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Using the powers of the internet, find an old photo of your home town.

 

This is where I live, Whitley Bay

 

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To try to be as Romanesque as someone in Detroit can be... here's some views of Campus Martius Park.

 

the first is 1865, the second 1914 and the third is 2005

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That ones particularly attractive. Its a site called the "Old Well" as best I remember. Its on the UNC campus here. Its a newer image though

 

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Thats an older photo of a football field

 

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Thats a library I beleive durring the Civil war, probley after the Union took NC

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That ones particularly attractive. Its a site called the "Old Well" as best I remember. Its on the UNC campus here. Its a newer image though

Old Well it is, brings back fond memories. It's the central focal point of the campus.

 

 

My hometown:

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Recent photo from the Washington state side of the river. Yes, it's as desolate as it looks.

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Roma, Via del Tritone (end of 1880s)

 

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Pantheon

 

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Pilgrimage in S.Peter (1869)

 

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Piazza Venezia

 

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..and a very very different Termini Station :)

 

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Some pictures of my hometown of Byblos, Lebanon.

 

It's the ancient home of the Phoenicians and has been occupied by the Persians, Romans, Crusaders, Arabs and the Ottomans. All the diverse history intermingle in this tiny port city. Byblos is considered as one of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, archaeological excavations date back 7,000 years.

 

An ancient Phoenician port, Byblos

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Crusader castle built by the Franks in 1103 AD, Byblos

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Roman Theater, Byblos

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Persian Fortifications, Byblos

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St. John the Baptist Church built by the Crusaders, Byblos

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I'm afraid i can't find anything on the net for my hometown; but i shall go to our town library as soon as possible and get some copies of the town.

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Here's a bird's eye view of Alexandria, Virginia in 1863.

 

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Here's a painting of Civil War artillery at Alexandria.

 

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Here's my former high school, T.C. Williams High. Yes, the same T.C. Williams from Remember the Titans.

Edited by Emperor Goblinus

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post-1-1160630497.ipb19th Century painted view of Melbournepost-1-1160630497.ipbMelbourne, Swanston st 1895

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I tried to find a modern day pic of the one I first posted for comparison, but I couldn't (I could take a pic myself as it's a 3 minute walk from my home, but it hasn't changed much - less people is about it).

 

Here's some other pics of where I live-

 

Tyne Bridge-built by the Sunderland company that built the Sydney bridge. This one is about 40% smaller, it was designed first and built second (iirc). This shot also shows a few of the other bridges spanning the Tyne - there are quite a few (the Industrial revolution basically started here I believe, so they've been building bridges ever since).

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Another bridge, the "Blinking eye" millenium bridge. Built for pedestrians, it tilts to allow ships through. A very nice bridge this one. It leads to the Baltic arts building (I can't find a really nice pic including both, so there's a small pic below). The first pic also shows a nice view of the Sage music centre, again I've included a smaller pic of the sage, there are loads of large pics of this structure on google if you want better shots.

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Gateshead Angel (Angel of the North). COntraversial, but that's 'cos some people live to complain. I love it.

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Grey street - officially England's greatest street! (for aesthetic value at least, as voted by members of RICS, among others). Designed mainly by John Dobson, it includes the Newcastle theatre and Grey's monument(neither shown), and has a lovely downhill curve.

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And finally, the Penshaw monument. Not really in my locale, I live about 25 miles from this place, but I've included it anyway, for obvious reasons!

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That concludes the tour for now, I may add some more later.

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Oops, forgot Tynemouth priory. There are loads of ruined castles round these parts, I include this one 'cos it's also about 10 minutes from my home. I used to go ther to drink beer as a teenager. Ah, those were the days ;)

 

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Hey Princeps,nice photo's!i love the Angel of the North (it was built in my home town) and the Blinking eye is pretty cool too.

Here's some pics of my home town.

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the Village i live in now.

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A copy of the harbour.

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the North gate was built to keep the scots out (8ft thick those walls).

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A pic of the bronze boer war memorial,unfortunatly some scoundrels hacksawed him through the ankles and had him away so i've never seen this,but i like it anyway.

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The Norman church,St Hilda's.

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A pic taking in 1963,how grim does that look?

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This is the best I could find. I couldn't find the year in which it was taken, though--aside from "19th century," which is about as vague as one can get. 95FranklinStreet.gif

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