This is a photo project myself and some other friends on myspace have been participating in for the last month, where we snap a random photo each day, everyday of something we encounter in our day to day lives. I thought it might be fun to do the same thing here only with a Tampa Bay theme....

I'll start it off.

http://a110.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_5f6ddfa13ce5120ac4155299b399442d.jpg
Hillsborough county proactively working on the traffic lights along Fletcher Ave...a good idea right? Not, really when they end up sitting in the middle of the Dale Mabry/Fletcher Ave intersection @ rush hour on a friday.

12/28/2007

haha... We have some folks who have been doing this here with various cities for some time now... It's cool to see enough people around here that such a thing could probably sustain itself.

That's cool Robert...wonderful idea.

In fact, I have one here (which I'm also posting on the WestShore business thread).

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/11-27-07001.jpg

Corporate Center 4 @ International Plaza (it's going up at a pretty good pace, but I think it's been kind of slow so far overall though).

Hmm good idea for a thread, I keep my camera in my car so I'll remember to get pics.

Well, nobody posted one yesterday so I'll fill the gap. This is a heavily manipulated photo (can't you tell) from my balcony. I took 5 shots at varied apertures and time settings and used a program called qtpfsgui to combine them and manipulate. Fun stuff for the unemployed.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/thehappysmith/CrazyTampa.jpg

Well, nobody posted one yesterday so I'll fill the gap. This is a heavily manipulated photo (can't you tell) from my balcony. I took 5 shots at varied apertures and time settings and used a program called qtpfsgui to combine them and manipulate. Fun stuff for the unemployed.http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/thehappysmith/CrazyTampa.jpg

Nice example of HDR.

http://a705.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_6e42e7cf9c213f31ebaef4811c857868.jpg
A friend following us through Channelside headed towards Ybor.

12/29/2007

http://a133.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/104/l_3283ea5c27d0bbeb834188c836fcaedc.jpg
Laura and I exploring the Hillsborough River, just north of Tampa.



12/30/2007

http://a334.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/l_a079d29404c23a5c1341b53bea1ab885.jpg
A promotional poster photo-shoot we shot this morning. No better way to ring out the old year and ring in the new one. Shot at the NCR corporate building in Northwest Tampa...conveniently vacant.


12/31/2007

^^
What car is that Robert?

Looks like a 240 that has been built up pretty good.

Yep, its a S13 240SX with a worked SR20DET engine along with numerous other suspension and go fast goodies. Very solid car for XAT to represent themselves with.

I was kind of bummed we sold our USF Sun Bowl tickets and stayed in town but with doing this shoot and the way the bowl went, I would say it all worked out for the best.

Yep, its a S13 240SX with a worked SR20DET engine along with numerous other suspension and go fast goodies. Very solid car for XAT to represent themselves with.


That's a pretty cool car nonetheless.

http://a306.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/14/l_94072ec93e620cfba2b5a7103415fab9.jpg
Six Ten Franklin....what a joke.




01/05/2007

^ Is that for real? Wow.

It looks like plastic eyes that someone glued on. The kind used for crafts and such.

^ Oh I see that now...I was going to say they need to fire whoever came up with that!

^ It's not original, someone thought it would be funny to glue on said eyes. I gotta admit, it is pretty funny. Subtle, but effective.

Haha, thats pretty funny some of y'all were thinking it was intended to be like that. Everyone of those posters has now been defaces in some fashion. Pretty entertaining social commentary. I would love to let my hand talk to the face of the developer who destroyed the Maas Brothers building to create that lovely dirt lot.

http://a41.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/119/l_4a9bf9a82cf645a8f6ffe0c562467970.jpg
Taken from atop the county center's terrific new parking garage.


01/06/2008

Haha, thats pretty funny some of y'all were thinking it was intended to be like that. Everyone of those posters has now been defaces in some fashion. Pretty entertaining social commentary. I would love to let my hand talk to the face of the developer who destroyed the Maas Brothers building to create that lovely dirt lot.

Here, Here Robert!!! I'd love to put up huge pictures on those fences of what use to be there, so that everyone can see what a disservice this developer has done!

It is sad that still nothing has been built on that lot either.

They could always rebuild.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/MAAS_BROS_02-00-1991-003.jpg/744px-MAAS_BROS_02-00-1991-003.jpg

:lol:

Haha, thats pretty funny some of y'all were thinking it was intended to be like that. Everyone of those posters has now been defaces in some fashion. Pretty entertaining social commentary. I would love to let my hand talk to the face of the developer who destroyed the Maas Brothers building to create that lovely dirt lot.
As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm glad that the condo project is hopefully dead, and something even more useful can be built there instead... Wouldn't that be sweet?

Sticky thread, woohoo! I actually like this thing.

My pic for today...

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/Picture008.jpg

The TIA interchanges.

Haha, thats pretty funny some of y'all were thinking it was intended to be like that. Everyone of those posters has now been defaces in some fashion. Pretty entertaining social commentary. I would love to let my hand talk to the face of the developer who destroyed the Maas Brothers building to create that lovely dirt lot.
I'd like to knock out the person who allowed the old courthouse to be destroyed. The First National Bank, The Tampa Terrace Hotel, The Tampa Morning Tribune, the Hillsboro Hotel, The Desoto Hotel.... you get the idea.
Were lucky the Tampa Bay Hotel is still there. And its not in that great of condition. I've seen some rooms in there that look like you're in a dilipdated building. The Ratheskeller is scary too because you can see how bad the structure is under the building. Its super creepy in some of those rooms. Its haunted for sure.
Does anyone have any more modern pictures of the Maas Brother's Building?

http://a354.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_3f4744a3098178250d4662c200059ee1.jpg

Site of Tampa's First Church in 1851 made possible in part by monies donated by Stonewall Jackson of all people.




01/17/2008

http://a438.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_df03fa48a8bed285c2bd2dc5005dbdcd.jpg
Who says green spaces are over rated?



01/18/2008

Took more than one on Saturday - 1/19/07 (Hope it's o.k. to post more than one as no one has posted in a few days)
Old Tampa WaterWorks Plant
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/TampaWaterWorksDT.jpg
A Spring bubbles in Downtown Tampa (Along river at Highland and Henderson)
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/DTTampaSpring4.jpg
The Heights / Former Tampa Armature Works / Former TECO Streetcar Garage
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/TampaWaterWorksDT2.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/TampaStreetcarBarn2.jpg
View East across Tampa St. at Henderson
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/DTTampa.jpg

(My photobucket page : http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/)

I took this yesterday on my camera phone but I call it "A day in the life of being stuck on US19"

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/stuckintrafficon19.jpg

^^
19 is horrendous :lol:

I can't wait until all that mess is finally wrapped up (like...2015 :lol:)

Actually the three overpasses are done they were finishing the final surface layer of asphalt the day of the pic. Its only the Enterprise Rd light, and south of Gulf to Bay where its pretty bad still.

http://a747.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_0d23c506587080ebb9c492644bad0282.jpg
A vertical view of the Sun Trust building.


01/23/2008

^I love the Suntrust tower. My favorite in Tampa, maybe the whole state...

my favorite is espirito santo building in miami

Top of the World(Top of ferris wheel at the Florida State Fair). Too bad it was taken from a camera phone and not my camera(left at home) it would of came out great!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/P0208081806402.jpg

Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis? I love the shot, I-275! Nice work... and thanks!! :)

silhouet style... awesome

My pic for today...

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/Picture008.jpg

The TIA interchanges.

I drove over the interchange coming from the airport a little while ago, and I must say, the view of downtown Tampa from up there is one of the best I've seen. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera on me. Someone should try to get that...

Great pic, thats really good for camera phone

^^Yea well it was from my gf's samsung, since my camera phone sucks.

I have a Kodak Easy Share C533 Zoom Digital Camera...a Christmas gift from my uncle a few years ago. That's where all my pics come from.

For those of you who have not seen it yet, click on the Veterans Exwy thread in the Skyway Lounge. I posted a video of me driving over the new flyover. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=531395&page=4

That video almost made me sick. Thanks Walt!

http://a438.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/6/l_18f558ba61ab3da7c29d601e725b81cd.jpg
The antithesis of Alive After Five.

^^I guess we can count that as yesterdays pic. I took this today "Gloomy day in Tampa Bay"

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P2114789.jpg

Robert we should call that one "Marion Busway Alive!" (hope you have seen Tom goes to the Mayor - love it!).

