Ex-Ithacan

Some random pics around downtown Asheville, NC in June 2011. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. Sorry I didn't get around the city neighborhoods, but it had been a long day. Hope you enjoyed. :)

That was a treat. Beautiful shots, thanks.

As others have noted, that's quite an array of talls for a city the size of Jackson. Wonderful pics ink. I took a trip around the Midwest about 10 years ago and got quite a kick out of seeing the downtown. The CMS tower wasn't completed then, so it's nice to see it done. Thanks.

Wow, thanks for all the replies fellas. They're greatly appreciated. I did enjoy my visit, and hope to get back to Lancaster some day to explore more residential neighborhoods.

Lancaster is one dense, urban rascal. Tons of history too. It packs quite a punch in a fairly small area. I spent a few hours there a couple of months ago (on a Friday), and the weather started out great. But eventually a thunderstorm came through and I had to cut my visit. Hope to get back there sometime to cover more of the city. Lots of pics, but limited description/comments. The Northside Amtrak Train Station (under renovations) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Clipper Magazine Stadium area(home of the Barnstormers) 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Lancaster General Hospital area including shots from the top of the hospital's parking deck. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Downtown in the distance. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Franklin and Marshall College area 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Old Main 44. Lancaster Theological Seminary 45. Heading downtown through some of the Northside residential 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Downtown 51. Starting at Central Market area (I got there 15 minutes before it closed). 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. Looking toward Penn Square. Penn Square Area 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. Some general downtown pics with a few comments. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. City Hall 79. Public Library 80. 81. New section of the county courthouse Small church graveyard downtown 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. Definately an old sign 91. 92. Old Lancaster County courthouse 93. 94. 95. 96. Not a bad looking parking structure on right. 97. 98. Sure would have liked to explore this but......... 99. .....I was afraid of this guy.:( 100. Kind of a strange looking group of buildings. 101. 102. I believe this is the 3rd tallest building in the city. 103. 104. 105. 106. The Southern Farmer's Market Finally, I went up to the top floor of the Marriott for a few shots. 107. 108. 109. 110. Uh-oh, what's that I see? 111. Car fire - they got it out OK. 112. Storm cluds approaching 113. So long from Lancaster Hope you enjoyed the tour. :)

Central PA's historic Victorian gem. Great pics. Thanks for the tour.

So I decided to take a couple of days off from work and check out the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee/Virginia. Never been there and was curious to see it first hand. Of course the weather didn't always cooperate, but I'm use to that. :roll: 1. 2. Across the freeway from the rest area (I had to pee :roll:) 3. Nashville who? 4. The main drag downtown - State Street. VA on the left, TN on the right. I'll be starting with the Virginia side first. Here's some info about Bristol, VA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Virginia 5. Train Station 6. 7. War Memorial 8. Frightening kids for years. 9. Small bandstand. 10. 11. Public Housing 12. Old Post Office building reused. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. The Virginia side of downtown does have some issues. 18. 19. The Executive Plaza looked mostly empty. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. This one kind of surprised me. Some strange looking buildings too 25. 26. 27. 28. The front display for the Tobacco store above. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. More on this later. Now Bristol, TN. Some info on Bristol, TN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee 35. 36. The downtown center (not exactly busy). 37. Little bandstand. 38. Lots of rules. 39. 40. 41. 42. Lots of plaques for the building above. 43. 44. Uh-oh, the cops are bustin' the grannies. 45. ^ above 46. City housing authority. 47. Nice rehab. 48. Cool narrow street. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. Colorful bunch. 54. 55. 56. I wonder what else is on that 2nd floor? 57. 58. 59. As said earlier, lots of strange buildings. 60. Patriotic? 61. Ooops, a big empty. 62. 63. Wish I could have stayed to hear the "concert". :D Finally I happened to pass this rascal. 64. The 4th largest sports stadium in the country(according to WIKI) Hope you enjoyed. :)

I love the way the city kind of pops up in the hills on the Interstate. Nice buildings, but the area needs some jobs to bring downtown back to life.

Not a bad looking town I guess. :wink: Nice set, and always a pleasure to see the old hometown. Glad you had nice weather (not always a given in Ithaca).

Great to see this informative thread/pics of a city I knew nothing about. Thanks for sharing your trip, and good luck with any trips in the future.

Some nice looking buildings (on the Indiana side), and I love the house in that last pic. Thanks for the tour.

Some wonderful looking older buildings there. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Great tour. I stopped there a few years back. It is a gem of a town (even if a bit touristy). Wonderful old buildings and great setting. Thanks for sharing your pics.

Well that was a treat. Beautiful pics MayDay. Now about that brown bus thing...... :roll: :wink: :-D

Belated Happy Birthday Rob. Congrats (and thanks) on another year of entertaining your fellow forumers with your pics.