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[dgreco]

xzmattzx, on Nov 9 2006, 11:13 AM, said:

Here's the rest of it, since there's a limit on the number of photos per post.

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Some houses on Bancroft Parkway in the neighborhood of Wawaset Heights.

nice photos thanks for sharing.

Edited by Cotuit, 10 November 2006 - 09:28 AM.

[SCYellowHammer]

I know it's been a long time since anyone has posted in the DE topic, but I just found Urban Planet a few weeks ago.   I live in Boiling Springs, SC, and moved here from Alabama but was born and lived 13 years of my life in Newark, DE -- Chestnut Hills Estates to be precise.  I don't have much to add, but will definitely enjoy reading about my home.

Oh, by the way, I have a good friend who now pitches for the Blue Rocks...watch out for Russell Haltiwanger!

Go Hens and Roll Tide!

[Lowerdeck]

Just got done browsing at the Wilmington/Seashore/Dover pictures.  While I don't go through Delaware much, I got to say it is a very nice state from what I have seen.  The pics are impressive too.  I knew Wilmington had all the insurance companies but it's very built up compared to other cities its size.

[tombarnes]

Delaware's corporate tax law been behind much of the development in Wilmington.  Thier banking sector remains fairly strong.  Aside from Winterthur, however, things for tourists to do in Wilmington are relatively limited.  It has some very attractive neighborhoods, but its downtown core retains an interesting contrast of the glassy vs. the gritty.

[xzmattzx]

tombarnes, on Sep 7 2007, 12:57 PM, said:

Delaware's corporate tax law been behind much of the development in Wilmington.  Thier banking sector remains fairly strong.  Aside from Winterthur, however, things for tourists to do in Wilmington are relatively limited.  It has some very attractive neighborhoods, but its downtown core retains an interesting contrast of the glassy vs. the gritty.

Tourist things in the city of Wilmington are limited, but in the Northern Delaware region, there is more.  On top of Winterthur, there is colonial New Castle, one of the best-preserved colonial cities in the US, if not the best; The Hagley Museum, which is the site of the original DuPont powder mills; Fort Delaware, an old Civil War fort and P.O.W. camp on Pea Patch Island that is sometimes called "the Andersonville of the North"; tax-free shopping; and other things.

[Lowerdeck]

Saw in the paper the other day that a wind farm project about 10-12 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach was approved and construction will start shortly.  There was a deal made between the Bluewater Wind company (people who will operate the wind farm) and the Delmarva Power Company.

Looks like a pretty big project for the state, great to see some attention for renewable energy as well.  First offshore wind farm in the country when this is completed, especially since the one proposed off Cape Cod (Mass.) is heavily protested.

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