Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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