06-04-2010, 09:56 AM
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Post some pics up of old architecture in your city (This includes every type of architecture from factories to houses.)
06-04-2010, 10:05 AM
Location: The City
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Old Swedes Church 1697
06-04-2010, 10:20 AM
Location: Denver
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"One if by land, two if by sea!"
Old North Church (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30175758@N05/3189438587/sizes/l/ - broken link), built 1723
Thanks (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kadacat/4302336290/sizes/o/ - broken link)
06-04-2010, 10:23 AM
Location: Toronto
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Toronto's first and second skyscrapers..
Beard Building (1894) - Demolished in the 1970's to make way for a parking lot.
Temple Building (1896) - Demolished, lot was used to build a new hotel in the 1930's.
06-04-2010, 10:38 AM
Location: Queens, NY
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wall st, 1930's:
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/abbottex/cny0943.jpg (broken link)
nyc in 1891:
broadway, 1890's:
i don't know whether to be proud or sad that nyc was larger in the 1800's than most u.s. cities are
now . we really need to step it up as a country.
06-04-2010, 10:58 AM
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Here's some pics I took in Hoboken.
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Newark
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06-04-2010, 11:27 AM
Location: Denver
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Quote:
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ThroatGuzzler
Toronto's first and second skyscrapers..
Beard Building (1894) -
Demolished in the 1970's to make way for a parking lot.
Wow, whoever made that decision should be thrown into a pit with a bunch of hungry tigers and polar bears.
06-04-2010, 12:06 PM
Location: Honolulu, HI
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06-04-2010, 12:45 PM
Location: Denver
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Beautiful pics! That first shot is very Miami-ish.
06-04-2010, 01:41 PM
Location: Honolulu, HI
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