Roanoke Photo of the Day

[weill]

February 5th, 2006

[weill]

February 6th, 2006

[RoanokeFound]

[wrldcoupe4]

almost looks like somewhere in Europe nice!

[urbanvb]

Yeah, I like that one a lot too.

[RoanokeFound]

thanks - took a while to line it up properly

[burt]

almost looks like somewhere in Europe nice!

Neat picture.

Ya! Like Northern Europe - Germany, maybe.

Edited February 8, 2006 by burt

[weill]

February 11th, 2006

[weill]

February 12th, 2006

This photo was taken while the First Union (Wachovia) Tower was under construction.

[urbanvb]

Love the cranes.

[weill]

yeah i loved them too, Im glad I ran across this picture.

[weill]

Valetine's Day

Source: http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/

Edited February 15, 2006 by weill

[urbanvb]

That is an amazing pic. I have never seen railroad tracks intersect like that.

[wrldcoupe4]

it's for the streetcar lines though isn't it? very cool pic nonetheless!

[RoanokeFound]

5 points and a chance at the bonus round to the first contestant who can tell me what streets we are seeing at that intersection...

and.. GO

[mclawsdrive]

5 points and a chance at the bonus round to the first contestant who can tell me what streets we are seeing at that intersection...

and.. GO

Campbell Ave, and Jefferson St. It sure is disorienting with the building under construction on the right and all the tracks.

[weill]

I didnt notice the building under construction!

[RoanokeFound]

Campbell Ave, and Jefferson St. It sure is disorienting with the building under construction on the right and all the tracks.

Good show!

Bonus round - which direction is the camera facing?

Edited February 15, 2006 by RoanokeFound

[weill]

West?

[weill]

February, 15 2006

Source: http://www.gralewski.com/2002trip5/johnpics/

Edited February 15, 2006 by weill

[RoanokeFound]

I should have said which street is the camera on? If you look way in the background, you can make out buildings... should give an clue as to which way its facing.

[weill]

Im not familar with "old" Roanoke, so I say down Campbell

[weill]

February 16, 2006

[mclawsdrive]

I should have said which street is the camera on? If you look way in the background, you can make out buildings... should give an clue as to which way its facing.

I figured it out. The camera is on campbell, facing east across Jefferson. The sign on the building on the right for the Rialto theater points down campbell. The Rialto was on campbell near the city market building. The building on the left isn't there anymore, its now a parking lot.

The building under construction is the current Colonial Arms building. The shorter building on the left, (past the tall one thats now a parking lot) is Southern Pawn. You can see the 4 arched windows. The 5 story building on the right, right before a break in the roofline, is the current center in the square building.

[weill]

nice, but i thought that the Colonial Arms building (Hometown Bank Building) was futher now, away from the Center in the Square