Roanoke Photo of the Day

[weill]

Full moon and corner of some building. I forget it's name but it's being converted to condos also.

City and State Building?

[Time]

Thanks, yeah here are a couple more and a re-edit of the condo shot. I took a bunch of photos but after looking at them the next day they weren't the great art that I thought I was creating the night before. Edited with Adobe Lightroom. Too bad it's only a beta and once the final version is released they'll probably charge 600 bucks for it.

Campbell Ave looking east.

Color corrected version of the condos plus took out the distraction in the upper right corner.

Jefferson St looking south.

Full moon and corner of some building. I forget it's name but it's being converted to condos also.

[weill]

Awesome Time.

Sorry folks, my supply of Roanoke pictures on this computer has run dry.

[electricmonk]

A few new photos.

I know the red brick building is being used by NS but it would make great condos.

Edit: forgot the link to the full gallery.

Gallery

Edited November 13, 2006 by electricmonk

[weill]

Looks awesome. Hopefully we can convert that building in condos, eventually.

[vdogg]

[bmedguy]

That is the Hotel Roanoke. You can't tell from the picture but it is downtown accross the rail yard from the Wachovia Tower. A pedestrian bridge connects it with the market area. First class hotel and convention center. A real gem for us. Here is their website.

Edited December 1, 2006 by bmedguy

[Unifour]

I love the shape of that first building. I think buildings that don't follow a boxy, square type of style have a greater visual appeal. However, to me, nothing will ever top the great Art Deco style, whether square or not.

Edited December 2, 2006 by Unifour

[Tennesseestorm]

I have not been to Roanoke in years, so these photos are a nice treat. Thanks for posting!

[mclawsdrive]

I'm going to try to post the panoramic photo I took of downtown from the 2nd street bridge. It is actually several overlapping shots.

Unfortunately, some of Roanoke's most prominent buildings, such as the NS building (well lit at the top just to the left of the black blg with verticle white strips) and the Poff Federal building (far right) are barely visible from this angle. But I think its a completely different looking skyline from this angle, compared to the typical Mill Mtn View.

Edited January 18, 2007 by mclawsdrive

[Tennesseestorm]

Thanks!

I'm going to try to post the panoramic photo I took of downtown from the 2nd street bridge. It is actually several overlapping shots.

Unfortunately, some of Roanoke's most prominent buildings, such as the NS building (well lit at the top just to the left of the black blg with verticle white strips) and the Poff Federal building (far right) are barely visible from this angle. But I think its a completely different looking skyline from this angle, compared to the typical Mill Mtn View.

Edited January 20, 2007 by Tennesseestorm

[weill]

I'm going to try to post the panoramic photo I took of downtown from the 2nd street bridge. It is actually several overlapping shots.

Unfortunately, some of Roanoke's most prominent buildings, such as the NS building (well lit at the top just to the left of the black blg with verticle white strips) and the Poff Federal building (far right) are barely visible from this angle. But I think its a completely different looking skyline from this angle, compared to the typical Mill Mtn View.

[weill]

[mclawsdrive]

Nice. Where was your perch for this shot?

[weill]

Nice. Where was your perch for this shot?

[electricmonk]

I kind of disappeared from here for awhile but I've taken a bunch of new photos in the last few months.

Here's two from the Center in the Square parking garage at about 2am a couple weekends ago.

[burt]

Neat pix, Monk! Has the mid/high rise in the second shot been converted to residential? And is the large building in Pic. #1 the market?

[mclawsdrive]

Neat pix, Monk! Has the mid/high rise in the second shot been converted to residential? And is the large building in Pic. #1 the market?

[bmedguy]

Hey Monk, I like your 2am pictures. They have kind of a spooky feel to them things are so quiet and empty!

[mclawsdrive]

I agree, they're great. If you took them at about 1:45 though, it would be packed with people leaving Corned Beef, Cornerstone and all the other bars along that stretch of Campbell.

[electricmonk]

Thanks all for the comments.

Has the mid/high rise in the second shot been converted to residential

[PaperTrail]

I just discovered these forums, so in my first post, I wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who has posted photos here. There's some really nice work, and it's been great to see so many aspects of Roanoke.

I currently live on the coast, but I'm gettting married in Roanoke in two months, and we're planning to move there as soon as our job prospects pan out. I've been to Roanoke several times in the past two years, but these photos have provided some really cool insight. Thanks again!

[bmedguy]

Welcome to the forum PaperTrail. Here are a couple pics of I took late last summer.

[mclawsdrive]

Those are great. I love the one of downtown from The corner of Williamson and Shenandoah, next to the Link Museum/visitor's center. I've seen a similar shot of downtown through the trees on Mill Mountain, but yours is better.

[PaperTrail]

Nice shots bmed. I, too, liked the Mill Mountain shot through the trees. I'm big on that kind of "natural framing" in photography.

Also, what building is this? It's very cool: