Sactown Photos

[innov8]

Sacramento photos of the skyline, downtown, urban life, midtown, highrises.

New Photo Threads by myself

Sacramento – Rolling Down The Boulevard: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=133128

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9405/67skylinelstreet2007051kq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Your Town, My Town, Our Town, Sactown… Sacramento Calif.: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=132027

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/747/13pipeworkshdrfinal2007yu3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Sacto]

Good stuff man! Keep it up.

[innov8]

Thanks Sacto :tup: I hope to see some more of your city shots in the future too.

I guess I should have mentioned this in the first post that this thread is open for
anybody to post city photos or photos of the region on. Sometimes making a
thread to post just a few photos can be a pain. So please share your perspective
of this great city.

[innov8]

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[Grimnebulin]

Nice shot Mike. I like the progress in West Sac. :tup:

[Grimnebulin]

Hey Mike, do you know of any downtown parking garages with an open top level and cool background of the skyline for doing a nighttime car photoshoot? Thanks!

[TowerDistrict]

You may be able to get a shot on the top level of the garage on 14th and H
Street. It'll be a little tricky as the walls are a bit tall... but the view are great.

[innov8]

Yup, that's the one I was thinking of too. There is a high point above the
walls on top that if you position the car just right, you could get a sweet
view. I would also try the garage across the street from the EPA building on
I Street and also the garage next to the current US Bank building and library.
I think the high walls around the side on the top would be a problem with
a car and it's low profile.

I would also go in on foot first to see if any of these locations work for you
before paying parking fees.

If I think of any others I'll let you know. There are some other nice locations
downtown but they are State owned garages and only State employees can park there :(

[Grimnebulin]

Thanks Zach and Mike for the recommendations. :tup:

I'll probably and check out the 14th & H garage like you guys recommended. I'm PM'ing with Mike for more info. Thanks again!

[Ryan@CU]

I guess I should have mentioned this in the first post that this thread is open for
anybody to post city photos or photos of the region on..

Ohh ok. I might have to post a few. I'm still in Orange County, so I take pictures of sac town when I'm on vacation and what not.

Fishing on the Sacramento River
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/DSC01326.jpg

Christmas Day 03 Kings Game
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/Sac2.jpg

Gotta love summer baseball
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/Sac1.jpg

I took these two last spring
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/Vdayscadandsac009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/sacdown.jpg

And this one 2 weeks ago
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/NPRParty009.jpg

[innov8]

Thanks Ryan. I like the one of fishing on the river with several lines caught in the branch.

[kryptos]

@innov8

what kind of camera are you using?

[innov8]

Nikon D70. I should have some new city threads to post soon... Boston, NYC, and Sacramento :tup:

[Grimnebulin]

Mike - Late notice, but our car shoot is on for tomorrow night if you're interested at all. Check your PM.

[JeffZurn]

Here is my rendition of one of Innov8's great pictures on my pumpkin.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2710/dscn1336cp1.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4367/calepsnp0.jpg

Pumpkin picture taken by myself
US Bank Plaza picture taken by Innov8

Its not great but I wanted to do somthing different from the norm.

Happy Halloween everyone! :jester:

[innov8]

Well done Jeff :worship: it brought a smile to my face :D

[TowerDistrict]

Yeah that's pretty awesome. Nice work... both of you!

[foxmtbr]

That has to be the coolest pumpkin ever. :tup:

[ozone]

Jeff Z love your pumpkin:)

[innov8]

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[JeffZurn]

Absolutely love the night shot, great work Innov8!

[SacTownAndy]

:previous: Yeah, that angle will look even more sweet once 621's crown is lit.

[innov8]

Here's a couple of new city photo threads by myself. I know a few of you have
ventured over to the My City Photo's section to view, but for those who haven't... please take a peak.

S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-O, the summer of 2007
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141555

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8503/5stairsnight20071002fnc1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sacramento can be sexy - Rising from the Shadows
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141558

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6497/5099south20071018fkp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Majin]

Hey innov8 do you make any money off your photos? I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this but you are extremely talented and hope youre making money off your talent.

