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    The Rathaus
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    Some views from the last two days. I really love Hamburg. Beautiful urban environment and spotlessly clean. Great food and world-class amenities. I head to Berlin for 5 nights tomorrow, so stay tuned. The first group of pics are from yesterday, including the Rathaus, views of the developing Hafen City, and the Museum of Art and Crafts.
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    A few pics from last night’s “orientation” walk. Descending: St Michael Church 433’; Elbphilharmonie 361’;Heinrich-Heinz-Turm 916’; unknown residential tower; S-Bahn station with arriving train.
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    Arrived in Hamburg this afternoon. Partly sunny and in the 40s. Will start warming up by the weekend. Lots to post about this great town, but I thought I’d share some great urban design in the neighborhood where I’m staying, Ottensee. The local market is nicer than Whole Foods. They redeveloped an old gasworks into residential, retail and office. The last picture is my building, which was built in 1898. Nowhere in Europe, not even in K’yiv and Minsk, do they use poured concrete. All sidewalks are made of pavers. Everything in America is done on the cheap.
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    Some views of the delightful city of Münster, a university town in Westphalia. The cages on the steeple of St Lambert’s Church have a macabre history. After the Anabaptist occupation and rebellion was subdued in 1535, the imperial forces under the Hapsburg emperor tortured the ringleaders of the rebellion and then hoisted them in iron cages up the steeple where carrion birds feasted on them. The Anabaptists rejected violence and turned to pacifism soon after.
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    Spent a few days in Amsterdam. Some views from a river cruise and a bike tour. Teeming with tourists. Now in a lovely city in Germany: Münster.
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    Looking north to Bicentennial Mall and Germantown from Capitol Hill this morning.
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    Looking east from 12th Ave North
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    Great catch, Ron!
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    I was in Sarajevo in early August 2018. Hiked up to the 1984 Winter Olympics venue and snapped pics of ruins from the Serb siege of the early 90s. The Latin Bridge is where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914..
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    Views of Tempe from Tempe Butte this morning and eclipse watchers on the ASU campus. Valley Metro light rail activity can also be seen.
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    The former Power Electric Co. on the corner of Monroe St and 3rd Avenue N is being demolished. Million dollar+ townhomes planned. Looking SW.
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    Easter morning looking NE towards the Tennessee State Museum
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    I spend summers on Whidbey Island and often take pics of Rainier from Double Bluff Beach. Even in mid-summer, it’s snow covered. It has the greatest prominence in the USA after Denali.
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    Looking south from Monroe Street in Buena Vista.
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    At least they cleared the encampment that used to be under both bridges, on the eastern side. They also fenced off the area under the Jefferson Street bridge, which was a squalor zone. The homeless encampment further downstream, on the “squiggly”, as we refer to it on Strava, is largely hidden in the bushes. Again, I walk and ride that stretch at least twice a week and rarely see any of the homeless on the trail. They largely keep to themselves and keep their trash off the trail. It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago.
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    I ride or walk past that spot all the time. On Friday, I noticed that a green metal fence had been erected between the two bridges, where Riley Strait allegedly fell into the river. The fence is only about 15 feet long, though. Hardly a barrier.
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    Washington State doesn’t have an income tax.
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    Spring canopy along the west side of the stadium.
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    Redbuds abloom in Bicentennial Mall.
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    View looking SW from Bicentennial Mall
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    Cherry blossoms on 1st Avenue N yesterday afternoon
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    It does seem to have improved over the past year, though.
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    They don’t need a comma between displayed and showcases.
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