Norfolk Pictures

[rusthebuss]

Nice pic dude! There is always a first for everything

[gosscj]

These are the pictures I took while I was home visiting family last Sunday. This is the first of four picture posts.

This section of Trader Square is pretty much as it will look when the building is completed.

Harbor Heights construction:

388 Boush St:

The pagoda is one of my favorite strustures downtown but for some reason, despite how beautiful and unique it is, it's rarely shown in photographs of the city.

Edited April 17, 2006 by gosscj

[Padman]

Holy #@*&#! That big shot of Portsmouth.......Dr. Frankenstein is a Navy Doctor!

[gosscj]

Part two of four:

[gosscj]

Part three of four:

The sun came out just briefly enough for me to take this shot and it made a huge difference. I've always thought that Norfolk looks its best in direct sunlight.

The rest of these pictures were taken in downtown Portsmouth.

The old YMCA:

My great-grandfather owned a drug store in this building on the corner of London and Dinwiddies Streets many years ago.

And his brother ran a barber shop in the small part sticking out on the right side of this building.

[gosscj]

And now the conclusion of this four-part series:

I was best man at my friends' wedding in this little park last year.

Look at all the cranes!

Edited April 17, 2006 by gosscj

[rusthebuss]

Nice pics dude! I think that old towne Ptown is so overlooked!

[GoodNews]

I love those pics!

[metalman]

That last pano. might be a another good pic to do some photoshoping with future towers.

[wrldcoupe4]

great pics! Thanks for sharing!

[TBurban]

Great pics man! Old Towne Portsmouth looks awesome!

[vdogg]

For our photographers, if you don't already have one, I strongly suggest getting a flikr account ( www.flikr.com). I just joined up myself. Once there you can request join the urbanplanet.org flikr group. You can submit photos to the group pool and they will appear in the section of photos that cycles through on urbanplanets introductory page.

[wrldcoupe4]

hmm what's the limit on the amount of space for a flickr account?

[vdogg]

hmm what's the limit on the amount of space for a flickr account?

Honestly, i'm not sure. I'll have to check into that.

[wrldcoupe4]

Just remembered I've been signed up since november... just never uploaded any pics

[rusthebuss]

For our photographers, if you don't already have one, I strongly suggest getting a flikr account ( www.flikr.com). I just joined up myself. Once there you can request join the urbanplanet.org flikr group. You can submit photos to the group pool and they will appear in the section of photos that cycles through on urbanplanets introductory page.

I had been thinking about joining for a long time but just never did

[ace707]

I'm going to be at the Harbor Club (the top floor of the Bank of America Tower) this saturday evening. I'm not sure if I'll get great pictures of the downtown highrises there but I'll try to take pictures of the region from that view.

[rusthebuss]

[rusthebuss]

[vdogg]

Great pics Rus. Traders gonna look great with Hilton right across the street from it too.

[rusthebuss]

Great pics Rus. Traders gonna look great with Hilton right across the street from it too.

Not done! Got alot more to post.

Edited April 23, 2006 by rusthebuss

[vdogg]

That blue glass is a definate plus for Trader.

[rusthebuss]

Here is a picture of the NARO for Burt

Thats it for today! I will take some more next weekend of other areas.

[wrldcoupe4]

nice! ... can't wait to get home to take some pics...

[vdogg]

The finish on 388 Boush looks outstanding. It looks even more attractive in person than it did in any of the renderings.