Spartanburg Photo of the Day

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Here are some pictures of the Spartanburg B-cycle Morgan Square station. There's also a station at the Rail Trail. This is the first bike sharing system in the Southeast!

For more information about the Spartanburg B-cycle system, visit spartanburg.bcycle.com

[Spartan]

Sweet. That location is much better than where I thought they were going to locate the rack (on the center portion of the Square).

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

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With the Montgomery Building in the news, I thought I'd post this picture I took several months ago.

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Here are a few photos I took of the 1904 steam engine that came through Tuesday. (H-J article)

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Edited June 8, 2012 by westsider28

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Here's a photo of the artwork at the corner of Drayton and Heywood. I didn't know it lit up and changed colors until I read something about it recently. I wish it had been a bit darker, so you could see the color better.

I really wish we had more colorful lighting in downtown; be it artwork, bridge underpasses, buildings, etc. It would bring some energy and visual interest to the city at night. I really like the LED lighting elements in City Plaza in Raleigh, for example:

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Skating on the Square. Good crowd last night at around 10 pm.

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Glad to finally get some snow again!

 

 

[Spartan]

Wow great pictures! I particularly like the one of Morgan Square

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I took a walk around Cleveland Park the other day.  It's a beautiful place.  It's a shame more people don't use the park.  I guess it's pretty isolated.  Once the playground is rebuilt, at least there will be more children and parents.  The one thing the park could use, IMO, is some open space to toss a ball or Frisbee.  I hear they're going to build a path under Asheville Hwy (through the creek tunnel) to connect the park to the baseball field, which will be nice.

 

 

[GvilleSC]

I took a walk around Cleveland Park the other day.  It's a beautiful place.  It's a shame more people don't use the park.  I guess it's pretty isolated.  Once the playground is rebuilt, at least there will be more children and parents.  The one thing the park could use, IMO, is some open space to toss a ball or Frisbee.  I hear they're going to build a path under Asheville Hwy (through the creek tunnel) to connect the park to the baseball field, which will be nice.

 

 

 

I've never been to Spartanburg's Cleveland Park, but this looks really nice! Thanks for the visuals!

[hub-city]

I hope that they can rebuild the pkayground including the train.  I hate what happened, but to completely take away the train is not the best solution.  Always remember, but it's time to move on....

 

Also, the surrounding neighborhood is really aging, but if they could revamp it like Hampton Heights, then it could really be exciting.

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After all the rain this weekend, Lawson's Fork Creek in Glendale was really thundering!

 

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Took these photos at the Broadwalk Building a few weeks ago:

 

Rescom Construction looks like a new tenant to me (still upfitting the space).

 

One of the 3 stained glass windows from the old Hotel Franklin hanging in the lobby.

 

I was disappointed to find that the building lobby is locked now (key card needed).  That makes it difficult to access Broad Street from the Kennedy Deck.  I know MSA is in there, but they have their own separate entrance within the lobby.

[Spartan]

The Broadwalk building is pretty terrible on all accounts. The main problem is the parking out front. If they could remove that and install a plaza space with room for tables and chairs it would look and feel a lot better. If that happened can see a small cluster restaurants, shops and bars locating there. It would work even better if the 'Denny's Plaza' were to be redesigned per the Downtown Master Plan.

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Not a photo, but I thought it fit this topic anyway.  The Herald-Journal website has a live webcam of the ice skating rink on Morgan Square.  Pretty cool.

 

Check it out here: Downtown Spartanburg webcam

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Here's a photo I took a few weeks ago from Hogback Mountain.  Wish I had a better camera with a telephoto lens...

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27879284@N04/11990134314/

Edited January 17, 2014 by westsider28

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Here's a photo from 2 weeks ago of a colorful sunset from Morgan Square.

 

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Took this photo about a month ago of the trees blooming on Morgan Square.

 

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Main Street sidewalk on Flickr

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On this rainy, gloomy day, here's a reminder of sunnier times.

Cleveland park on a summer evening on Flickr

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Here's a different skyline angle: The Schuyler and Denny's Buildings from the Old City Cemetery (Cemetery Hill).  And an historic marker at the cemetery, if you're interested in knowing more about it. 

Skyline from Old City Cemetery on Flickr

[roads-scholar]

Here's a different skyline angle: The Schuyler and Denny's Buildings from the Old City Cemetery (Cemetery Hill).  And an historic marker at the cemetery, if you're interested in knowing more about it. 

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Skyline from Old City Cemetery on Flickr

Where is the cemetery?  I've never heard of it.

[Sparkleman]

Its a little south of Winsmith St which is off of Union St down around District 7 operations center. I have been all over this area in my life cutting through to 221 from Converse Heights but have never noticed it. Apparently was the Spartanburg Colored Cemetery

 

I'd post the link but something has changed and it won't let me do so anymore. How do you post an effing link?

Edited November 19, 2014 by Sparkleman

[westsider28]

It's bounded by Duncan and Cemetery Streets, and Winsmith Ave in the South Converse neighborhood.  I believe it was in bad shape for a while, but was cleaned up 10-15 years ago.  Here it is on a map.

Edited November 19, 2014 by westsider28