That video almost made me sick. Thanks Walt!

It was a bumpy ride. I always tell myself "that bridge is always a doozie". Especially when you try to make that awful last-minute merge and lane change before I-275.

But once the flyover to I-275 south is done in several months, there will be no more last-minute lane change to avoid this exit. :banana:

I think you will see Jeff, that me switching my avatars ever couple of weeks might make your head spin :lol:. For those of you wondering, yes...all my avatars (except the HARTline bus stop that I first used) are bits of snapshots of a sim that I made on the Sims 2 game.

Robert we should call that one "Marion Busway Alive!" (hope you have seen Tom goes to the Mayor - love it!).

Huh? I don't get that...

I drove over the interchange coming from the airport a little while ago, and I must say, the view of downtown Tampa from up there is one of the best I've seen. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera on me. Someone should try to get that...

The video I took was already enough of a risk. I basically placed the camera on my windshield, made sure it was focused, hit the record button, and left it alone. You won't see any pics from me driving over that bridge.

I agree, the view of DT and Westshore from the bridge is brilliant if the sky is perfect. I also hear that commuters traveling NB on the Howard Frankland can see the bridge from the hump. Shoot, on a clear day, I can barely make it out from the Gandy Bridge.

I pic I took from the Ft. Brooke garage on Saturday morning:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/485/tampadtfromparkinggaragxt7.jpg

^^
Speaking of Ft. Brooke Garage, I still remember the garage before it had been expanded vertically. Shoot, I still remember the crummy people mover. What a joke that was.

Expanded Vertically? I thought it has always been the same height.

^^
Speaking of Ft. Brooke Garage, I still remember the garage before it had been expanded vertically. Shoot, I still remember the crummy people mover. What a joke that was.

Hey, I miss the people mover! If it had been extended for the full route it would have made a GREAT DT circulator. It was planned to make a loop (well, more of a square) around the core of DT with the hub starting in the garage. The Harbor island line was only the first part of the plan. It would have perfectly tied into the TECO line too once it is expanded to Whiting street...then one could have transfered to the people mover and gone anywhere in the core of DT. oh well....

Steve

Hey, I miss the people mover! If it had been extended for the full route it would have made a GREAT DT circulator. It was planned to make a loop (well, more of a square) around the core of DT with the hub starting in the garage. The Harbor island line was only the first part of the plan. It would have perfectly tied into the TECO line too once it is expanded to Whiting street...then one could have transfered to the people mover and gone anywhere in the core of DT. oh well....

Steve

Yep, and I loved that thing as a kid. It was ahead of its time and removed without foresight into the future of the area. Would have been super handy to connect Element, Skypoint, etc... to HI and and CS.

Expanded Vertically? I thought it has always been the same height.

Several levels have been added to the garage. I think it occurred back in 2000 or 2001, around the time that the people mover was removed.

Hey, I miss the people mover! If it had been extended for the full route it would have made a GREAT DT circulator. It was planned to make a loop (well, more of a square) around the core of DT with the hub starting in the garage. The Harbor island line was only the first part of the plan. It would have perfectly tied into the TECO line too once it is expanded to Whiting street...then one could have transfered to the people mover and gone anywhere in the core of DT. oh well....

Steve

Yep, and I loved that thing as a kid. It was ahead of its time and removed without foresight into the future of the area. Would have been super handy to connect Element, Skypoint, etc... to HI and and CS.

I agree with the both of you. Had they kept the people mover in place, it would have been extended...no doubt. The original plan was for it to loop around the city, but that plan fizzled out I believe due to financial issues.

The people mover fizzled in part because Harbor Island as a retail/entertainment destination fizzled

The people mover fizzled in part because Harbor Island as a retail/entertainment destination fizzled

Yeah, that was major blow to the system also. I mean, basically all that is there now is a couple hotels, restaraunts and bunches of condos. There's like nothing else there now.

I didn't think this would deserve a thread of its own, but I noticed today that Google Earth has updated its server for downtown Tampa. Skypoint is finished, and Element is well underway. The Place at Channelside and Grand Central are done too. Google updates pretty randomly, so you have to check kind of often. They seem to keep the same perspective angle for the Tampa Bay area. If you look at Chicago or Atlanta you'll notice that one building is leaning north, the next is leaning south, they messed with the various satalite photos to achieve the best composition.

