There's a cobble stone street in Newport Rhode Island, called Brick Alley, The cobblestones appear to be mostly made of granite. I'll have to look closer next time I'm there.
Ann Sanfedele wrote: >I get the truck and the bike - I didn't know the stones were >new or how clean or dirty the street was > >this might work better as a BW, Dag > >I did get a chuckle out of it. > >There are areas in the US where there are new cobble stones >- most often red brick in >places where they have intentionally set up an old-timey >look in an Historical district >on those places the cobblestones are clean as a whistle, >too... unlike most streets :) > >ann > > >Boris Liberman wrote: > > >>Ditto!!! >> >>I really thought that without either one the photo would fall apart. >> >>On 10/3/06, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Strange, you are right! >>> >>>I just thought the drawing of the truck and the bike was a little funny .-) >>> >>>Anyway, thanks to everyone for watching and commenting. >>> >>>DagT >>> >>>PS: The picture is of the main street in Oslo, close to the royal castle, >>>the old university buildings and the national theater, and the stones are >>>new. Not all streets in Oslo are this clean. >>> >>> >>> >>>>Fra: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Emne: Re: PESO - Street photograph >>>> >>>>Looking at the responses so far, it seems that most of the Europeans get it >>>>and most of the Americans don't. Must be a cultural thing. >>>> >>>> >>>>>From: Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> >>>>>I love European cobbled streets. >>>>> >>>>>Nice shot, but something other than a carton might >>>>>complement the bicycle better. >>>>> >>>>>Rick >>>>> >>>>>--- DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=262832 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>DagT >>>>>>http://dag.foto.no >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Boris >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