[innov8]

Thank you Majin… I appreciate everyone’s supportive comments :bowtie:

My shots show up from time to time in a few local publications and there are
also a few organizations and business that have also bought some of my
photos. I’m working on taking it to the next level, thanks again.

[Pistola916]

^
ever thought of making sacramento postcards? I went to Old Sac the other day with relatives visting from Mexico City and the cards were outdated and outright terrible just showing the capitol. BTW excellent pics.

[JeffZurn]

Standing ovation to you Innov8! Most fantastic threads to date. If your selling I'm buying!

[innov8]

Thank you guys. I think it would be great if we could fill this thread with
other peoples view and perspectives of our city... feel free to load them up :tup:

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[innov8]

I found some cool shots on Flicker.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7973/oldsacflickerwfc94598nv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker by WFC94598

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8971/sacskylineflickersp8254rc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker by SP8254

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/254/sacskylinefireflickermnvs0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker by Mnemonix

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9878/westsacskylineflickerp6am3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker by P645N

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Flicker by Matimus

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Flicker by nickdem56

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Flicker by Coxee

[wburg]

Taken at Downtown Plaza last week:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/salvationtroopers.jpg
"These aren't the elves you're looking for."

[Ryan@CU]

I graduated from Sacramento Country Day in 03 and took photos for the school newspaper all 4 years. Every year we had to do a story on the progress of the new campus in Folsom. Basically, in 2001 GenCorp Inc. gave us 80 acres, which sits in the 30,000 acres-plus of oak grasslands that run south of Highway 50 from Folsom to Rancho Murieta.

In any case, this is a picture I took back in 2001, and, well, it hasn't changed much since then. I have much better photos, but I'm bored at home, and this was the only one of Sacramento I could find. I'll keep digging.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/MagnaRyan/land.jpg

[L8 4 Tahoe]

Taken at Downtown Plaza last week:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/salvationtroopers.jpg
"These aren't the elves you're looking for."

HAHA thats priceless..my caption would be.."You better donate or suffer the same fate as Alderaan" Well I'll have to blow the dust off my camera and hope we get some better weather.

[urban_encounter]

Taken at Downtown Plaza last week:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/salvationtroopers.jpg

That's what we need to deal with the aggressive panhandlers down there.

They're already armed, so what's the problem?

[creamcityleo79]

That's what we need to deal with the aggressive panhandlers down there.

They're already armed, so what's the problem?
Send them down to South Sac to "deal with" all the gangs down there! Then, rebuild all the mental institutions (under a differnent name to be more humane) and put the homeless in there! Sacramento (and most cities) would be a better place. :)

[wburg]

Maybe with a nice motto over the door...like "Work Will Set You Free," for example?

[doriankage]

Maybe with a nice motto over the door...like "Work Will Set You Free," for example?

Ouch!!!
Funny, but ouch!
Arbeit Mach Frei is much better sounding..... (Same thing, only in the original language.)

Or maybe we could put that saying on the Statue of Liberty, "Give us your tired..."

Ouch

[urban_encounter]

rebuild all the mental institutions (under a differnent name to be more humane) and put the homeless in there! Sacramento (and most cities) would be a better place. :)

I assume you mean the homeless that have mental problems and who happen to be on the streets?

[creamcityleo79]

I assume you mean the homeless that have mental problems and who happen to be on the streets?
From what I have heard, the majority of chronic homeless in Sacramento are mentally ill. Also, someone recently pointed out that we spend all this money to house and feed and care for criminals; but, we don't spend the money necessary to take care of the homeless...especially those that have mental illnesses. It's a sad commentary on our society. We spend how many millions more trying to teach people a lesson than we spend for those who may not be able to take care of themselves?

[wburg]

neuhickman, if what you are advocating is providing housing for the homeless (not locked institutions, but housing) then I take back my remark. The solution to homelessness IS housing, but that's a solution that the free market can't provide.

Many of the chronic homeless are mentally ill, but "chronic homeless" only applies to about 10% of the homeless population: people who have been homeless a year or more, or who become homeless several times in a period of a couple of years.

