I am a few days late on this. I don't where my head was, but better late than never I always say!

I have taken the ideas of a few people that have posted to the "Photo Project Suggestions" (http://forums.photographyreview.com/showthread.php?t=16252)thread and put them togther to come up with this months topic:


YOUR TOWN


I want to see where you live. What things make your town unique? What places hold special meaning to you? Does your town have something we would all recognize? Whatever "Your Town" means to you, post it here!

Well, I am going to just jump right in here.

This is an older image. I will be getting out for some new stuff soon though.

My Town Is Jacksonville Florida. It is a beautiful city which I love very much. It has a lot going for it, and hopfully I will be able to show some of that through my photos.

Downtown Jacksonville. This is looking at the North bank of the St. Johns River from the South bank.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/almoagain/Landscapes/02-22-05060.jpg

Jacksonville Beach Pier at night.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/almoagain/Landscapes/65214055.jpg

Here is My Town. From some old files.

Beautiful shots Larry!

Thanks for posting...:D

I'll have to go cruising around this week to grab some nice shots. But let's kick it off here with Milton, ON! A small growing community.

This is Milton at night from the top of the consumers glass silos. KM Dimage Z2 15" f/2.8 ISO 50

Here's a picture of the city i work in...i live in a village out a bit from the city itself, in the country, don't have any pics of the area at the mo. posting this one of dublin city first, might post one or two more in the future...

cheers
anew.

I am not much of an architectural photographer, but I was there and I thought it was interesting. This is the Cummer Gallery of Art near downtown Jacksonville, Fl. Its a wonderful museum with pieces ranging from Picaso to Herb Ritz. It also has a beautiful English garden looking out over the St. Johns River and the downtown skyline.

http://gallery.photographyreview.com/data/photography/524/201276CRW_6440.jpg

25th street in Ogden. This was taken shortly after 9/11

This is my contribution to this months project.


http://gallery.photographyreview.com/data/photography/500/medium/246516hometown-pr.jpg

I finally had some decent (temperature wise) weather yesterday. This is the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital---a city landmark for years. The tower is what makes this a distinctive part of the landscape.
John
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/yankfan/Architecture/KalRegPsychiatricHospitaltowercente.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/yankfan/Architecture/KalRegPsychiatricHospitaltowerright.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/yankfan/Architecture/KalRegPsychiatricHospitaltopoftheto.jpg

Well this is mine "Home"..

and some more....

25th street in Ogden. This was taken shortly after 9/11

You live in Ogden? I used to live in Washington Terrace. I have family all over Ogden.

I've been living here for three months. I'll be here for three more. So, here is my contribution:

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0012.JPG
'nuf said

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0011.JPG
The flags of Canada at our information center

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0013.JPG
Me, I've lived in Milton all my life

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0014.JPG
A steam driven tractor used in the early days of Milton

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0015.JPG
The former Milton Train station, now serves as the Information center

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0019.JPG
The rectory at the local Roman Catholic Parish.

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0020.JPG
The local Roman Catholic Parish. One of the many churches in Milton. This one looks like it could be right out of a science fiction film.

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0021.JPG
The center of Old Milton. The mill pond, the founder of Milton, Jasper Martin, built a grist mill on this pond in the mid 1800's, the mill lastest until 1963 when it was consumed by fire.

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0022.JPG
The old Milton post office, now a resteraunt and professional offices

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0023.JPG
The old Milton town hall, now professional offices

great topic, and some nice posts. Hopefully I'll get out soon and make some. Here's a crappy one for now... :)

Main Street, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA...I was out today and will post more later.
Ken

You live in Ogden? I used to live in Washington Terrace. I have family all over Ogden.

hehe...I have family all over SLC and surrounding areas...I used to live in Ephraim. hehe...That was probably before you guys were born tho...hehe..
Ken

25th street in Ogden. This was taken shortly after 9/11

I was in a cowboy bar in Ogden about 10 years ago. I think it was called the Tamarac Saloon. Boy did I feel out of place. You know that scene in the movies where someone walks into a bar and everyone, including the band, stops and looks a them. That's what I felt like. I guess I needed a cowboy hat and a 10" belt buckle. :D I still had a good time tho and thats the important part. :)

Golden, Colorado. Early morning in December. OK, so it's not my town right now. But it certainly is more my town than where I am living now!

I wanna play!! Here's my contribution. . .

Here's this morning's sunrise over the malthouse just north of town (Jefferson, Wisconsin). Built and operated for many years by the Ladish Malting Company, it supplied the Milwaukee breweries with much of their malted barley. It was recently purchased and then closed down by the Cargill Co. putting people out of work. Now some people want to buy it and produce ethanol and aquaculture fish there.

I guess these may fit, although it isn't a shot of a city. However, this is what my city is known for and the purpose of our biggest fetival of the year. We are the "cherry blossom capitol of the world". EDIT: odd, all the pics aren't showing up.. owell.

We have people too!! A few more of "my city"

Here are a couple more

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0115.jpg
The Mill Pond again, but from the old Grand Trunk Rail bridge

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/photos/milton/PICT0117.jpg
Main Street, at Martin.

