THE Orlando Photo Thread

[IAmFloridaBorn]

I caught this angle near the SunRail station on.

It escapes my mind at the moment, but I love how the buildings sort of line up behind each other at this angle. Sorry I forgot what it's called.

 

 

And I thought this black-and-white was pretty cool too

 

Edited May 9, 2020 by IAmFloridaBorn

[IAmFloridaBorn]

Not even sure where this is. 

[spenser1058]

2 minutes ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Not even sure where this is. 

Love the green stuff, wherever it is...

[IAmFloridaBorn]

3 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

Love the green stuff, wherever it is...

Lake highland Park. I just passed the sign. I did not know of vantage point like this existed.

[dcluley98]

Yep, it's Lake Highland just north of Downtown and along the OUT that I ride my bike on every week. 

Also runs parallel to the SunRail line and behind the old OUC Powerhouse building. Really cool area. 

[popsiclebrandon]

LHP is packed every night. I walk the trail a lot as I live right over there and its quite busy now with people sitting out and some fishing. Its quite nice.

[Jerry95]

On 5/9/2020 at 8:32 AM, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Nice capture. Also notice the new fence on the Sunrail ROW. Seems to have been added in key spots along the entire corridor

[nite owℓ]

On 5/9/2020 at 9:19 AM, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Lake highland Park. I just passed the sign. I did not know of vantage point like this existed.

You can also see a bit of skyline from Lake Cherokee Park (one of downtown's oldest historic neighborhoods) on the Southern portion, looking North over the lake: https://goo.gl/maps/ekx4q3udXVpsV2FH9

And from Lake Davis:  https://goo.gl/maps/9HcjKrmnoSwaE8QK8  (Lake Davis has the better view, IMO)

Edited May 10, 2020 by nite owℓ

[dcluley98]

I always wanted to take a good long-zoom photo from John Young Parkway bridge over Clear Lake. Offers a unique perspective: 

Edited May 11, 2020 by dcluley98

[spenser1058]

As late as the ‘70’s, Clear Lake was one of the best swimming lakes in town. The Isle of Catalina neighborhood association had a private beach for residents at one point (does anyone know if it’s still there?).

Of course, the killer amoebas that multiplied in the ‘80’s took out lake swimming across the region but I wonder what condition the lake is in otherwise these days.

[IAmFloridaBorn]

55 minutes ago, dcluley98 said:

I always wanted to take a good long-zoom photo from John Young Parkway bridge over clear lake. Offers a unique perspective: 

My next shot.

[jgardnerucf]

Another fun vantage point is on the 13th tee box at MetroWest.

[JFW657]

3 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

Another fun vantage point is on the 13th tee box at MetroWest.

Top of the parking garage at Fashion Square. 

Take a drone camera up there and send it up about 10 or 20 feet, you'd get a shot that would knock your socks off.

[jgardnerucf]

It's similar to top floor of Sheltair. The adjacent angle view on the tee box gives the stadium's, which ya can't see from there.

[IAmFloridaBorn]

I may try some of these vantage points this week. 

Our skyline isn't super tall but I love our 400 footers.

[dcluley98]

[IAmFloridaBorn]

What do you all think? 

From the Clear Lake birdge on John Young

[spenser1058]

3 minutes ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

What do you all think? 

From the Clear Lake birdge on John Young

Those are awesome, Florida Born. I particularly like the sunrise, also with the tree in the foreground.

Edited May 14, 2020 by spenser1058

[dcluley98]

Looks great, IAFB. That cypress one is exactly what I was thinking about! 

[spenser1058]

40 minutes ago, dcluley98 said:

Looks great, IAFB. That cypress one is exactly what I was thinking about! 

WE LOVE TREES 

[JFW657]

The pictures are nice, but we still have a mini skyline.  

[nite owℓ]

To tree, or not to tree...

How far we've come (photo circa 2004):

Found the pic in an old OS article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-skyscrapers-guide-orlando-20181022-story.html

[Uncommon]

5 hours ago, nite owℓ said:

To tree, or not to tree...

How far we've come (photo circa 2004):

Found the pic in an old OS article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-skyscrapers-guide-orlando-20181022-story.html

Anybody have a juxtaposition of this same view? Sadly, it doesn’t look that much different today.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Uncommon

[nite owℓ]

5 hours ago, Uncommon said:

Anybody have a juxtaposition of this same view? Sadly, it doesn’t look that much different today.

You're right it doesn't look terribly different, but I can think of at least 10 apartments/condos that have gone up since 2004. In any other major city  that number would be insignificant, but considering downtown Orlando is a completely different animal I think we've come a long way (not saying that I'm satisfied).

The main point of my initial post is that some people are quite comfortable nixing Zoi House over over a tree, but where was this energy when trees were destroyed to build The Vue, Skyhouse, and some of the other apts/condos in S Eola?? If you go back even further and look at historic photos of the area surrounding Lake Eola - there was nothing but trees and wooden houses. Most likely the very ground we stand on and all the modern buildings surrounding Lake Eola that we live in required the removal of a tree at some point. So why are we suddenly drawing a line against redevelopment now??   It boggles my mind how some people can be so resistant to changes that go along with urban redevelopment of vacant lots in city center. As we've seen time and time again, we just don't have the per capita income for developers to justify design outside of the box, so why are we looking a gift horse in the mouth when it comes to Zoi House which is above par when compared to other buildings? Sure we should try to save whatever trees we can but the reality is that we can't save them all, otherwise we wouldn't have anything today lol.

Google satellite:

Edited May 17, 2020 by nite owℓ

[JFW657]

Ran across this, thought it was pretty nice....