Taken from the BOA parking garage this past Saturday:
(click to enlarge)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6564/001qk9.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=001qk9.jpg)

That is awesome, try to get more urban shots like that that aren't artsy, or whatever.

Thanks! Here is another one from last Saturday. This is from the Tampa Club in the BOA tower, nearly the same angle as the one from yesterday, but this time much higher and about two hours later.


(click to enlarge)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7463/006mo3.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=006mo3.jpg)

Steve

Thanks! Here is another one from last Saturday. This is from the Tampa Club in the BOA tower, nearly the same angle as the one from yesterday, but this time much higher and about two hours later.


(click to enlarge)
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7463/006mo3.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=006mo3.jpg)

Steve


Was that from the stair climb on Saturday??

Indeed it was! That was a lot of fun, were you there too?

Steve

Here's my pic for today...the Crosstown.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/100_1294.jpg

Indeed it was! That was a lot of fun, were you there too?

Steve

Actually, No. I was supposed to sign up. I do the stairs every third day with the Tampa Fire guys. I am actually pretty fast, so the guys wanted me to sign up, but I never did. I have never been very competitive. You probably met my co-workers though.

Cool beans. I did it in 12:07 so not too bad, but not great either. My friend did it in 8:53. I am going to do the one in November which is in both Tampa and St. Pete, so that should be fun. I would have trained more, but I found out about the climb two weeks before, so there was not much time. My personal goal is to do the one in November in 9:00 or less.

It really is a great experience, and not as hard as it might seem. Heck, the views from the top are worth it alone.

Here is a pic of our team: From left to right: My wife, me, my brother, and one of my friends:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh90/AmericanLungStairClimb/STAIR%20CLIMB%20TEAMS/FirthofFourth.jpg

Steve

http://a632.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_e095ab9c6a3dcf687fbedab26b62c23f.jpg

Ahh the springs theater. I love that building, too bad it is not really used for much of anything except special events. I went a few years back when they had the "Bonk Festival of New Music" there....weird experience, but the building was great to see.

Steve

Mine for today: The Fifth Third Tower

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5559/tampadtfromparkinggaragwm8.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tampadtfromparkinggaragwm8.jpg)

Steve

I've always liked the 5/3 Tower. From most angles, it's very sleek and modern looking.

Seems like I spend half of my time in St. Pete now-a-days! :)
I always love seeing pictures of abandoned buildings in the Northeast, well here is Florida's version!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/CentralAveGut.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/CentralAveGut2.jpg
Gutted building at Central Ave. and 62nd St?

http://a88.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/102/l_1070913e2d46c1726d91316ac9ba6f1f.jpg
Corporate Center 4 @ International Plaza

Seems like I spend half of my time in St. Pete now-a-days! :)
I always love seeing pictures of abandoned buildings in the Northeast, well here is Florida's version!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/CentralAveGut.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/CentralAveGut2.jpg
Gutted building at Central Ave. and 62nd St?
Wow that thing has been abandoned a long time! I remember passing it as a kid.

haha i had a feeling it has been in that state for a while!

http://a88.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/102/l_1070913e2d46c1726d91316ac9ba6f1f.jpg
Corporate Center 4 @ International Plaza

Yeah, I just drove by there today. Looking good...

My pic for today "Its Foggy!"

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P3164906.jpg

This wasn't taken today, but was sent to me today. Pretty interesting angle.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/1337026/L/

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/photos/6/2/0/1337026.jpg

My pic for today "Its Foggy!"

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P3164906.jpg

Very nice, indeed! Thanks, I-275. :)

^^ x2

Nice catch, jonknee. That shot of Tampa is worthy of loading as background on any computer. Thanks! :)

That is a great angle, Jonknee.

Not the best angle...but I like it, Amsouth looks TALL in it...


http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6685/003yf9.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=003yf9.jpg)

http://www.gost.biz/tampaimages/channelside_towers.jpg

Thanks for the pic, we do not get too many Channelside photos....I like it!

Steve

Speaking of Channelside, here's a shot of what I estimate as the only free standing single family home in the whole district. Could be unique in all of CBD as well.

http://www.jongales.com/pics/development/Channelside-house.jpg

Cool, I've never seen that house before. What street is it on?

Oh don't forget the shotgun houses on Nebraska -right next to the crosstown as your coming from Channelside down Brorien

Cool, I've never seen that house before. What street is it on?

Oh don't forget the shotgun houses on Nebraska -right next to the crosstown as your coming from Channelside down Brorien

It's on 11th, right across from the Meridian. You're right about the ones on Nebraska. I find these sort of things interesting, a little parcel that remained unchanged while everything around it grew up.

I love that kind of stuff, too. Like finding abandoned railroad tracks, old signs, etc...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtowner/2437291927/" title="Collaborating for ArtLOUD by dtowner, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2437291927_4ee25ec99e.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="Collaborating for ArtLOUD" /></a>

Urban Charrette hosted ECO.lution on Sat April 19th. It was a beautiful day in the park - live music, speakers & vendors talking about what it means to have a sustainable city. And several artists collaborating on panel paintings for ArtLOUD - a project beautifying Franklin St. It was very cool to see the city and the park energized and full of life!

^Welcome. :)

By the way, your photo just shows up as a red x. It doesn't look like you copied the full image code. :)

I need help to figure out what am I doing wrong. I'm copying the url from flickr. At first I thought maybe it didn't work b/c I was using Safari so I switched to firefox and it looks like it's still not showing up. Help!

Right click on the photo and click on "properties." Highlight the full URL and copy to your clipboard. Then on the "post reply" page there is a small yellow icon that has a mountain. Click on it and paste the URL. Then press ok. It should work. :dunno:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtowner/2437291927/" title="Collaborating for ArtLOUD by dtowner, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2437291927_4ee25ec99e.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="Collaborating for ArtLOUD" /></a>

Urban Charrette hosted ECO.lution on Sat April 19th. It was a beautiful day in the park - live music, speakers & vendors talking about what it means to have a sustainable city. And several artists collaborating on panel paintings for ArtLOUD - a project beautifying Franklin St. It was very cool to see the city and the park energized and full of life!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2437291927_4ee25ec99e.jpg

There you go, had too much junk there, I just copied http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2437291927_4ee25ec99e.jpg in between IMG and /IMG with brackets around both

Thanks for your help!

Here's my first pic in a while. I've been taking snapshots of HART busses to expand the wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_Area_Regional_Transit) article about HART. If you look at the bottom of that article, you can see a "fleet" section with all of the photos that I've taken of HART's busses.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/100_1334.jpg

Well here is my photo of the day, taken while visiting DeBartolo Holdings.

http://www.downshiftonline.com/rwm/albums/userpics/normal_DSC_2280EF_Desktop_%28Large%29.jpg

^^
Yet another cool sports car.

No, thats just my Z again.

oh...

Nice little skyline we are getting. Sorry for the quality, camera phone and was riding in a work van so not a great combo.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/PhotoMoto_0094.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/1209731314.jpg
Palm and Lamar. Not sure how far she has gone or how far she is going, if at all, but I couldn't resist snapping her picture.

I'm always intrigued when an old house is relocated. It is a very challenging feat indeed.

And here's where she landed...
Google Street View Jefferson and Floribraska (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jefferson+and+lake,+tampa,+fl&sll=27.94652,-82.45929&sspn=1.594027,2.559814&ie=UTF8&ll=27.971047,-82.456754&spn=0.003113,0.005&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=27.970101,-82.456973&panoid=ZIp8kPqYrNkjLy7ahcsXCw&cbp=1,258.69177015188955,,0,-2.044612009305682)

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t296/akb1710/051608_Oaks011.jpg

Laura and I stopped @ Bo's on the way home from downtown last Friday. Certainly an iconic Tampa landmark.

http://a510.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/1/l_2a069652d4c9599efb3cf8713251837d.jpg
http://a643.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/1/l_3c3d9c59434ca05725f533c8a7257e2a.jpg

you should do one of your car shoots @ bo's

That wouldn't be a bad idea...

I don't really think that cars and models would work well on Florida Ave in Sulfur Springs. Perhaps, just cars.

