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To finish off our day, we strolled down the streets of the Historic Galveston Downtown. This is the Old Galveston Square, located on Avenue B of Strand Seaport. We just enjoyed doing a little window shopping and picking up a few little trinkets. Such fun! Hope you all enjoy!


Old Galveston Square
Historic Downtown
Avenue B
Strand Seaport
Galveston, Texas
052125


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I spent the morning out here tromping around.

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In downtown Rome, Georgia, on January 1st, 2025, was a view to the north from the west side of East 5th Avenue, north of East 1st Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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A streetlight is fitted with two kinds of fixture, utilitarian and ornamental. Two horizontal rods were intended to support a marketing banner. Were such a banner in place, it might read something like "Shop, dine, live, play: Downtown Asheville."

Oh look, a 2017 Toyota 4Runner.

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In downtown Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28th, 2022, was a sidewalk on the west side of Haywood Street between Page Avenue and Vanderbilt Place.

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I did a little dance and made fluttering hand gestures at the Impala, but I don't know if the driver saw me.

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In downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 27th, 2020, was a view to the west on East Main Street, from the northeast corner of its intersection with South Jefferson Street.

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In downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 27th, 2020, was a view to the west on East Main Street, from the northeast corner of its intersection with South College Street.

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In downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 27th, 2020, was a view to the south on South Green Street, from the southeast corner of its intersection with East 2nd Street.

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"It looks like a distressed area!" I exclaimed.

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In downtown Bloomington, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, was a view to the west on the south side of West Olive Street, west of South Madison Street.

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To me it felt like kind of like Chicago! I hope local historians will appreciate my picture someday.

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In downtown San Diego, California, on July 1st, 2024, was a view of the southwest corner of West C Street and India Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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But in what sense!

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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, was a view upon on the north side of East Main Street (Ohio State Route 61) between Whittlesey Avenue (U.S. Route 250 and Ohio State Route 13) and North Linwood Avenue.

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"Ugh this is kind of a trudge. I feel unsatisfied."

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In downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, on May 23rd, 2024, was a view to the east from the south side of the Walnut Street bridge (Wisconsin Highway 29). The prominent apartment building at the left is "Metreau," built in 2016.

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"Hey why are you taking pictures of my white 2001 Ford F-150!" I heard somebody call out. I pretended not to hear, and casually walked away while looking at my phone.

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In downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27th, 2022, East 8th Street as viewed to the west from the northwest corner of its intersection with Grand Boulevard.

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In downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27th, 2022, a view of "909 Walnut" (originally known as the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company Building, built from 1930 to 1932; designed by Hoit, Price, and Barnes; a federal office building starting in 1951; partially converted to apartments in 2005; 97000908 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the East Ninth Street-Grand Boulevard Historic District, 100005660 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of Walnut Street and East 9th Street, as viewed from the southwest corner of 11th and Walnut.

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Here was Battle Creek's implementation of the concept. I noticed there didn't seem to be very many people accepting the invitation to trudge from noplace to noplace on "winding rivers" of blood-colored pavers. Even the whimsically-designed streetlights didn't seem to be drawing crowds.

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In downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, on March 31st, 2024, on the south side of McCamly Street, west of Michigan Avenue.

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