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Old Posted Apr 17, 2010, 11:36 PM
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Would anyone be interested if I did a photo feature on the newspaper? I work there, as you know by reading this thread, and I've been going around shooting various shots inside and outside the building. I think it could be kind of cool to show this place's sights.

I've got a growing folder of material for my next update, which will most likely be general shots around town. That or the Big Texan. If the weather's nice (it's been raining A LOT lately), I hope to get out there for some shots.

I hope this thread's not for naught. Amarillo may not be too interesting or huge or have big, pretty skyscrapers, but I hope I can give it some attention.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2010, 12:38 AM
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I enjoy this thread. Before you started to contribute (as well as Jeeper), it was rare that we got to see much of Amarillo. Keep it up!
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2010, 1:22 AM
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Depressing

What is wrong with the people from this city? Why are they letting their city die? I've never seen a downtown so bad outside of a few places deep in the rustbelt (Gary, Flint). Am I correct that Amarillo is not in the rust-belt -- more like the cotton belt.
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Old Posted Apr 18, 2010, 4:32 AM
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Yeah, most of the panhandle as well as Central West Texas is mostly cotton country, as is South Texas.

Amarillo isn't that bad actually compared to a few of the other cities in West Texas. A few of those West Texas cities are realizing the value of their downtowns and are taking steps to revitalize them, but some of them are still dead.
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Great photos. Thanks for the pics of Wonderland. The Tornado looks great with its new paint job. What is the neighborhood like in and around Amarillo College? Once again, just facinated by the Amarillo area.
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I love how in-depth this is. Great coverage of Amarillo
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Very nice, thank you for sharing. I can almost smell the rain.
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Old Posted Apr 30, 2010, 7:06 PM
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Great photos. Thanks for the pics of Wonderland. The Tornado looks great with its new paint job. What is the neighborhood like in and around Amarillo College? Once again, just facinated by the Amarillo area.
Thanks.

I had a friend who lived right next to the college. It's a pretty decent area. It's sort of older, so it's got a lot of trees. Lots of the streets are brick, which I think is neat in an old-time sense. There's a pretty nice park next to the campus too. There's an art museum on campus, and there's some shopping relatively nearby on Georgia Street a block to the west.
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Are there any proper hotels in or near the city center?

We'll be traveling through Amarillo this summer on a road trip and wherever possible I try to avoid the national hotel chains along the interstate. In Amarillo however, I couldn't find anything close to downtown. You mentioned a building being converted to a Marriott Courtyard. Is that still happening?
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Old Posted May 5, 2010, 5:32 PM
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There's one motel in downtown, but it looks pretty seedy. I found it when I was wandering around looking for pictures to take.



And now for an update of random shots around the city.


Amarillo National Bank Plaza One, the second-tallest building in the city.


Barfield Building, a frequently stalled condo project.


Buildings downtown. I'm not sure if they're in use (the wood panels at the ground floor says they're not). I just liked this shot.


Chase Tower


Chase Tower along Tyler Street.


The streets downtown empty on weekends and after 5:30 p.m. on weekdays.


The Fisk Building. It's well on its way to becoming a Courtyard by Marriott.


Here's a new view. The normally locked door to my work building's roof was open, so I ventured up there and took a few pictures. That's the Chase Tower. Far in the distance is a little crop of buildings. That's the abandoned hospital I visited earlier in this thread.


Looking down Polk Street. This street has all the bars and clubs downtown.


Santa Fe Building with a furniture store sign in the foreground.


The Santa Fe Building from the roof of the newspaper.


The city skyline from the east.


Downtown from the newspaper's roof. Building IDs from left: Chase Tower, Amarillo National Bank Plaza One (black tower), Barfield Building, Amarillo National Bank Plaza Two (blue glass), Petroleum Building (no windows, foreground), Eagle Centre (behind Petroleum Building), Fisk Building.


A smaller building downtown.


A sushi place downtown.


This picture is "Amarillo." The Santa Fe Building in the background. The truck is for Toot'n Totum, a local chain of convenience stores.


And finally, a Big Texan bench at a bus stop. The restaurant is advertised around town.
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Thanks to this building, the Chase Tower (tallest in picture), Amarillo had a taller building than Austin did from 1971 until 1984. It's still the tallest building in West Texas.
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Old Posted Sep 27, 2010, 12:30 AM
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OK, so it's been four months since I last posted anything. In those four months I've become much more familiar with my SLR, so my next update should be pretty fun. So get ready for a fun one.

In two weeks, I'm going to the Big Texan with friends. It's an update you've all wanted. Finally, huh?
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great tour and coverage. i love Texas' mix of smaller and mid-size cities, despite their problems it's great to see the old architecture.

is the old courthouse still standing? I hope so.

awesome stencil of the woman here. if there's more of this art around Amarillo it'd be cool to see it in a thread.



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Palo Duro Canyon

About 20 miles south of Amarillo is the second-largest canyon in the United States, Palo Duro Canyon. It's 120 miles long, as much as 20 miles wide and 800 feet deep. To get there, you drive down a narrow, winding road into the canyon, where there are several places to park and many trails.

My co-worker Amber and I went on a long hike to the Lighthouse, a giant hoodoo. Here are the photos.


This is right when we entered the canyon. Note the power pole.




Turkeys!


This is at the trail head, but it's broken. It was in the mid-70s.


We begin our six-mile round-trip journey.




Clear blue skies.


A layer of mineral.




A little hoodoo. Not our destination.










Tall cliff. That's my co-worker.


Someone's got money.






As you can see, the canyon has many different looks.








I thought this was one of the coolest things on our hike.








Our destination is about two miles away.


Closer! Naw. I used a telephoto lens.




Arroyo


Some kind of canine was here.


Grasshopper








Getting closer.




We had to scale this steep wall.


The view's beautiful up there.




After scaling the wall, we get to flat ground.


Step 5 feet to the right and there it is.


It's called the Lighthouse.




Thumbs up.


A cliff next to the Lighthouse.


We turned around and checked out the view again.


The sun was setting, and we had about three miles to go back.


A final look at the Lighthouse.


Back down the wall.




Losing daylight fast.


Amber spotted this deer.


There were two. See them?


The end.
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Great. Glad to see you did the canyon. The panhandle is a neat place. It's misleading, too. It goes from being extremely flat vastness with grassy plains to this very rocky and rugged canyon.

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Some kind of canine was here.
That was probably a mountain lion actually. They are in the park, along with bobcats. How wide was the paw print?
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Great photos of a beautiful place. Amarillo has a lot of surprise to it.
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Old Posted Nov 11, 2010, 5:18 PM
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Mountain lion? Bobcat!? Ahhh! I knew those animals were there, I just didn't think they'd really be out when it was still so sunny. It was a pretty small track, so if it was one of those things, it was probably a bobcat.
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Very nice! The canyon pictures are beautiful. This state is so big...you forget that scenery like this is right at your backdoor
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Nice job!! I went through there around 86, but dont remember too much of it!! Hopefully some of those projects will revive the central core!! I hate seeing tall buildings abandoned. BTW.. I loved the canyon shots. That's where we went through Amarillo in the first place. My parents were big campers, so we passed through here on the way to the Grand Canyon!!
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the canyon is only 20 miles from Amarillo? Man... i guess when you're four years old and your dad is driving the family there for the day, it seems like a million miles.

I was hatched at St Anthony's in Amarillo... it's cool to see pictures of the place, even if it is abandoned
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