I don't really think that cars and models would work well on Florida Ave in Sulfur Springs. Perhaps, just cars.

You forgot ice cream. Heh. Models and ice cream, what they don't fit?

You forgot ice cream. Heh. Models and ice cream, what they don't fit?

:lol:

Vets Exwy...more flyovers going up...
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/100_1504.jpg

I was picking up a to go order at Too Jay's and took this real quick for the forum....

http://www.paradigm-designstudio.com/ssc/burg1.jpg

http://www.paradigm-designstudio.com/ssc/burg2.jpg

http://www.paradigm-designstudio.com/ssc/burg3.jpg

Nice pics, I like that first one!

My pic for yesterday

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P5260515.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2608992202_a1f8d22dc3_b.jpg

I found this nice shot on flickr

I'm thinking, superbowl photo op.

Nice pics everyone.

jvance75, Too Jay's is one of my favorite place to eat at Baywalk. :yes:

you know, this forum should plan some type of meeting dates for each of the urban centers with each person that is close to those centers to create some type of meeting dates and organize, move things forward in a non-profit way... I help with graphic design for a lot of national and regional ones already, so why not for the cause of a new "urban renewal"..... I would say...

Tampa urban area
St. Petersburg (I volunteer) urban area
Clearwater urban area
Sarasota urban area

I think we could all create something in the the real world and each of us fit into one of these groups.....a voice for SSC

A voice for SSC would be nice. I think the best way to do it would be to all show up at important city/county/transportation board or council meetings and workshops.

Maybe all wearing SSC t-shirts. :lol:

A voice for SSC would be nice. I think the best way to do it would be to all show up at important city/county/transportation board or council meetings and workshops.

Maybe all wearing SSC t-shirts. :lol:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/snc421/Florida%202007/Florida2007044.jpg

^Nice, and welcome. :)

^Nice, and welcome. :)

Thank you! I figured that pic needed no explanation! :)

I love the TBSP area and am trying to convince my husband to move there! We have taken a 10 day vaca each of the last 3 years. The first year we stayed on Clearwater Beach for 3 nights then a week in Orlando. We had found Fort DeSoto Park and fell in love with it, so last year we stayed at the Dolphin Beach Resort on St. Pete Beach to be that much closer to Fort DeSoto. We got engaged at Fort DeSoto at sunset! Again that was 3 nights then a week in Orlando. This year being our honeymoon, we stayed 4 nights at Dolphin Beach Resort (and Fort DeSoto) again then sailed the Carnival Legend out of Tampa. We used PIE for our flights.

We took 1055 total pics this year, 300+ of our time in Florida before the cruise. Last year we took like 700 total and the year before 500 total, both totals including Mickey & co. I have plenty of potential pics for this thread, the Tampa specific thread and the St. Pete/Clearwater specific thread.

Future, I looked through your great pics from Chicago, my backyard! (Ok, I'm actually about 100 miles away..) Truly some amazing shots! How funny, you vaca in my area and I vaca in yours!

Here's a pic for today!
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/41607/2462593030103423144S425x425Q85.jpg

Future, I looked through your great pics from Chicago, my backyard! (Ok, I'm actually about 100 miles away..) Truly some amazing shots! How funny, you vaca in my area and I vaca in yours!



Thanks. I just added the last bunch of them. :)

From sunny blue to stormy gray!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P7050721.jpg

Here's a rather unique set of photos... I cruised on the Carnival Legend out of Tampa in May. When going under the Sunshine Skyway, there is only 5' of clearance!!! Here's 3 great shots to show how close it is...
http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/43571/2292236920103423144S500x500Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/41839/2801404460103423144S500x500Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/41099/2234417020103423144S500x500Q85.jpg

What's great is when I flip through the pictures on my iPod, it's like animation, almost like I can relive going under the Skyway over and over! *I wish*

^^Damn that is a tight fit.

My pic for the day is a nice example of everyday life in Tampa, sitting in traffic!! Luckily for me it was the otherside and because this wasn't rush hour, it was around 3:10.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/P7090723.jpg

if sea levels are rising a new bridge should be in future plans...not to mention larger ships they are building now

if sea levels are rising a new bridge should be in future plans...not to mention larger ships they are building now
Yeah...