"Housing first" programs target the chronic homeless by getting them into housing before addressing other problems--because, once the person is housed, those problems become MUCH easier to treat. Any problem a person might have becomes much worse on the street. As I have mentioned here before, in other cities (like Denver) they have found that providing "housing first" programs and case-management followup actually costs a great deal less than the emergency services (jail, emergency rooms, psych wards, detox) that they would have used if still on the street. Add to the fiscal benefit the community benefit of fewer homeless on the street and the social benefit of helping some of society's most miserable become, at least, more stable (and sometimes, back into productive members of society) and you've got a real option--a solution that works. It's not particularly cheap, and it's not particularly easy, but homelessness isn't a simple problem and it doesn't come with a simple answer.

Enough moralizing! More Sacramento photos!
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/04-22-06_1512.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/04-22-06_1548.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/04-22-06_1539.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/Jetrock/04-22-06_1505.jpg
Some photos I took last year on a tour of Globe Mills with my cheap phone camera. Hopefully I'll get to take some "after" shots soon.

[TWAK]

I was helping a friend from work paint some houses a week or 2 ago and noticed that there are some awesome views of the skyline, and the entire valley from the cameron park el dorado hills area. I would of taken a picture but all I had was my camera phone. Somebody with a really bad ass camera could take a shot and it would be amazing. Just go to one of the side roads off 50 and take some, and some of the deeper roads into the hills in the area.

[creamcityleo79]

I was helping a friend from work paint some houses a week or 2 ago and noticed that there are some awesome views of the skyline, and the entire valley from the cameron park el dorado hills area. I would of taken a picture but all I had was my camera phone. Somebody with a really bad ass camera could take a shot and it would be amazing. Just go to one of the side roads off 50 and take some, and some of the deeper roads into the hills in the area.
All you have to do is go up into Empire Ranch in Folsom and you get some great views of the skyline AND if you look South, you can see Rancho Seco.

[innov8]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2668/trimmoosflickerdtbirdsqx5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker: by Trimmos. This person takes photos of birds but in this shot the skyline got in the way ;)

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9708/sacoldphoto2qc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1111/skylineflickerfnz007ee2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Flicker: by Fnz007

[wburg]

I just love this old "business district" postcard shot:

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9708/sacoldphoto2qc0.jpg
It shows a lot of the old West End, and a lot of the old city fabric wiped away by redevelopment and changes in transportation. Sacramento's waterfront was heavily industrial, with everything from grain mills to canneries to lumber mills to ironwork, and three different railroads running alongside the river.

If you note the building on M Street just past the Tower Bridge (which identifies this shot as post-1935) to the right, you'll notice it has a "slice" taken out of it. This is because the Sacramento Northern tracks off the bridge used to swing to the right between Front and Second Street into the SN's original freight station. This station was destroyed in a fire, and the brick freight station (visible in the photo just above that building with the slice) received cars via a sharp S-curve of track at Second and N Street (you can see the boxcars in front of the station.) The building was abandoned in favor of the Western Pacific freight station on Second and R Street after SN switched from electrics to diesel in the early 1950s.

The other artifact of the SN era in this photo is the old passenger station on Terminal Way. Find City Hall on the far left of the photo (should be easy to see if you can find the Cal-Western building, aka The Citizen Hotel) and it's the brick-red structure just up and to the right.

The big boat in the foreground is either the Delta King or the Delta Queen. They alternated between Sacramento and San Francisco, passing each other in the middle of the night somewhere on the Delta, from their construction in 1926 until they were taken out of service in 1940, so obviously this shot has to be from somewhere between 1935-1940.

[creamcityleo79]

I just love this old "business district" postcard shot:

It shows a lot of the old West End, and a lot of the old city fabric wiped away by redevelopment and changes in transportation. Sacramento's waterfront was heavily industrial, with everything from grain mills to canneries to lumber mills to ironwork, and three different railroads running alongside the river.

If you note the building on M Street just past the Tower Bridge (which identifies this shot as post-1935) to the right, you'll notice it has a "slice" taken out of it. This is because the Sacramento Northern tracks off the bridge used to swing to the right between Front and Second Street into the SN's original freight station. This station was destroyed in a fire, and the brick freight station (visible in the photo just above that building with the slice) received cars via a sharp S-curve of track at Second and N Street (you can see the boxcars in front of the station.) The building was abandoned in favor of the Western Pacific freight station on Second and R Street after SN switched from electrics to diesel in the early 1950s.

