Above Birmingham, Part 1 **new pics on page 2** - Page 2

elsonic · #21 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:23 PM**

first I thought, well Birmingham is the most north american city of Europe. then I realised...

anyway, grat pics.

Wheelingman04 · #22 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 3:03 AM**

Nice dense downtown core.

KevinFromTexas · #23 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 3:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

I sometimes do that in my sprawl and Germany threads. What I do is take a screenshot of one corner, then scroll the view over to another section of the image, and basically paste the different sections together. I can get a fulll-sized image with 6 screenshots.

Oh, dear. That sounds like some work.

That's what I had thought. I'll end up doing it anyway, though.

Randy Sandford · #24 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 3:53 AM**

Glad you enjoyed the pics, elsonic.

Randy Sandford · #25 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 3:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Oh, dear. That sounds like some work.

That's what I had thought. I'll end up doing it anyway, though.

Did you read my additional instructions? 4 screenshots will be easier to work with than 6.

Randy Sandford · #26 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 7:43 AM**

I was going through my archives and found more aerials to add to this thread (and now that this thread is on Page 2, they shouldn't take too long to download).

This is my all-time favorite aerial of Downtown Birmingham, especially because it really shows off the hills in the background (and the fall colors are great too):

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Here's a better view of the Red Mountain Cut:

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Here are some historic Birmingham aerials:

1934

1971

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And here are some great black & white aerials from the Library of Congress collection I found online a while back:

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Rickwood Field (and Legion Field in first aerial) with skyline in the distance

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Flying over the crest of Red Mountain above the Redmont Park neighborhood
with Forest Park (first pic) and Shades Valley (third pic) in the background

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US Steel's Fairfield Works

Ex-Ithacan · #27 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 5:43 PM**

Well hidy ho, that was some kind of fun. I'm gonna have to check back every once in a while to look through again and take it all in (if I missed anything). I had a heck of a time driving on a flyover of the big Interstate interchange downtown. A big truck in the lane next to me blew off a tire, and it flew back and smacked the car next to me BAM. Scared the bejeebuz out of me. And then a ways further (near the airport) the police had a lane blocked off where a car had overturned. Ahhh, good times.

I was there the winter before the Vulcan was reopened, so I couldn't go up in it (even though i told them I knew Randy Sandford

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Thanks for all the work Randy, I'll have to check out part 2 soon.

Randy Sandford · #28 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 8:36 PM**

Glad you enjoyed the pics, Tom! I can't believe they didn't grant you access to Vulcan when you mentioned my name (LOL). Was that flying tire incident something that just happened today where you live or something that happened when you visited Birmingham?

Ex-Ithacan · #29 Posted **Feb 22, 2007, 9:57 PM**

It happened when I was going through "Malfunction Junction" in downtown Birmingham a couple of years ago.

BTW, I forgot to mention that the Mediacl Center area looks like a small city of its own.

ikcyzrteip · #30 Posted **Feb 23, 2007, 12:57 AM**

Very Nice. The suburban streets are a mess though. In my opinion every city should have a good grid.

Randy Sandford · #31 Posted **Feb 23, 2007, 4:52 AM**

Glad you enjoyed the pics, ikcyzrteip! Birmingham does have quite an extensive street grid, but personally if the entire city and metro area were gridded, I would find it very monotonous and boring. That's how I feel when I visit my relatives in Dallas.

Tom, when you mentioned flyover ramps earlier, I realized I didn't post an aerial of the othe major interchage in Downtown Birmingham--the I-20/59 junction with the Red Mountain Expressway (US 31/280):

KCgridlock · #32 Posted **Feb 23, 2007, 6:06 AM**

Very nice. These websites are going to put me out of business!

I look forward to getting back out to Birmingham. Last time I was there, it's been a while, we stayed at some hotel that was atached to a mall. There was also an office tower I think. I don't think I see that area in any of those photos.

Randy Sandford · #33 Posted **Feb 23, 2007, 7:38 AM**

Glad you enjoyed the pics, KCgridlock! I don't think you have anything to worry about. The quality of your photos is much better than what's available at maps.live.com. I look forward to your return to Birmingham and the aerial shots that hopefully will follow. BTW, the hotel you stayed at is the Wynfrey Hotel which is attached to the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. It appears in Part 2 of this series which covers Birmingham's southern metro area.

Randy Sandford · #34 Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 10:51 AM**

bump (for the benefit of those who spend more time here on the weekend)

Exodus · #35 Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 11:10 AM**

Nice, very nice

I like this one. The Childrens Hospital that we take our daughter to.

Very nice hospital and staff

Randy Sandford · #36 Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 7:46 AM**

Thanks Exodus!

mrherodotus · #37 Posted **Feb 27, 2007, 5:49 PM**

Damn! You've covered the entire city.

Dystopos · #38 Posted **Mar 1, 2007, 5:08 PM**

See, the thing is, these are so engrossing that I get lost in the first few and never make it to the end to comment.

I'm going to need to find that IE key for Firefox now...

B'ham Bound · #39 Posted **Mar 3, 2007, 2:22 AM**

One of the best tours of Birmingham ever assembled. Randy, I am truly grateful. Expect me to bump this thread for the next 8 months.

Randy Sandford · #40 Posted **Mar 3, 2007, 9:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by B'ham Bound

One of the best tours of Birmingham ever assembled. Randy, I am truly grateful. Expect me to bump this thread for the next 8 months.

Glad you enjoyed it. BTW, did you look at both threads? This is "Part 1" of a 2-part series.