Northeast Photo Thread

[Jayayess1190]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Were those taken from US 422?

I think I-176.

[xzmattzx]

To celebrate our Independence Day, here are a couple threads of Washington DC that I posted in the Baltimore/Washington section recently.

Downtown & Chinatown
The Federal Triangle & The National Mall

[bjfan82]

Here are a bunch of pictures I took at the National Building Museum in Washington DC about a month ago when Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech. The building was absolutely spectacular, I urge everyone to visit it sometime if you visit our nation's capital.

exterior of the building:


interior of the building:




Hillary speaking at the podium:


Chuck Schumer doing an interview. I had a chat with him before he went on camera.


Candy Crowley from CNN:


Major Garret from Fox News:


Terry McAuliffe, Hillary's campaign manager:

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. The building is nice, but I've never seen the interior.

Did you know that most recent Presidential Inaugural balls have been held there?

I took one or two pictures of the National Building Museum (from the adjacent Law Enforcement Officers Memorial) in my thread of Downtown Washington in the B/W section.

[Jayayess1190]

Camden:



Wilmington:

[xzmattzx]

Now those are better pictures of Wilmington's skyline.

Camden doesn't have too much of a skyline, but its streetscape is okay. Downtown Camden was supposedly really nice back about 75 or 100 years ago.

[DannyDelaware]

Jayayess- great pics! Where did you take those Wilmington shots from? They're really nice.

[Jayayess1190]

Originally Posted by DannyDelaware

Jayayess- great pics! Where did you take those Wilmington shots from? They're really nice.

I-95.

[HOME in D-ware]

Those pics of Wilmington had to have been taken from I-495, which bypasses the city to the east. I-95 runs in and out of the city’s central core. It is a raised highway viaduct for the several miles south of downtown (from the mega-change to 4th Street). From 4th Street to Delaware Avenue, I-95 passes just to the west of downtown as it dives below the street grid. Then it flows over the Brandywine River and winds out through the Brandywine Hundred.

[Jayayess1190]

Originally Posted by HOME in D-ware

Those pics of Wilmington had to have been taken from I-495, which bypasses the city to the east. I-95 runs in and out of the city’s central core. It is a raised highway viaduct for the several miles south of downtown (from the mega-change to 4th Street). From 4th Street to Delaware Avenue, I-95 passes just to the west of downtown as it dives below the street grid. Then it flows over the Brandywine River and winds out through the Brandywine Hundred.

Thats what I meant, I forgot 495 goes around and 95 goes through.

[NorthaBmore]

Baltimore frow WTC from http://www.beatcanvas.com


Baltimore from ravens stadium from http://dy999.acm.jhu.edu

[philadweller]

Burlisav's building is the Times Warner at Columbus Circle. Jewish yuppie heaven.

[philadweller]

Wilmington needs some tall buildings desperately.

[xzmattzx]

Originally Posted by philadweller

Wilmington needs some tall buildings desperately.

Wilmington's tallest is 331 feet, which is respectable. I would like to see sdomething that's around 400 feet, and maybe something around 500 feet, however. A building that tall would stick out maybe a little too much, though.

[D.D.]

what do you guys think of this pic I took 2 days ago in Mansfield CT. I forgot the name of the building but is a historic landmark because of its age. I think

image hosted on flickr

[doctorjef]

Great photo. Wish you could say what the structure is, though.

[Jayayess1190]

Part 2 of my Midwest college trip. Chicago and Evanston: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...8#post23724918

Part 3: St. Louis: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...0#post23725750

Part 4: Indianapolis and Columbus http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...2#post23726502

[Evergrey]

image hosted on flickr

[AKBTampa]

gorgeous photo where is it taken from?

[Evergrey]

Originally Posted by AKBTampa

gorgeous photo where is it taken from?

A few miles up the Monongahela River from downtown on the Hot Metal Bridge, whose pedestrian span opened last November. Built in 1900, this bridge was designed to transport crucibles of molten steel from Jones & Laughlin's blast furnaces on one side of the river to the rolling mills on the other. Today it connects university-laden Oakland with the vibrant South Side at S. 29th St. It's extremely popular with walkers, roller bladers and bikers who use the riverfront trails on both sides of the river. The Pittsburgh Technology Park occupies the former site of the blast furnaces and the SouthSide Works mixed-use development occupies the former site of the rolling mills.

The Hot Metal Bridge is the black bridge in the foreground here. It's actually a twin span... with the span closest to viewer being a former RR span that was converted to automobile use in 2000. The u/c SouthSide Works is at left. This has been a key link in supporting these booming brownfield redevelopments.
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people enjoying the bridge after it opened last November


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here's the scene from the 80s... you can see a little bit of the Hot Metal Bridge beyond the steel mills...
credit: Joel DeGrand
http://www.degrand.com/09-Pittsburgh