xzmattzx's daily Delaware photo

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February 23

This building at the intersection of Delaware Avenue, Clayton Street, and 16th Street in the Wilmington neighborhood of Trolley Square houses some neighborhood businesses like a pizza parlor and printing shop. The above floors house apartments. This building is commonly called "Wilmington's Flat Iron Building" after its resemblance to the same building in New York City.

[♣628.finst]

It seems most places in Central Wilmington are rather historic and well-preserved.

This thread depicts the best of Northern Delaware, a region of historic importance--- From New Sweden to Dutch, then British, and American influences, all blends interestingly in Delaware.

[i_am_hydrogen]

That's a handsome building. I'm sure it looks even better during summertime when the outdoor cafe is humming with people.

[xzmattzx]

February 24

Some rowhouses on Monroe Street in the small neighborhood of Trinity Vicinity in Wilmington.

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February 25

Walker's Mill was built in 1815 as a textile mill that spun cotton. It is across the Brandywine River from Breck's Mill and just a half-mile downstream from Elutherian Mills, the DuPont mill site. Walker's Mill and the other mills are in the Montchanin area northwest of Wilmington. Rockford Tower, located in Rockford Park in Wilmington, is at the top of the hill in the distance.

[Raleigh-NC]

The 02/24 shot is fantastic!!! You guys are lucky to have such nice rowhouses/townhomes in your area

[xzmattzx]

February 26

Aull's Row is a row of houses on Second Street in colonial New Castle. Aull's Row was built in 1802. Prior to that, the land was used as stables for the houses of the wealthy living on The Strand.

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February 27

Alfred Lerner Hall is at the corner of Orchard Avenue and Amstel Avenue in Newark. It is one of the cornerstone buildings in the Alfred Lerner College of Business at the University of Delaware. The building was built in 1997 and named MBNA America Hall, after donations from Delaware-based MBNA Corporation. Upon the 2002 death of Alfred Lerner, a businessman who made MBNA one of the world's biggest credit card companies, MBNA and the University of Delaware agreed to rename the building in his honor.

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February 28

A gun battery at Fort Miles, near the town of Lewes. Fort Miles was a World War II fort built at Cape Henlopen to protect port cities of Wilmington and Philadelphia from Nazi U-boats that were patrolling the US coastline. The cannons here only had to fire once in defense.



You can see all of my Fort Miles pictures HERE.

[xzmattzx]

March 1

Since it's now March, and St. Patrick's Day is approaching, here's a picture from Wilmington's historically Irish neighborhood of Forty Acres. This house in on Union Street, across from St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church. Forty Acres was developed in the late 1800's, and derived it's name because when this area was farmland, it was said that one acre here was as valuable as forty acres in other places.

[NMOPhoto]

supposedly in the movie fight club there was scenes from wilmington? pardon spelling but because they have so many credit card companies there or something I guess they featured it or made mention of it. It was in the comentary part with chuck palahniuk the guy who wrote the book. any idea where that is if so you got any pics of it i am tryin to compare that with the movie

[xzmattzx]

March 2

Some rowhouses on 6th Street in the Wilmington neighborhood of Little Italy.

Originally Posted by NMOPhoto

supposedly in the movie fight club there was scenes from wilmington? pardon spelling but because they have so many credit card companies there or something I guess they featured it or made mention of it. It was in the comentary part with chuck palahniuk the guy who wrote the book. any idea where that is if so you got any pics of it i am tryin to compare that with the movie

"Fight Club" is based in Wilmington. You don't hear the name "Wilmington" mentioned, because the city would not let the producers say the name in the movie, because the city did not want to get a reputation as a dirty, sleazy place. There are plenty of hints that the movie is based in Wilmington. Here are some that I remember: Delaware state flag flying outside of the apartment building that the narrator lived in; other fight clubs sprouting up in New Castle, Penns Grove (NJ), and Delaware City; the house on Paper Street has a zip code of 19808, although in reality there is no Paper Street in the city of Wilmington and 19808 is a suburban zip code centered around Kirkwood Highway and Limestone Road; the van with the truck bomb has a Delaware license plate; and obviously the credit card companies are all headquartered in the city.

As far as similarities between the real Wilmington and the movie Wilmington, I didn't see many at all. In the movie, skyscrapers tend to be spaced out, with green space and parks in many crevices. Wilmington is much more denser than that, and our skyscrapers aren't generally quite as tall as those depicted in the movie. The movie seemed to put na emphasis on detached homes, especially old rotting Victorian homes if I'm correct, but Wilmington is dominated by rowhomes and duplexes, and there aren't any classic Victorian houses in the city. The movie also seems to show a lot of industrial areas, maybe implying that there is a good amount of industry. I would say that the Wilmington area has an average amount or below-average amount of industrial areas.

I haven't watched the movie in years, so I'll have to watch it again and look for discernible similarities.

[NMOPhoto]

it is worth a look see, i think they did a lot of graphic work to that movie. One of my favorites by far (favorite author) but Thanks for the info, I just thought it might spark your interest.

[Quall]

I love the beach communities! The natural setting and architecture makes Delaware very unique, not to mention, very picturesque. Deleware is very underrated.

Exceptional thread.

[BuffCity]

nice...fight club and George Thorogood...Wilmington is BAD TO THE BONE!!!

[xzmattzx]

March 3

Some duplexes on Van Buren Street in the Wilmington neighborhood of the Ninth Ward.



Spring is in the air. What a beautiful day today.

Originally Posted by BuffCity

nice...fight club and George Thorogood...Wilmington is BAD TO THE BONE!!!

And Bob Marley lived here.

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March 4

The old Curtis Mill was a paper mill located on White Clay Creek outside of Newark. When the mill closed in 1997, it was the oldest paper mill in operation in the US. The mill had been operating since 1789. There were plans to turn the mill site into condos, but those plans never were too serious.

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March 5

Sand dunes in Delaware Seashore State Park near Dewey Beach.

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March 6

Azaleas in bloom at Winterthur Country Estate & Gardens near Greenville.

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March 7

It's snowing here; one more day of Winter in Delaware. I'm ready for Spring, but here's a snow picture before Winter is officially over. This snowy scene is of the countryside in Chateau Country, the area north of Wilmington that is not really developed.