Where I live

[Knockernail]

Ah yes ... our William Wallace was a big boy!

Great. Another place to visit.

 

[chicagosam]

City of Chicago

 

[dannymawg]

Great thread -

Went looking for Sears Tower webcams and they were disappointing. Then went looking for skyline photos, found this, and was blown away by it. I think it speaks volumes about my town. Not my photo.

 

[DaveyR]

What a fantastic photo that is Danny

 

[dannymawg]

And Tenerife looks awesome as well - even at night :biggrin1:

I realize the pic glosses over the sham and drudgery and racial segregration that happens below those clouds - it riles me that sometimes that is only what Chicago is known for - that and gangsters and pizza - but the pic speaks to how this place was built from virtually nothing, in the middle of nowhere. There are hundreds if not thousands of testaments to architecture here, and growing up in a town (or really, the area) that houses so many of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's works - the man generally credited for the quote "less is more" - let's just say it's been inspiring. I have to remind myself of that occasionally.

Especially when the weather sucks :biggrin1:

 

[Knockernail]

And Tenerife looks awesome as well - even at night :biggrin1:

I realize the pic glosses over the sham and drudgery and racial segregration that happens below those clouds - it riles me that sometimes that is only what Chicago is known for - that and gangsters and pizza - but the pic speaks to how this place was built from virtually nothing, in the middle of nowhere. There are hundreds if not thousands of testaments to architecture here, and growing up in a town (or really, the area) that houses so many of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's works - the man generally credited for the quote "less is more" - let's just say it's been inspiring. I have to remind myself of that occasionally.

Especially when the weather sucks :biggrin1:

That is not the only what Chicago is known for. But thanks for the reality bite. Another way to know the world. :wink:

 

[DaveyR]

And Tenerife looks awesome as well - even at night :biggrin1:

I realize the pic glosses over the sham and drudgery and racial segregration that happens below those clouds - it riles me that sometimes that is only what Chicago is known for - that and gangsters and pizza - but the pic speaks to how this place was built from virtually nothing, in the middle of nowhere. There are hundreds if not thousands of testaments to architecture here, and growing up in a town (or really, the area) that houses so many of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's works - the man generally credited for the quote "less is more" - let's just say it's been inspiring. I have to remind myself of that occasionally.

Especially when the weather sucks :biggrin1:

To me that picture of Chicago is the epitome of how nature can triumph over what I call the "human effect"

 

[prepstudinsc]

Here is my town...

Rock Hill, South Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Official Website of the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina (SC)

Download Rock Hill and Fort Mill,SC Traffic Cameras 1.0 - Rock Hill and Fort Mill,SC Traffic Cameras is a free widget that provides the user access to view the cameras on I-77 - Softpedia

Welcome to Winthrop University

 

[DaveyR]

Great information there Prep thanks. I am learning lots about other people's areas from this thread which is what I hoped I would get.

 

[NCbear]

• Winston-Salem
• Old Salem
• The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership
• Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau
• The Winston-Salem Arts Council, the oldest organization of its kind in the country

At one time, Winston-Salem was the largest city in North Carolina, owing its fame/fortune/economic power to tobacco and textiles. The Reynolds and Hanes families brought internationally prominent visitors to the city and to their estates (Reynolda House is now owned by Wake Forest University).

Now, we're trying to reinvent ourselves via biotechnology, healthcare, education, and design.

NCbear (who thinks Winston-Salem is a beautiful city, even though it only takes a maximum of 25 minutes during rush hour to drive from one edge to another)

 

[DaveyR]

Some great links there NC. Looks like you have a lot to be proud of with your home town.

 

[NCbear]

My *adopted* hometown. My original hometown is little tiny Wake Forest, NC, where the university used to be.

My hometown has quadrupled in size since I grew up there. It's a bedroom community for the Research Triangle Park.

NCbear

 

[that_other_guy]

My turn ! ... I live in the Greenville/Spartanburg metro area of South Carolina.
Home to such things as Bob Jones (ugh), Furman Univ., BMW USA (they make all the Z4's & X5's within 10 miles of my house) , and Michelin North America (within 5 miles of my house)

and here are some links & such

Greenville, South Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[scanjock8]

From beneath the grey skies of my hometown, Seattle. It's a nice place.

My hood.

Space Needle Cam.

 

[Gillette]

Bump.

More live cams please, I love this stuff.

 

[Full_Phil]

Currently, and temporarily, Cambridge Springs, PA, where I was born--- a ghostie in a ghost town--- some fuel for a novel, however.

 

[DaveyR]

Here's the one from my village which I recently found - Just for you Gillette

Pouls Auto - Rent a car Tenerife - Traffic regulations

 

[D_alex8]

Here's the one from my village which I recently found - Just for you Gillette

Pouls Auto - Rent a car Tenerife - Traffic regulations

*pines for the sea*

 

[Gillette]

Beautiful.

Thanks, Daverock!