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19 October 2006

Photo Friday: (Hey, it's Friday somewhere.) This week's theme is My Hometown.
This is the corner of Maple and Main in my hometown of Marlton, New Jersey. When I was 10 years old, a drawing I did was selected to grace the cover of the program for the town's tricentennial celebration. As part of that honor, I got to lay a brick at a ceremony for the new gazebo. See that mulch and those little plants? That's where the gazebo was. It only lasted a few months before some high school kid hanging out there with his friends dropped a lit cigarette through the floorboards and the whole thing burned down.
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Here's a much older photo of Main Street (I don't know when it's from, any guesses?), taken at the same intersection, but looking down Main.
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posted by amro 19 October | 22:46
Some really nice photos there.

Why yes it is Friday. In fact it's almost Friday evening. Where? Why, in my town of course.

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posted by GeckoDundee 20 October | 01:34
Well, it was in my hometown.
Me age 3 1/2, puttin the make on Vikkie P.

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posted by arse_hat 20 October | 01:48
arse_hat, that is incredibly awesome.

And the position of her right leg indicates that she's either enjoying it or about to deliver one to your groin.
posted by mudpuppie 20 October | 01:51
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posted by seanyboy 20 October | 02:01
Not one of my photo's, but we also have one of those clocks.
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posted by seanyboy 20 October | 02:03
"And the position of her right leg indicates that she's either enjoying it or about to deliver one to your groin."

Oh, she was enjoying it. We relived it about 25 years later!
posted by arse_hat 20 October | 02:12
Where I'm from:
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Where I live now:
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posted by misteraitch 20 October | 03:26
These are the only photos I have that shows anything at all of where I live. If nothing else this theme reminded me that I should take more photographs of my town.

The house across the street from me. I smeared green dishwashing liquid on a plastic bag and used it as a filter to take this shot.

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posted by iconomy 20 October | 07:16
Oh yeah - in my first photo, that dead tree on the left that looks like a lightning bolt coming out of the sky...the day after I took that photo, it got struck by a real lightning bolt and had to be cut down.
posted by iconomy 20 October | 07:18
Gecko, your town looks a lot like Key West, Florida! :)

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Downtown Atlanta.
posted by BoringPostcards 20 October | 07:33
Although I wasn't born in Seattle, I consider it my hometown.

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Mt. Baker as viewed from the Fraser Valley. I've lived in the Fraser Valley area most of the time I've lived in Canada.

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posted by deborah 20 October | 08:00
Well, BP, it is the capital of the Sunshine State. I'll see if I can dig out a couple of skyscraper shots.
posted by GeckoDundee 20 October | 08:30
Under the subway tracks, 31st Street, Astoria:
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view from the back porch:
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street scene, Astoria:
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(not born in NYC, but it's my home)
posted by jonmc 20 October | 08:32
That last photo is creepy; the little boy looks like he just took a bullet in the back.
posted by iconomy 20 October | 08:41
Taken at about 6.30am one Saturday morning. These guys were fast asleep and one only stirred after I managed to take about 3 pictures.

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posted by TheDonF 20 October | 08:41
That last photo is creepy; the little boy looks like he just took a bullet in the back.

That's why the priest is there. (actually he was playing catch with the guy ion the white t-shirt. the kid was winding up)
posted by jonmc 20 October | 08:46
I just updated my "Where I Live" set, after a walk into the village today. It's gradually being absorbed by the sprawl of suburban east London, but still retains its villagey charm.
posted by essexjan 20 October | 08:54
My hometown:

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Where I live now:

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posted by gaspode 20 October | 08:57
I shouldn't really be posting more than once, but here's a shot of the city for BP. (And wherever that is in New Zealand looks gorgeous, Gaspode.

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posted by GeckoDundee 20 October | 09:02
Pictures of the old cemetery in my town. (And I'm going to try to get some pictures of other areas around town today such as my grade school, the house I grew up in, the park I used to play at, the city pool, etc.)
posted by fluffy battle kitten 20 October | 09:02
Wow, jonmc, that looks like my back alley. Here's a shot from a real estate site for a condo building:

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The next two I like because of the juxtaposition; One is all formal and crowded, but the next shows that, afterall, one man's funeral is the same as anyone else's--someone has to clean up afterwards, put away the flowers, take the horses back to the barn, etc. I think it also illustrates the point that, while DC is a city of monuments and parades and such, it's also a place where real people have jobs to do.

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posted by mrmoonpie 20 October | 09:24
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This is where I live now, a quiet shady street, albeit a bit further from the waves. . .*sigh*

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posted by danf 20 October | 09:29
Wow, jonmc, that looks like my back alley.


heh heh
posted by TheDonF 20 October | 09:54
I grew up in this house. That's my Scottie Dog, Kim, sitting by the gate. My dad made us give her away when we came to England.
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posted by essexjan 20 October | 10:03
That looks like how I remember Huntington Beach, CA, danf.
posted by deborah 20 October | 10:59
deborah. . .it's Hermosa. . .not far off. . .Palos Verdes (PV) in the background. . that is where the rich people lived.
posted by danf 20 October | 11:40
Where I grew up.

This photo was taken so close to my house that the view is indistinguishable from what I used to see from the backyard. The Superstition Mountains, in Apache Junction, Arizona.
posted by Hermitosis 20 October | 12:20
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Sad and symbolic.
posted by tommasz 20 October | 17:38
Huh, gaspode is one of the Deep Ones. Go fig.
posted by Eideteker 21 October | 11:23
Casey's last ride. || St. Louis salutes jonmc, a valiant foe.

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