True, but there are ways around the height too. Some ships can make the smoke stack (if they still call it that) fold temporarily to pass under close fits. I was on a ship with Norwegian cruise lines that did that in the Baltic. Also, even though larger ships are being built the big cruise lines still deploy heaps of medium ships, and more are being built as well. That of course does not even touch on the smaller luxury or semi-luxury lines that generally only field small/medium small ships.

Steve

Steve

if sea levels are rising a new bridge should be in future plans...not to mention larger ships they are building now

If the seas rise by more than five feet during the near future we have a lot more to worry about than a new bridge so that mega cruise ships can fit under. Much of downtown Tampa would be flooded for example.

^^Good point^^

True, but there are ways around the height too. Some ships can make the smoke stack (if they still call it that) fold temporarily to pass under close fits. I was on a ship with Norwegian cruise lines that did that in the Baltic.

I did not know that! That's an awesome idea, and awesome engineering!

Also, even though larger ships are being built the big cruise lines still deploy heaps of medium ships, and more are being built as well. That of course does not even touch on the smaller luxury or semi-luxury lines that generally only field small/medium small ships.

Steve

Steve

Very true.

This is the first sunset I ever saw in Florida... April 27, 2006, at Pier 60.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/snc421/Misc%20Pics/Pictures032.jpg

I took a pic of the sunset at the same place, just 2 days after that lol.

I took a pic of the sunset at the same place, just 2 days after that lol.

Funny!

The night you were at Pier 60, I watched the sunset for the last time in 2006 at Treasure Island and went to the British Pub kinda nearby Pier 60 for food after. (We were staying at the Quality Inn 'on the Beach'.)
The next day, I went to LBV to meet Mickey for the first time... I about cried leaving Clearwater Beach and the whole strip down to Fort DeSoto. Even though I was going to Disney. I did cry this year leaving the Dolphin Beach Resort in SPB. Even though I was about to go on a cruise. Weird, I know, but a testament to how much I love the Bay area!

Well you need to make the move already lol!

This is the first sunset I ever saw in Florida... April 27, 2006, at Pier 60.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/snc421/Misc%20Pics/Pictures032.jpg

I love how we have wonderful sunsets.

Well you need to make the move already lol!

Oh yeah!

My husband is worried about how we'd make a living there... I tell him who needs money when there's palm trees and amazing beaches! :ohno:

Oh yeah!

My husband is worried about how we'd make a living there... I tell him who needs money when there's palm trees and amazing beaches! :ohno:
Well your husband is kind of right, low wages, bad job market, rising expenses, it's not easy here if you are middle class or below. On the bright side house prices are falling like crazy, so now is the time!

Well your husband is kind of right, low wages, bad job market, rising expenses, it's not easy here if you are middle class or below. On the bright side house prices are falling like crazy, so now is the time!

Exactly his point... but like you said, there's a bright side. We'll see what the future brings when the dust at GM settles....

At least I can count on the annual visits for now; we may go earlier by a couple weeks next year because of scheduling conflicts! :banana:

Here's a pic from my first day ever at Fort DeSoto Park, April 28, 2006.... little did I know one year to the day later we would become engaged at sunset on North Beach!
Something interesting to me, this year when I went to the observatory part on top of the Fort, the concrete in this picture was completely surrounded by sand... is it the tides or truly a lack of water in the area?
http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/16311/2681680330103759813S500x500Q85.jpg

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MKs%20Chrysler%20Concorde2/Concorde%20July%202008/P7260477.jpg

Tides and natural sand movement. If the barrier islands had been left largely alone, they would change noticeably every couple years. We had pictures of Tierra Verde and Shell Island taken in the early eighties and they look radically different (Shell Island that is) than today or even the early nineties. We had some USGS maps from the mid-70s that showed islands that aren't there anymore.

Cloudy and windy, this is summer??

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/Tampa/Saint%20Petersburg%20FL/P8130496.jpg

^^ Wow, ovation is looking nice in the skyline.

That looks more like Egmont Key to me.

Here's a pic from my first day ever at Fort DeSoto Park, April 28, 2006.... little did I know one year to the day later we would become engaged at sunset on North Beach!
Something interesting to me, this year when I went to the observatory part on top of the Fort, the concrete in this picture was completely surrounded by sand... is it the tides or truly a lack of water in the area?
http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/16311/2681680330103759813S500x500Q85.jpg

That looks more like Egmont Key to me.

