)

If only I could see it.

Why can't you see it? I hosted them all on the rfgeneration server. If you can't see these pictures, you shouldn't see anything at all ???

Its a nice little place you got there.  What is the area population?

About 20 thousand, together with some nearby villages.

Its something screwy with my Mac.

Hillsboro
These are from a small town about 50 minutes away from where I live.  Hillsboro is a decent size, but very small in comparisson to the several million who live in the Cincinnati area.  This is in Ohio, east of Cincy on US 50.

Highland County Court House, I think.
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Civil War memorial outside the courthouse.  I don't remember much about it, but Hilsboro apparently had some significance for that war.
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Fire station
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View down Main Street
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Covington
Covington is a small town in Kentucky which is right across the river from downtown Cincinnati.  It is also right next to Newport, KY.  My grandmother was born in Covington about a million years ago, back when it was still heavily segregated between Germans and Irish.

Clock tower in Mainstrassa Village
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Some building near the center of Mainstrassa Village
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The German church in town, which of course Irish people never attended back in the day.
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This is the Irish church my grandmother attended from when she was born until after she was married.  It is the St. Mary's Basillica.
(http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/misc/covington/tn_100_1271.JPG)

Painted glass from inside.  I know it's blurry.  I forgot my tripod, so cry about it.
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This is the school my grandmother attended, across the street from the Basillica.
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Cincinnati
Originally named Losantaville when it was founded in 1788, Cincinnati was renamed because somebody thought "Losantaville" (meaning "opposite the Licking River") was sissy.  Some of these pictures were taken of downtown, others were from areas a little bit further out.  Keep in mind that some of these are crappy because I took them from inside my car at red lights.

The Union Terminal.  This was built as a (really cool) train station in 1931, and though trains still come through it now, this has been heavily downgraded.  Today, most of the space is used for three museums and an Omnimax (better than Imax) theater.
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Interior.  That dumb old man in the bottom right messed up my picture.  I broke his kneecap shortly thereafter.
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The first mayor of Cincinnati, still alive and kicking.
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This is a picture of Cincinnati's glacier plane, shortly to the north of my house.  Don't tell my girlfriend that you saw this picture.
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Crappy photo of Music Hall, from my car.
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Crappy photo of Fountain Square, from my car at a red light.  This was a gift to the city from some rich guy.
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P&G own your soul!
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Taft museum playing hide & seek.  President Taft was the fattest President ever, and Cincinnati is to thank for him.  He once got stuck in a bathtub because he was so fat, and had to have a custom tub (that could fit six men in it) made because he was bigger than an elephant.  (Stories claim he ate three for breakfast each morning.)
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Lytle Park
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Abraham Lincoln statue at Lytle park.
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The Time Warner van destroyed my photo.  Since it didn't have kneecaps, I busted the hubcaps shortly after taking this photo.
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View down Fourth Street.
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$500 million worth of stadium for a $2 team, as seen from my car at a red light.
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Some cool building from my car.
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Also taken from my car of downtown.
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Suspension bridge where Brooklyn got the idea.
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Driving back to Cincy from Covington.
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Mt. Storm Park
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Krohn Conservatory interior, which is in Eden Park.  This place r0x0rs.
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And the panoramic photo taken between Northside and Clifton from Cincinnati State.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/2004-10-20_100_1831-100_1844___5000.jpg
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White Oak
White Oak is the part of town I live in.  Since Cincy is pretty big, different parts of town have their own names.  I also live in Colerain Township, but all that is blah blah details.  Some of these photos were taken in what is truly White Oak, others in Peach Grove, etc.  The point is these are closer to where I live.  So, you people from Cincinnati - don't cry when some of these aren't technically in White Oak.  No one will know the difference.

St. Bernard, a Church near my house.
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View of my street
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My street from the other end looking in the opposite direction.
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My car and house.
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MY SHADOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I AM SPOOKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miami Whitewater Forest
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What could this be?  SPOOKY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
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And of course, the panoramic photo from my back yard:
http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/2004-10-19_100_1812-100_1821___4000.jpg
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Edmonton

Edmonton has a population of 937,845 (2002 census).

Edmonton is the second largest city of the province of Alberta (after Calgary) and the country's sixth largest.

Edmonton encompasses an area of 70,152 hectares (270 sq. mi.).

Edmonton is situated at an altitude of 668 metres (2,192 feet).

The city of Edmonton is the starting point for the world's longest crude oil pipeline that connects the city with Buffalo, NY at a distance of 2856 km (1775 mi.).

