Entry #4,  down at Mile Marker 4

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Behind these trees is a lake  with a pleasant surprise,  walking

Full time   residents, isn’t their winter camouflage just wonderful.  

For the non-duckie lovers.

And that is it for the challenge from me.

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Another dimension of Brighton Beach is the Russian night clubs.  There are about ten night clubs in and around Brighton Beach.  The clubs are for celebrating everything and anything.  From children’s birthdays to weddings. Who needs an excuse to celebrate?  Not I, give me a shot of smooth vodka and chase it with another.

Most of the clubs offer food, live music, dancing and a Las Vegas type show at 11PM (no cameras allowed) also breakfast is served at 4AM.  The photos in the slide show do not include the Las Vegas shows, but do include the live music entertainment.  The clubs featured are Rasputin, Tatiana and Metropole.

Brighton Beach Night Clubs

Entry #3

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At Mile Marker 1, it is mostly just above the food plain  but I did find some icicles.

At Mile Marker 2, there is a sculpture.
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I made another trip down main street with my camera. I am always amazed at the architecture of many of the old buildings.
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taking pictures in public for "no apparent reason" isn't really in my comfort zone, but since i had to be downtown today anyways, i gave it a "shot".  plus a few non-main street thrown in for fun, (or comfort??).     court house on corner of main st.Copy_of_ccbldg

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top of court house
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(kids love it in here, serve coke in small bottles, most people enter thru backdoor thru kitchen, waiters dont write anything down, take order and total tab in their head.
couple of miles south of downtown, went thru car wash, saw these
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saw this one hangin' around on the insideCopy_of_zoe
saw this gift wrapped on way up to doctor's all wrapped up
and of course need to throw one in of spotty thinking he;s our guard dog (look at puffed up he looks protecting us!)Copy_of_spotty

 I went to the Bank and found the happy tellerandManager where she gave me  some  cash and a nice smile!  

Down My Road is the cutest dog named Lizzy

Robert Fitch built a textile mill in the mid 1800's and made thick, wonderful quilts that kept familys warm before central chimneys came into being. Today the population is about 2300. This rugged apartment building is where Mr.Fitch lived.Fitch House .This is the local market Logans Market Right beside the school. Drive by Shoot...at 15 mph.This is the new bridge that took as long as the Great Wall of China to build. New Bridge at Fitchville pond. This is Ed,who is 88 yrs young and works at the transfer station. DUMPMASTER_AT_88_YRS This is where Ed will retire...down the road. Town Fathers  Ayup....I guess that's it then. Good night and thanks for lending an eye my friends.
 

Got up at the crack of dawn to catch the best light to get a couple of shots from downtown. This is Main Street, Dallas, TX. If you look just off center to the right you can see One Main Place. I've shot this one before using a different perspective, but today i was able to catch the morning sun halfway up the building at 7 in the morning.

This next shot has little to do with Main Street, but I just had to share my best buddy, Rex .  I used a 10-22mm wide angel lens on this one, shot at 13mm.

black cat buried door high window old department store main street corner red door light benches

My Main Street is probably very simialar to many Main Streets across the U.S. A place hopefully for people to congrigate and meet.
Holly Springs is one of the old southern towns that didn't change from the 1800's, (actually around 1830)until recently. By recently I mean in the last Oh 15 years!
Our main street is lucky in that we have new shinny buildings mixed in with some grand old buildings!
This challenge has been difficult. SO many photos I could take. But are they really Main Street?
Here is my Main Street. Our new Town Hall in Holly springs North Carolina!
DSC05283 DSC05287 Around the corner is the Police stationDSC05289 One of our older buildings that has been renovated and reused. At one time it was the Train Depot/U.S. Post Office and General store in Holly Springs.
Let's continue to the back of Town Hall
DSC05296  as you can see we really like our Town Hall building. It was designed to be impressive even from the back street, I think it is.
Across the parking lot the new shopps are waiting to service the town with a bank, ice creamery, pizza palor and other services to comeDSC05292

My favorite building in Holly Springs is  "The Mims House" circa 1840's DSC05294 DSC05302 This grand old home is on the National Registry of Antebellum Homes. It has
recently been purchased by an indivdual Who will be renovating it completely and offering it as banquet and reception venues for the public.We the resendents cannot wait. DSC05305 DSC05306 DSC05307 I can't help but imagine how many couples have snuck-out of one of the many Balls held here for a moon-light kiss!
The third floor has an original ball room that is to be a major part of the renovation. If these walls could talk what would they say!"please put me back the way I was; I miss the lovers"
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This beauty is the home of Dewer's Antiques and Florist. The owner, Larry, is one of our towns great personalities and only the 2nd owner of the building!  the shop is an archive of wonderful objects!This is a story for another day!
In finishing our tour of Holly Springs let's not forget our newest addition and a first in the county of Wake
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Our Library and Cultural Center.
for a town that only about 15 years ago has a population of around 6000 residents, it has grown to almost 16000!this is the fastest growing town in North Carolina.I know the residents will keep the charm of this fabulous tiny spec on the map. We love our town! Look for more stories about her!