It is Fort DeSoto Park. The pier beyond the rocks is the pier you see to the left from the Observation area on the Fort.

Here is a different angle so you can see the proximity of the pier to the concrete...
http://inlinethumb44.webshots.com/41195/1337571367030145893S500x500Q85.jpg

And the proximity of that tower...
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/42626/1338714579030145893S500x500Q85.jpg

**NOTE** these two pics in this post are not mine, they are in a Webshots album belonging to user name dbuckenmyer.

I just found a good pic from the observatory showing the concrete and the pier.
http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/43972/2039706030103632418S500x500Q85.jpg

**NOTE** This picture also is not mine. It is from a Webshots album belonging to user name dosofsky0.

I posted this pic because it shows what I was describing in a post before, the concrete is now surrounded by sand, as opposed to being surrounded by water like it was in my personal pic from 2006 I posted before, and also how it was in the pictures I posted belonging to user name dbuckenmyer.

P.S. You can see Egmont in the distance in this picture.

I assume it is tides. They vary throughout the year.

Another beautiful day in tampa bay! Although I must say temp wise its been great!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/Tampa/PhotoMoto_0163.jpg

Amen to the cooler temps and the breeze.

This my friends is why we live in Florida. :D

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MK727%20Ablum%202/Clearwater%20Pics/P8210514.jpg

Look at Element's photo at 7:59pm and 8:12pm on August 21 its an amazing sunset.

I always liked this building for some reason...

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/saerdna99/kennedycorner.jpg

I always liked that one, too. Everytime I pass it with my mom she reminds that her uncle use to work in that building.

That is now partially the U.T. Nursing Offices

that is actually one of my favorite buildings in tampa

Another great sunset!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MKs%20Chrysler%20Concorde2/Chrysler%20Concorde%20August%202008/Daytona%20Trip/P8280633.jpg

Bonus!

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/MKs%20Chrysler%20Concorde2/Chrysler%20Concorde%20August%202008/Daytona%20Trip/P8280619.jpg

That last picture reminds me that we need a signature tower. Take a look at these...
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/bgroves48/tampa2030.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/bgroves48/2031.jpg

^^We need a lot more than that... Driving thru downtown Orlando looking for another route showed me how nice of a streetscape they have and how pathetic ours is.

are these concept drawings or proposed buildings?

^Concept

^^We need a lot more than that... Driving thru downtown Orlando looking for another route showed me how nice of a streetscape they have and how pathetic ours is.

Orlando's downtown is also tiny compared to the area of Downtown Tampa's

Not one that I took but definately indicative of a great sunset here in Tampa. Courtesy of the Novare construction cam.

http://rwm.downshiftonline.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_Element-20080821-201234.jpg (http://rwm.downshiftonline.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Element-20080821-201234.jpg)
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http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v336/224/21/644728256/n644728256_759068_3450.jpg

The Davis Island Dog Beach

Could you link a thumbnail for us?? That looks like an amazing pic!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/100_1835.jpg

A rainbow formed just beyond South Tampa yesterday after the afternoon thunderstorms.

This is a photo project myself and some other friends on myspace have been participating in for the last month, where we snap a random photo each day, everyday of something we encounter in our day to day lives. I thought it might be fun to do the same thing here only with a Tampa Bay theme....

I'll start it off.

http://a110.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/l_5f6ddfa13ce5120ac4155299b399442d.jpg
Hillsborough county proactively working on the traffic lights along Fletcher Ave...a good idea right? Not, really when they end up sitting in the middle of the Dale Mabry/Fletcher Ave intersection @ rush hour on a friday.

12/28/2007

Dale Mabry and Hillsborough FTL @ around 1700+

We haven't posted anything here for a while, so I'd thought I'd "revive" the thread with this...the Publix store on Nebraska Ave.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x304/wslupecki/img109.jpg

Ain't it a charm to see this store here? Of course the inside looks like it was gutted/rebuilt at one point.

Wow, a year and a half since the last post. This thread was once bustling with activity, now it is completely dead. :(