Virtual Tourism via Google Street View

[petek]

Rick, Vancouver still has a lot of trolley bus routes, perhaps the largest left. In fact one of the members here as well as an old friend of mine used to drive them. For those not sure the difference...trolley are electric buses on rubber tires running from wires above the street. Streetcars run on rails.
Toronto still has a very large streetcar system

 

[Unimatic1140]

Oh and here is our favorite parts store, Modern!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...=41.418433,-81.738367&spn=0.008512,0.01929&z=

 

[mielabor]

For new brushes and bags I go to "De Stofzuigerkoning" (= The Vacuum Cleaner King), although I also order parts online. One of my vacuums is so uncommon that I do not know a shop that has parts for it.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...+The+Netherlands&ll=52.37441,4.85628&spn=0.01

 

[mielabor]

And then we have the Miele shop of which I have told before...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...panoid=VoTH5YjI0qNsnUDUYeZFqQ&cbp=12,228.63,,

 

[bajaespuma]

Hennepin Avenue Bridge

Very impressive! May be the only tandem suspension bridge I've ever seen and that is saying a lot. Looks like two Throgs Neck Bridges glued together.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Check out my favorite laundromat, its called the Vend-a-Wash. Here is the Vend-a-Wash in Street View.

The last time I was there they still had some old coin-op Dexter single-load and double-load machines which are old Philco-Bendix style front loaders but with stainless steel wash cylinders. It's so cool seeing an old Bendix style cylinders (the shape is exactly the same as in 1959) but in stainless. They also have coin-op ironers! For years I've been meaning to photograph this place.

The old deco early 1930s building in the background on Lake Street was the Sears Roebuck retail store and catalog distribution center. The top of the tower used to have green neon "Sears" sign on all four sides that would light up the night sky all over south Minneapolis. Now the building has been converted into condos and the building has been renamed the Midtown Exchange. I was very happy to see that if they had to remove the green neon "Sears" letters they at least replaced them with "Midtown" green letters which still light up the night sky.

 

[petek]

Venda Wash. You could use for your name next time you dress up in a wig and heels LOL

 

[rp2813]

My Nearest Appliance Parts Store

This used to be the Rollerland skating rink that we went to as kids. Recycle Bookstore shares half of the space, and it's a great place. The actual rink is still there. The floors have been raised towards the back of the building and the rink is under them.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...ornia+95126&ll=37.331592,-121.911145&spn=0,35

 

[rp2813]

And Just a Couple of Blocks Down

. . . is 1010 The Alameda. The Watergarden. This is where the local men go to do a different sort of rolling around. Here's one case where the satellite view might be more interesting . . .

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...8&hq=&hnear=1010+The+Alameda,+San+Jose,+Santa