Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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Category: Urban
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There are so many movies and TV shows where the “walk along Thames” is the place where key conversations take place. On this day, we spotted Simon Pegg filming something. This is better than the photo I tried to get of the filming. (London, England 2014)
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Regardless of how the Brewers are doing, the Sausage Race is one of the key game highlights. Here is my favorite sausage (Chorizo) with two of my favorite colleagues. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2013)
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The other day someone mentioned the old move “Ice Castles.” It made me think of the St. Paul Winter Carnival–one my favorite festivals. (St. Paul, Minnesota, 2002)
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Another one of my favorite photos of Kathleen. The flowers are nice as well. (Victoria, British Colombia, 2012)
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One of my favorite shots of Kathleen. I caught her on the rooftop of the place we were staying at. (Haridwar, India, 2009)
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I.M. Pei is one of those architects that makes you feel a space differently even when it is highly functional. The atrium of the Museum of Islamic Art has an open air feel before you move into the exhibit wings. (Doha, Qatar, 2016)
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Skyline views of Manhattan are always better from across the East River or the Hudson River. This day I was cooling my heels in the early morning waiting to meet a friend for breakfast at the place across the street. (Hoboken, New Jersey, 2019)
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This is a workhorse of a bridge carrying 7 lanes of traffic, 4 subway tracks, a bike lane, and a pedestrian lane. Originally named “Bridge Number 3,” the Manhattan Bridge sits just to the east of the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River. (New York, New York, 2000)
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I love Washington Square Park. It’s a place for people. This was a cold day in February, but the sun was out and so were people. However every time I’m there I hear the song that references the “crummy hotel over Washington Square. (New York, New York, 2019)
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Changes in the urban landscape are often subtle–but look for them. The street is more defined as the city has worked to control and slow traffic. There is also a stand of rented bikes as the transportation culture changes. There are more taxi cabs than the 2009 photo (I have no explanation for that). (New…
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