In San Francisco's Mission District, the main street is Mission Street .  Starting at the Embarcadero, it runs thru the Mission and south down the Peninsula, where it turns into CA 82, changes it's name to El Camino Real and goes all the way to San Jose (or maybe further, I'm not sure...).

The stretch of Mission between 16th and 24th Streets used to be the 'strip', where you could go watch the boys cruise their low-riders up and down the block on warm summer nights.  Today, it's a somewhat-down-on-it's-luck working class Hispanic neighborhood where sights like this  and this  are all too common.  I walked the entire 8 block stretch, trying to be very careful about not pointing my camera at people, because it can sometimes be not-healthy to photograph gang-bangers, folks without green cards  and drug deals in progress.  Entire blocks are sometimes nothing but 99-cent stores , tiny neighborhood grocery stores  and single-room-occupancy  SRO hotels .  Places like places like this  are all too common.

But even amidst this somewhat bleak picture, there is still life and color  and a strong Hispanic flavor  to the neighborhood.  On a sunny afternoon, even the crumbling Victorians  are beautiful.  The Mission is full of colorful murals  and fabulous  old architecture, if you look past the dirt and the crime and the homeless.

This neighborhood is also known for it's artists - small theatre groups and tiny galleries and rehearsal spaces are everywhere, although they're being threatened by the rising rents and gentrification brought on by the dot-com boom of the late 90's.  All too often these days, it seems as though the older buildings are either being torn down or converted to high-priced condos, and trendy new restaurants  can frequently be found popping up next door to the fading relics  of yesterday...

(Sorry it's a bit long with lots of photos...I'm not too good at editing myself sometimes, and I like telling stories.  If you made it this far, I hope you enjoyed the trip...)

 Virginia st. As a small town, This is a quaint little Main st. Through the town of Urbanna. The revitalization is a t work and its just waiting for the spring visitors. Veterans Day

Some other stuff from Chinatown....

WARNING: Photoshop ahead.

I wanted to give them an aged, faded, beat-up feel, like they've been in a box in the closet for 20 years and you've just pulled them out to show the grandkids what it was like back in the day, or you've been carrying them around in your wallet thru all of your life's travels, to be taken out and looked at tenderly when you're homesick and far from home....

Shoe Shine
cookies!
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someplace to eat?
lanterns
shops  

Enjoy!  (or not...depending on how you feel about PS...)

Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, is also called Little Odessa by the Sea.  It is the largest Russian speaking community in the world outside of mother Russia.  It is filled with fun loving people and we love living here. We live three blocks away in Coney Island.  The main street is Brighton Beach Avenue and the Avenue is one block north of the Brighton Beach/Coney Island Boardwalk and beach.  The main street is filled with shops that people from the tri-state (NY,NJ and Conn.) visit every weekend.  Brighton Beach Avenue is covered by the elevated subways and has two subway stops, one at each end of the Avenue.  The B train terminates at the Brighton Beach subway stop and it is a favorite destination for beach goers.  Here are a few Sunday morning calm shots for starters.

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Book Store
Under the Elevated Subway
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Entry #2

Continuing on down the road.

Mile Marker 4, This is the campus town area  serving    the student  soul and body.

Mile Marker 6, nearing the edge of town, beginning of a housing development

Mile Marker 7, the edge of town. Some more businesses  some with just a touch of color  Looking east toward town.  

A pond complements of the DOT.  

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 Today I found an Antique Mall, Ramblin Rose.. where i saw a Happy Maid, a  Happy Butler, and FINALLY a  Happy Sales Lady, AND my VERY Happy Sister !!...  

This is my first post.

Took the first two pictures on main street in Fredericksburg. Thought they would count, since it is the closest medium-sized city to us. Go for a ride? Shop Window Gate at Christ Church This is my first post.

The last picture is just one I like.