Metro Edmonton boasts over 70 golf courses including Victoria Golf Course, Canada's oldest municipal golf course (1907).

There are almost 2,000 restaurants serving over 30 different types of cuisine in Edmonton.

(since I don't really have any pictures of my own, this is kind of a collage from pics on the web)

Downtown as seen from the river valley:
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Some office buildings not too far from my work:
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Shaw Conference Centre (situated down an enbakment into the river valley):
(http://www.kanada-alberta.de/pics/edmonton_3s.jpg)

The world's largest mall (Yeah, still kicks "Mall of America's" ass).  West Edmonton Mall - here you can see the Dolphin pool thingy:
(http://www.kanada-alberta.de/pics/edmonton_5s.jpg)

Fort Edmonton park:
(http://www.kanada-alberta.de/pics/edmonton_6s.jpg)

A scene from the annual "Folk Festival":
(http://www.kanada-alberta.de/pics/edmonton_7s.jpg)

The LRT (Light Rail Train):
(http://www.davidsimmons.com/pers/travel/alberta/edmonton/img.2.DSCF0360.JPG)

A parking lot - Football stadium to the right:
(http://www.davidsimmons.com/pers/travel/alberta/edmonton/img.2.DSCF0359.JPG)

The Hotal MacDonald:
(http://www.davidsimmons.com/pers/travel/alberta/edmonton/img.2.DSCF0365.JPG)

A water thing in front of City Hall:
(http://www.davidsimmons.com/pers/travel/alberta/edmonton/img.2.DSCF0373.JPG)

Gateway into Chinatown.  A cop car to the right.  Above are the power lines for the elctric busses:
(http://www.davidsimmons.com/pers/travel/alberta/edmonton/img.2.DSCF0376.JPG)

"Government House" - I'm actually getting married on the lawn in behind this thing next July.
(http://www.nait.ab.ca/international/images/govhouse.jpg)

A Roller Coaster in West Edmonton Mall:
(http://www.disordered.org/travel/CA/coaster.jpg)

A portion of the Water Park in West Edmonton Mall:
(http://www.disordered.org/travel/CA/waterpark.jpg)

The Legislature Building 2 blocks south from my work:
(http://www.canadaphotos.info/photoscanada/photographs/tour/picks-17.jpg)

Another pictures of downtown from the other side of the river vally.  The Legistlature building is visible in front of the office buildings:
(http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~taro/Canada%20Small/Edmonton.jpg)

An Edmonton Police badge:
(http://www.polinsignia.com/Wfiles/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton.JPG)

OD

Those are some pretty neat pictures nep and odo. Keep them coming!

MIke, those are awesome. You should consider posting some of them at www.urbanohio.com.  
Why the hell was there a time warner van there?

OD, that government house looks kick ass.

Those pictures of Elburg are great.  It looks like a really nice place to live - or a very beautiful place to say the least.  Cincinnati is a fairly nice place, but there's something about having churches and houses that were built 600 or 700 years ago.  Someday, I really should visit Europe.

I too liked that governement house photo in Edmonton.  The Legislature building was pretty darn cool too.  That reminds me....  I have some photos of the Sammarco house I could post....

P.S.  Who liked the glacier plane photo?  Am I the only one that got a kick out of that?

Why are we not allowed to tell your girlfriend that we saw the glacier pic?
Does she not like our hills?

Nep - I gotta say you have a great eye.  Very good photos.  Cincinatti looks suspiciously like a smaller Edmonton.

Arrr - something has to be said about living in a place with a lot of history (ie. NOT North America).  Like Nep said, we got some cool stuff, but a church that's 700 years old (or older) is very cool.  Seems very peaceful in Elburg.

OD

Cincinnati is actually twice the size of Edmonton, its just that Canadian cities actually have people living downtown, which makes the skyline look larger.  

Correct me if I am wrong, but the metro population of Edmonton is around 1 million?
Metro Cincy is 2.2 million.  Cin-Day is 3.3 mil.  

I always liked this shot. Althout it is not my own, I may get one similar to this the next time I am home.
(http://urbanohio.com/SWOhio/Cincinnati/Skyline/Night27.jpg)
Click here for full size image. (http://urbanohio.com/SWOhio/Cincinnati/Skyline/Night27.jpg)

Ok, I don't have a mac and I can't see them.  >:(

Nepenthean that chruch kicks ass!!!!!!!! Awesome pics!!!!

