Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's one Smart Car in Natchitoches! On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > Mercedes has a large fleet (1100 cars, the largest along with the same > sized fleet in Berlin) here in Vancouver that are used as part of their > car-sharing brand, car2go. They are heavily used here as a lot of people in > the downtown area don?t own cars. > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > On May 7, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > > I suppose the Smart is exotic in America, especially in Wisconsin (I can > imagine it fitting better in NYC or SF). They are not common in Europe > either, although when I lived in the Netherlands, I saw quite a few in > Amsterdam, where they enjoyed the great advantage that you can fit two into > one parking space. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 07 May 2018, at 05:21, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I see this scene every time I visit my local hardware store, so I > finally > >> took a shot. > >> > >> Smart car parked outside the revitalized offices of the Florentine Opera > >> Company on Burleigh Street in Riverwest. > >> < > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > Buildings/20180504_MR_Mine_DSF5087.jpg.html > >>> > >> > >> In the 19th century, virtually all brick buildings in Milwaukee were > made > >> of this cream brick, which led to the > >> name "Cream City", and must have given a less oppressive feeling than a > >> city of dark red. > >> > >> One such structure was my high school. But by the time I went there in > the > >> '60's, it and all the others were dark from soot. > >> < > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > Buildings/Demolished+Buildings/SDHS/Ca1915_PCMR_EMKE_10AX9913A.jpg.html > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Alan > >> > >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > >> (Retired) > >> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > >> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > >> amr3 at uwm.edu > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > >> > >> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > >> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA