Posted August 23, 200816 yr 2008 ColDay Series: Part 1: Columbus & Pittsburgh Part 2: Houston Part 3: Philadelphia & Washington DC Part 4: Los Angeles Part 5: Columbus Part 6: Las Vegas Part 7: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City, Washington DC, & Baltimore Part 8: Cincinnati & Detroit Part 9: Dallas-Fort Worth & St. Louis Part 10: Toronto, Hamilton, & Niagara Falls :drunk: Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York City Washington DC Baltimore Goodnight, from Cincinnati "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 200816 yr Beautiful! What kind of camera do you use? Canon Rebel XT "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 200816 yr Great pics. Yours turned out much better than mine. Blur out that terrible picture of me in Manhattan NOW lol I had never been to Baltimore before the trip but was really surprised at how much it had to offer for a city of its size. It's clean and the waterfront is well developed. The view of the port is incredible. Probably the most picturesque skyline view I've ever seen. that's some hardcore urbanity! I brought the other Primanti Bros sandwiches home on the way back from Pitt to give to my brother whos a hardcore Steelers fan - despite being 3 hours old, he thought it was the bomb :) I wish out-of-towners thought the same thing about Skyline Chili.
August 23, 200816 yr Great pics. Yours turned out much better than mine. Blur out that terrible picture of me in Manhattan NOW lol I had never been to Baltimore before the trip but was really surprised at how much it had to offer for a city of its size. It's clean and the waterfront is well developed. The view of the port is incredible. Probably the most picturesque skyline view I've ever seen. that's some hardcore urbanity! I brought the other Primanti Bros sandwiches home on the way back from Pitt to give to my brother whos a hardcore Steelers fan - despite being 3 hours old, he thought it was the bomb :) I wish out-of-towners thought the same thing about Skyline Chili. I never had Skyline.. but I did have Cincy chili at Camp Washington and Price Hill (I think)... I thought it was pretty good.
August 23, 200816 yr Great pics. Yours turned out much better than mine. Blur out that terrible picture of me in Manhattan NOW lol I had never been to Baltimore before the trip but was really surprised at how much it had to offer for a city of its size. It's clean and the waterfront is well developed. The view of the port is incredible. Probably the most picturesque skyline view I've ever seen. Cincinnati (and the banks project in particular) could learn a lot from what Baltimore did to their waterfront in the 80's. They turned that city around.
August 23, 200816 yr Awe ... so you invite David, but I don't get a single call! Ho. ;) Great shots! I'm digging B-more (did I make this up, or is it already taken?), P-burgh, and DCilicious.
August 23, 200816 yr Great cities, you captured them well. Does anyone else find dt Pittsburgh to be sort of intimidating? It always feels so cavernous and dark, and I could never figure out why this was the case, because I don't even get those feelings in NYC much.
August 23, 200816 yr Great cities, you captured them well. Does anyone else find dt Pittsburgh to be sort of intimidating? It always feels so cavernous and dark, and I could never figure out why this was the case, because I don't even get those feelings in NYC much. Probably the angular grid with focus buildings at the terminus points. In reality, downtown Pittsburgh is small yet visually is like a mini-San Francisco or Lower Manhattan. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 200816 yr Great cities, you captured them well. Does anyone else find dt Pittsburgh to be sort of intimidating? It always feels so cavernous and dark, and I could never figure out why this was the case, because I don't even get those feelings in NYC much. Probably the angular grid with focus buildings at the terminus points. In reality, downtown Pittsburgh is small yet visually is like a mini-San Francisco or Lower Manhattan. I think you're exactly right. When I was thinking about Pittsburgh, and other cities that evoked that same feeling, San Fran came to mind, and now that you mentioned Lower Manhattan, I totally see that too.
August 23, 200816 yr Yeah, it's that almost claustrophobic feel that makes those downtowns like a vertical Milan. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 200816 yr Great cities, you captured them well. Does anyone else find dt Pittsburgh to be sort of intimidating? It always feels so cavernous and dark, and I could never figure out why this was the case, because I don't even get those feelings in NYC much. You really have to go there some time to understand how truely dense it is. I thought it would be comparable to Cincinnati but downtown is actually much more dense, especially when you consider all of the tiny back alleys. The scale is very interesting, you see so many two story buildings next to skyscrapers. I suppose it is intimidating but the people are insanely friendly and they're real about it. D/t Pittsburgh acts like a neighborhood more than it does a downtown, so in that sense it isn't intimidating at all. Random people will approach you and talk to you about the stuff you're photographing and they're very helpful. I love Pittsburgh people, they're so down to earth. ColDayMan pointed out that it has a lot to do with their blue collar appalachian roots, which makes a lot of sense.
August 24, 200816 yr Great cities, you captured them well. Does anyone else find dt Pittsburgh to be sort of intimidating? It always feels so cavernous and dark, and I could never figure out why this was the case, because I don't even get those feelings in NYC much. You really have to go there some time to understand how truely dense it is. I thought it would be comparable to Cincinnati but downtown is actually much more dense, especially when you consider all of the tiny back alleys. The scale is very interesting, you see so many two story buildings next to skyscrapers. I suppose it is intimidating but the people are insanely friendly and they're real about it. D/t Pittsburgh acts like a neighborhood more than it does a downtown, so in that sense it isn't intimidating at all. Random people will approach you and talk to you about the stuff you're photographing and they're very helpful. I love Pittsburgh people, they're so down to earth. ColDayMan pointed out that it has a lot to do with their blue collar appalachian roots, which makes a lot of sense. Yeah, my dad's whole family is from Pittsburgh so I have been to d/t Pittsburgh many times, and thus made the observation.
August 26, 200816 yr The Municipal Building .... ... rather obviously, the architectural model for the top of Cleveland's Terminal Tower (now Tower City).
January 3, 200916 yr Indeed. If I didn't, UrbanOhio wouldn't have existed. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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