It's definitely not the sort of thing you'd expect to find around the Cincinnati area, but it's very cool.  It took them a good 100 years or so to complete it.  I do't really remember when it was started, but it was finised long before I was born for sure.

The project began in 1894 and ended in 1915, incomplete. Though largely unfinished even today, the Cathedral is a monument which speaks of the faith and determination of the Bishop and the community. It is an art and architectural monument to be treasured for centuries by people everywhere.

There are some more great photos of this building here: http://www.covcathedral.com/bas2.htm

If you click on the images that pop up, you get a larger image, which is much nicer.

There are actually a surprising number of gorgeous churches in the area.  The Cathedral, the Plum Street Temple, the Basilica.  

(http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/cathedraltour/cath22.jpg)

Click Here (http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/cathedraltour/)

(http://www.gccincy.com/GCCVB/GCCVB1/images/61%20Plum%20St%20Temple.jpg)

http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/church/

I thought I read that Cincinatti had a population of 300,000 or something.  Must not have been metro.

But the two do look pretty similar.  Downtown right on (or close to) the river valley.  Our newest sky scraper is like 20 years old,.

(http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/Edmonton2002/jpg/large/river.jpg)

OD

Yes, Cincinnati proper population is about 330K, but the metro is well over 2mil.  The city limits are very small, and the city/metro thing can be confusing.  For instance, I do not live in the city of Cincinnati, but I am only a 12 minute car ride from downtown, just using city streets.  There are people the live over 30 minutes away on the highway that are still part of the metro.    

I hear ya on the age thing.  Our tallest was built in 1931, and there hasn't really been any construction since the boom of the 80's, with one exception.  Hopefully, if everything pans out, there will be a new tallest, for Cincinnati and the state of Ohio, in the next three years.  They are building phase I of it it right now, but are still contemplating a redesign of phase II, the tall part.  
(http://www.geocities.com/downtowndayton/Compare.gif)  
It is the one on the right.  Phase I is the short little one at the side.  The other building there is the Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio's current tallest.

You did catch the fact that she was standing next to a wall painting, gazing into the "distance" as if there wasn't a wall six inches in front of her, right?  I assume you've seen that painting before.  It's near the ice cave in the Natural History Museum at the Union Terminal.

Yes, I know. I have been to the exhibit, and pretty much figured she was in the picture.  I was wondering why she would be worried about it.

I didn't even realize it's a painting untill you said so....

She's camera shy, and wasn't too thrilled that I had her pose like that for that photo.  I think that she was beginning to realize how much of a dork I am.

Wow guys, VERY nice stuff. Gus tells me he's getting me a new cam for christmas but he's coming in for thanksgiving with his uber-cam. I'll try to get him to take some more photos. In the meantime I have some he took last time....

Heinz plant, this entire area smells like ketchup *shudders*

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/heinz.jpg)

The big castle looking thing is the cathedral of learning in Oakland. It is home to the University of Pittsburgh's culture rooms.

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/oakland.jpg)

South Side (my neighborhood), taken from the Slopes:

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/southside.jpg)

And another shot of South Side

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/southside1.jpg)

Rediculous staduim that the city didn't want and voted down. This bastard is one of many reasons the city is bankrupt. It is otherwise known as Heinz Field and home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/heinzfield.jpg)

North Side, where Heinz Field is located. This area is G-H-E-T-T-O. This is where you'll find the Mexican War Streets and a porno theater that is a historical landmark  :o

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/pittsburgh1.jpg)

And shots of downtown Pittsburgh

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/pittsburgh.jpg)

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/pittsburgh2.jpg)

Helicopter landing on top of a building downtown:

(http://www.rfgeneration.com/staff/pittsburgh/copterlanding.jpg)

Very nice stuff everyone.
I didn't get a chance to look earlier this week because of that whole dial up thing. But looking here out me low on virtual memory and slowed me down alot.
It was worth it though.
I will see if i can get some of lovely (haha) Springfield,Mass up.

I live in Royal Leamington Spa, and unfortunately I don't normally take my camera out around here (as I see it every day anyway :P), but this guy pretty much has the main touristy bits covered if you're interested (although stuff like the Regent Hotel has been knocked down and they're putting a shopping centre in its place):

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobjay99/lem.htm

Nice pics everybody else, some really interesting stuff!  Been to Amsterdam Arr, so it's nice to see another side of Holland too.

Ant, what kinda of pictures would you take of Springfield? Just wondering.  Neither of us would be able to get those nice wide shots since we live in a valley. all we get in Chicopee is trees in every direction.