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Garrett: My friend Jerry had heard a rumor on some website that the famous toll booth scene from The Godfather had been shot somewhere by Nassau Community College on Long Island (right by where we live)....... Garrett: [[img:28943]]
This shot is where Sonny is still in the car, looking ahead of him. In the movie you can see a water tower past the trees, but the trees have since grown in the past...... netherne child: ive lived up in netherne for 7 years now with my parents and 2 siblings, i can say that there are hardly any more memorials of the asylum except for ofcourse the grave yard, water...... zagg: Finally something we agree on, jack. I wonder if they have a gift shop because I want a 'brown building with water towers' snow globe!... jack: i like the old building with the water towers... Michelle: The first building is the centre block of Canadian Parliament. After that is the Peace Tower. The flowy green-domed ones are the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Apparently the design of the musuem "is supposed to...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community.
I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display...... liesbeth: Do you know if the new Beetham tower is built on top of the Great Bridgewater Street Wesleyan Chapel? or if not, where that might have been? I love all these sites on Manchester. Does...... pib: The building in question is The Bank Of America Building... I like that everyone still calles it the Columbia Tower though, fcuk BofA. My high school prom was held there when the building was new....... Peter: gotta love hte sunbeams and {water tower}s...
the {warehouse}/{loft} building looks uncannily similar to one in my neighborhood in {bushwick}...... EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its...... Peter: heh, i used to live between 4th and 5th avenues just down from the park. nice. i also love that shot with the 5 water-towers superimposed under the fence.... CartLegger: I dig that last once was a water-tower photo. The second shot--where was it taken from?... EvilGentleman: Still getting the hang of it, CartLegger. If you also are party of the Google Earth Community, I have added a few placemarks there under the name of Arcticmohawk.
No problem, Cinic. As far as the...... joey: oooh. the dancing waters at tower city -oooh. ... colavitos ghost: that same phrase, "teach me to swim", can be found on a water tower featured in [[3387:this post]]... Rich T.O Kid: You guys obviously don't know Toronto's downtown is practically getting a facelift. Check out the future trump tower, future sapphire tower (taller than first canadian!!) future R.O.M on emporis. We're also getting a...... Mark Visser: If it retrofitted as a water tower I will sure add it to my website 'Canadian Water Towers and Standpipes' www.eureka4you.com/watertowers/index.htm
... Chris Erb: What happened to the water towers?... Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:)
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From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec...... farleymowat: A nice evening photo, Peter. A bit doleful. Looks like a busy asylum of some kind off in the distance. Are those water towers?... ea: perhaps water tower shots really should be terrible quality such as these...proves you were movin by. because I mean a nice arty photo? while ironic, would suggest a tendency towards stopping on the...... Oleg: It's a water tower actually... Peter: awesome post... the text as well as the photos!
also: have you heard of bernd and hilla becher?
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher]]
they did a series of water-tower portraits...
[[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=becher%20water%20tower&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi]]... EvilGentleman: Love these pictures, especially the frog, the Chrysler building (can that Buck Rogers spire ##ever## look bad?) and the water towers. And at least there are stains on the Concorde's toilet services panel, that would...... Mary: I love that shade of blue, that door could be in Morocco. I read somewhere that Brooklyn has a lot of water towers. This particular one has quite a bit of character. Peter, I think...... Cheesy_Member: Instantly recognisable because of its unique design, the Forth Rail Bridge was one of the greatest achievements of 19th century engineers.
The original designer was Thomas Bouch - but his rail bridge over the River...... Peter: yeah i always love those water towers... they remind me of {hopper} paintings...
i snapped this shot while on the way to {my dentist} on {57th} street.... GGP: but nothing can touch the water tower!... Cryoserver: It's actually a fountain, installed there in the mid-sixties. When they connected it up to the water supply the wind blew the water all over the place because of the vortex effect of the adjacent...... Peter: heh, that looks just like my area of brooklyn, all the way down to the kuma graf. well, and minus the water and {sutro} tower ;)... vz: the express in the photo is in the mall level of an office tower built in the 80s, liberty place. though the architects' deferential nod to the building across the street -- copying of its...... CAPTAIN AMERICA:
email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com
You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years...... cognac: that s%#t makes sense but graffitti as a whole is a wild and uncontrollable monster. as much as we would like to bring integrity to the art form there are many other purposes it will......
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