Sorry if it's a repost, it didn't show in the other message. LOL, guess the site doesn't like this one...lmao

not my town, just where I work

I got a book of Henri Cartier-Bresson's photos of Paris, called "A Propos de Paris." The beginning includes an introduction written by Vera Feyder, called, "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Unshootable Views." The photos in this book are fantastic. Just when I was starting to think, "I'd have better photos if I lived some place like Paris," I read a quote from Vera's passage that changed my mind:

"The most beautiful city in the world can only give what she has; but all that she offers is on view, for anyone who knows how to see her, take her, and love her."

Unfortunately I don't have any worthwhile photos of Austin to share, but I assure you I will be taking some soon.

Paul

Here's a quick shot from yesterday.

Here are a couple:

Bank of America in downtown Jacksonville, Fl.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/almoagain/B%20and%20W/5421021.jpg

Blanding Blvd. Jacksonville/ Orange Park, Fl. You can actually see the Jax-Orange Park City line sign under the big green sign.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/almoagain/Misc/sonic/IMG_5843.jpg

My favorite Sonic. Orange Park, Fl.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a183/almoagain/Misc/sonic/IMG_5830.jpg

Love the Bank of America shot there Almo.
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Here's some more, not from Milton, but from Toronto which has become almost a second home because I go there so often.

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/inglis-factory/images/photo01.jpg
A random warehouse, I call it "Liberty Warehouse"

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/inglis-factory/images/photo08.jpg
The Former AR Williams Factory, now a condo sales office

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/inglis-factory/images/photo10.jpg
The Gardiner Expressway as shot from the top of one of those ad bilboards mounted atop the "Liberty Warehouse"

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/inglis-office/images/photo05.jpg
The Toronto Skyline shot from the Roof of the Inglis Storage facility/office, to the right is the main rail line which leads into Union Station

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/rl-hearn/images/hearn_42.jpg
The stack at the mothballed RL Hearn Power Plant, the tallest stack in Toronto

http://luyckxnet.no-ip.org/urbex-milton/expo/gibson-textiles/images/photo23.jpg
And last but not least, the CN Tower pokes itself out above the buildings. (From the roof of a building on Queen Street)

Who knew there were so many here with some ties to Utah? I always find it interesting when I meet people from all over the place who know someone that is from around my home town. When I lived in Prague from 1995-1997, I met a guy in a grocery store there that went to elementary, jr. high and high school with my mom. And just in February when my wife and I returned there for a vacation, she saw someone that she went to high school with as well. It really is a small world these days.

BTW thanks for all the nice comments about Ogden and the surrounding areas. They make me glad.

Just for kicks, here is one from the kayak park on the Weber river near downtown.

It really is a small world these days.


So true! About 10 years ago I was in Austria and met a girl from Australia. A few days later I ran into her again in Prauge. I'm a little surprised if I don't run into someone I know when I'm on vacation or away from home.

A couple from "my town". OK actually Indianapolis but the city limits keep getting closer, just three miles from my country home.
These photos show the biggest part of Indy, basketball and of course some lil ole race at 16th & Georhetown.

#1: from Consecoe Fieldhouse looking East towards the RCA Dome which you can just barely see through the snow
#2: Conseco Fieldhouse during the 4A state basketball championship
#3: The balloons are luanched at the start of the 2005 Indy 500
#4: The start of the race

JS

couple more of "my town"

Demolishing a Milton Landmark...well trying to. American team can't knock down the Canadian building!

Demolishing a Milton Landmark...well trying to. American team can't knock down the Canadian building!

Well if Canadians could build them to spec then the Americans could knock them down properly, which, I am quite sure, Is what they attempted to do.

:p

Yes that's what was attempted. But one of the charges didn't go off which prevented one of the main support colums under the silos from fragging right so it gave them somthing to lean on.

The plan was to have the silos take out the rest of the main plant in the fall.

Yes that's what was attempted. But one of the charges didn't go off which prevented one of the main support colums under the silos from fragging right so it gave them somthing to lean on.

The plan was to have the silos take out the rest of the main plant in the fall.
"Halfassed, it's the American way."
~ Homer Simpson

I used to work at the Consumers plant from 1990-6. Good memories both of the people and the job itself... sorry to see this site the way it is now, but who can complain about 'change' :)

Anyways I drove down there yesterday morning and shot about 400 pics of the place. Was hoping they would be resuming demo operations at that time but seems that they're going to use the swinging balls to bring the rest of it apart :(

Anyways.... a few pics.

http://www.silicon-north.com/milton/DSC_5070.jpg
http://www.silicon-north.com/milton/DSC_5162.jpg
http://www.silicon-north.com/milton/DSC_5274.jpg

For more pics, see THIS (http://www.silicon-north.com/milton) link.

Nikon D50
AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm 3.5-4.5G ED
AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

I know it's not March any more, but since I didn't join till April, I figured I'd step back in time a little and add a few of my pics:

[click any pic to see the full-size version]
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http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-270/thumbs/th270-25.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-270/270-25.jpg)http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-272/thumbs/th272-55.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-272/272-55.jpg)
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http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/thumbs/th229-01.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/229-01.jpg)http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/thumbs/th229-08.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/229-08.jpg)
http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/thumbs/th229-10.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2005/Roll-229/229-10.jpg)http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-273/thumbs/th273-64.jpg (http://willcad.org/photos/2006/Roll-272/273-64.jpg)