Comments on: Shots and Corners http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/shots-and-corners/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Donovan http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/shots-and-corners/comment-page-1/#comment-307197 Patrick Donovan Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:08:13 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5342#comment-307197 This is my favourite corner in Quebec City - the lively heart of Saint Jean Baptiste with old specialized grocery store, middle-eastern grocery, pharmacy, health food store, good café, gelato shop, neighbourhood library in the Anglican church and... well... a Piazetta chain restaurant (although it IS the first of the chain, whatever that's worth). <iframe width="375" height="225" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ca/maps/sv?cbp=12,235.02,,0,-6.76&cbll=46.810587,-71.218785&v=1&panoid=8YYMGebsxrDD92c53bIDFQ&gl=&hl=en"></iframe><br /><small><a id="cbembedlink" href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?cbp=12,235.02,,0,-6.76&cbll=46.810587,-71.218785&ll=46.810587,-71.218785&layer=c" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" rel="nofollow">View Larger Map</a></small> But now I'm in Montreal, so I'd probably vote for this as my favourite corner, despite (or maybe because of) the stupid brick cube. <iframe width="375" height="225" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ca/maps/sv?cbp=12,351.44,,0,-13.84&cbll=45.516380,-73.571169&v=1&panoid=S9xuzbiZ89eVQjAlvBvWWA&gl=&hl=en"></iframe><br /><small><a id="cbembedlink" href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?cbp=12,351.44,,0,-13.84&cbll=45.516380,-73.571169&ll=45.516380,-73.571169&layer=c" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" rel="nofollow">View Larger Map</a></small> This is my favourite corner in Quebec City – the lively heart of Saint Jean Baptiste with old specialized grocery store, middle-eastern grocery, pharmacy, health food store, good café, gelato shop, neighbourhood library in the Anglican church and… well… a Piazetta chain restaurant (although it IS the first of the chain, whatever that’s worth).


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But now I’m in Montreal, so I’d probably vote for this as my favourite corner, despite (or maybe because of) the stupid brick cube.


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]]> By: Christopher DeWolf http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/shots-and-corners/comment-page-1/#comment-307081 Christopher DeWolf Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:29:54 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5342#comment-307081 Google's already there. Its coverage of Vancouver includes many alleys: <iframe width="375" height="225" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=12,273.48,,0,-3.14&cbll=49.284346,-123.053925&v=1&panoid=ISBSkdhPPY5ib5hCTKiReQ&gl=&hl=en"></iframe><br /><small><a id="cbembedlink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,273.48,,0,-3.14&cbll=49.284346,-123.053925&ll=49.284346,-123.053925&layer=c" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" rel="nofollow">View Larger Map</a></small> Google’s already there. Its coverage of Vancouver includes many alleys:


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]]> By: Sam Imberman http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/shots-and-corners/comment-page-1/#comment-307078 Sam Imberman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:10:12 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5342#comment-307078 One wonders whether they'll ever launch Google Alley View. I smell a project... One wonders whether they’ll ever launch Google Alley View. I smell a project…

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