Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) - Page 24

kz1000ps · 08-07-2012, 09:46 PM

Happening right now:

BostonUrbEx · 08-08-2012, 07:13 AM

Cool pic.

At first I was like "what is this thing photoshopped into the pic?" Almost doesn't look real.

Ron Newman · 08-08-2012, 07:34 AM

It's been a few years since the Hood Blimp last flew (floated?) over our skies.

BostonUrbEx · 08-08-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Newman

It's been a few years since the Hood Blimp last flew (floated?) over our skies.

Really?

Hmm, I didn't know that.

That explains why it hasn't been in Beverly for a few years. I thought they were just parking (? tieing down?) it elsewhere.

kz1000ps · 08-09-2012, 01:38 AM

Interesting, Ron. Makes sense considering I can't remember ever photographing the blimp and I've been settled into my perch for two years now.

kz1000ps · 08-09-2012, 01:39 AM

atlantaden · 08-09-2012, 08:10 AM

Kz, that second shot...I would have never guessed that was anywhere in Boston until I looked more closely! So much going on, lots of activity, energy, all sorts of different colors, shapes, almost weirdness! Great shot of one my favorite new places in Boston, Liberty Wharf!

czsz · 08-09-2012, 11:59 AM

^ Definitely blew my mind too. I wish Liberty Wharf had more worthy neighbors to fill out this scene...

Also, it would be nice if the width of the streets in the Seaport were at least more accommodating of non-car uses. Check out that median. If it were reduced to a single line, the bike lanes could have room to breathe, and it would be an easier crossing for peds.

And would slightly more stylish traffic lights kill the city? I prefer the ground units like the ones on Comm. Ave., but if they have to be hoisted above the street, maybe something slightly less perfunctory?

kz1000ps · 08-10-2012, 02:27 PM

Glad you guys liked it...here's the same view zoomed out a bit:

And looking towards Charlestown:

kz1000ps · 08-12-2012, 09:51 PM

kz1000ps · 08-15-2012, 12:51 PM

A couple of the Ben & Jerry's festival Saturday:

armpitsOFmight · 08-15-2012, 02:18 PM

Boston02124 · 08-15-2012, 02:37 PM

are u in One Boston place?

Boston02124 · 08-15-2012, 02:46 PM

yesterday

kz1000ps · 08-15-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Boston02124

are u in One Boston place?

Nah looks more like Exchange Place or maybe 60 State.

armpitsOFmight · 08-15-2012, 03:03 PM

39th floor at Exchange Place

czsz · 08-15-2012, 03:09 PM

I've said before that the Leverett Connector ruins the drama of the Zakim, but I love the raw urban crowdedness of the last pic. There is almost something even Asian about it; maybe the density of relatively new infrastructure. Can we throw a railway bridge under it, a la the BU Bridge, just to make it even more Tokyoesque?

BussesAin'tTrains · 08-15-2012, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by czsz

I've said before that the Leverett Connector ruins the drama of the Zakim, but I love the raw urban crowdedness of the last pic. There is almost something even Asian about it; maybe the density of relatively new infrastructure. Can we throw a railway bridge under it, a la the BU Bridge, just to make it even more Tokyoesque?

The RR drawbridge is just out of the frame to the right

czsz · 08-15-2012, 10:23 PM

Yes, yes, but I meant a diagonal bridge under the others. Something like the BU bridge. Still, yes, crowded, good.

Boston02124 · 08-16-2012, 07:31 PM

also while stuck on the pike today

08-07-2012, 09:46 PM	#461
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) Happening right now: __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-08-2012, 07:34 AM	#463
Ron Newman Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davis Square, Somerville, MA Posts: 7,915	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) It's been a few years since the Hood Blimp last flew (floated?) over our skies.

08-09-2012, 01:38 AM	#465
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) Interesting, Ron. Makes sense considering I can't remember ever photographing the blimp and I've been settled into my perch for two years now. __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-09-2012, 01:39 AM	#466
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-09-2012, 08:10 AM	#467
atlantaden Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: atlanta Posts: 579	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) Kz, that second shot...I would have never guessed that was anywhere in Boston until I looked more closely! So much going on, lots of activity, energy, all sorts of different colors, shapes, almost weirdness! Great shot of one my favorite new places in Boston, Liberty Wharf!

08-09-2012, 11:59 AM	#468
czsz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 5,965	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) ^ Definitely blew my mind too. I wish Liberty Wharf had more worthy neighbors to fill out this scene... Also, it would be nice if the width of the streets in the Seaport were at least more accommodating of non-car uses. Check out that median. If it were reduced to a single line, the bike lanes could have room to breathe, and it would be an easier crossing for peds. And would slightly more stylish traffic lights kill the city? I prefer the ground units like the ones on Comm. Ave., but if they have to be hoisted above the street, maybe something slightly less perfunctory?

08-10-2012, 02:27 PM	#469
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) Glad you guys liked it...here's the same view zoomed out a bit: And looking towards Charlestown: __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-12-2012, 09:51 PM	#470
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-15-2012, 12:51 PM	#471
kz1000ps Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oak Square Posts: 4,761	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) A couple of the Ben & Jerry's festival Saturday: __________________ Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

08-15-2012, 02:18 PM	#472
armpitsOFmight Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 453	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012)

08-15-2012, 02:37 PM	#473
Boston02124 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dorchester/Boston Posts: 3,681	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) are u in One Boston place?

08-15-2012, 02:46 PM	#474
Boston02124 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dorchester/Boston Posts: 3,681	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) yesterday

08-15-2012, 03:03 PM	#476
armpitsOFmight Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 453	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) 39th floor at Exchange Place

08-15-2012, 03:09 PM	#477
czsz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 5,965	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) I've said before that the Leverett Connector ruins the drama of the Zakim, but I love the raw urban crowdedness of the last pic. There is almost something even Asian about it; maybe the density of relatively new infrastructure. Can we throw a railway bridge under it, a la the BU Bridge, just to make it even more Tokyoesque?

08-15-2012, 10:23 PM	#479
czsz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 5,965	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) Yes, yes, but I meant a diagonal bridge under the others. Something like the BU bridge. Still, yes, crowded, good.

08-16-2012, 07:31 PM	#480
Boston02124 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dorchester/Boston Posts: 3,681	Re: Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part V (2012) also while stuck on the pike today

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