The other artifact of the SN era in this photo is the old passenger station on Terminal Way. Find City Hall on the far left of the photo (should be easy to see if you can find the Cal-Western building, aka The Citizen Hotel) and it's the brick-red structure just up and to the right.

The big boat in the foreground is either the Delta King or the Delta Queen. They alternated between Sacramento and San Francisco, passing each other in the middle of the night somewhere on the Delta, from their construction in 1926 until they were taken out of service in 1940, so obviously this shot has to be from somewhere between 1935-1940.
Your knowledge of Sacramento History makes me jealous! Thank you for sharing! :)

[SacTownAndy]

I agree! :previous:

And WOW! That first shot with the birds is incredible!

[BrianSac]

The shot with the mountains and birds is awesome. Makes me want to go skiing this weekend. Great shot innov8! I like the cluster of high-rises.

The postcard is awesome too. Wburg, good to see that you are living/working your passion. I wish I could have experienced downtown prior to the I-5 freeway. M Street and all of downtown looks like a real urban oasis. :yes:

[TWAK]

neuhhickman, is the photo inov8 provided the photo from the ranch you said? Is the ranch private or is it a park? I need a better camera so I can get some good pictures of the far away skyline (which I absolutely love).
And my ultimate goal is to get a skyline shot from Dixon. And yes, you can see if from there.

[petescafe]

Does anyone out there have photos of Old Sacramento before the area was restored to what it is today?
I remember seeing photos of the area and it looked like a ghost town completely run down.

Just curious.:)

[wburg]

petescafe: Most of the photos of the West End you see are from the redevelopment era, when most of the businesses had been forcibly closed. Of course, if you forcibly run people out of a neighborhood and don't allow anyone to move in, it's going to look like an utterly run-down ghost town, but before that social engineering was done, the West End was the most densely populated part of the city.

If you are interested in seeing some of the photos, go to the SAMCC online database:

http://www.sacramenities.com/history/Catalog/catalog.html

Use the search term "West End" and you'll see some urban street scenes that look straight out of a Dashiell Hammett novel. Very "film noir."

[petescafe]

petescafe: Most of the photos of the West End you see are from the redevelopment era, when most of the businesses had been forcibly closed. Of course, if you forcibly run people out of a neighborhood and don't allow anyone to move in, it's going to look like an utterly run-down ghost town, but before that social engineering was done, the West End was the most densely populated part of the city.

If you are interested in seeing some of the photos, go to the SAMCC online database:

http://www.sacramenities.com/history/Catalog/catalog.html

Use the search term "West End" and you'll see some urban street scenes that look straight out of a Dashiell Hammett novel. Very "film noir."

Thank you very much wburg! Those photos are amazing.

I think the West End would make a good subject for a coffee table book.

I grew up without any knowledge of what the West End looked like. It's always been known as Old Sacramento to me. You really get the sense of what the 5 freeway has done to that side of the city.

Thanks again.:tup:

[goldcntry]

Thanks for the link wburg....

... now I'm depressed. :sly:

Why you ask??

I made the mistake of just for kicks searching the archives for pics of the Alhambra.


:(

[wburg]

I grew up without any of this knowledge either...I'm 38, this all happened before I was born, but that's just part of doing history. A visit to SAMCC or the Sacramento Room to look at some Sactown photos (see, on topic!) provide a peek at the parts of the past that we can't visit in person anymore.

A book on the West End is definitely on my "to do" list. Gimme a few years, though...

[Cynikal]

wburg,

I'm trying to find a picture of the velodrome that was in Joyland. I've searched SAMCC but found nothing. Have you ever seen anything like this?

[wburg]

Not familiar with it. Did you try the Sacramento Room?

[Cynikal]

That's my next stop. If I find something I'll let you know. Thanks

[goldcntry]

I grew up without any of this knowledge either...I'm 38, this all happened before I was born, but that's just part of doing history....

Ack!!!:runaway:

Here I thought wburg was this old kurmudgeon in his late 40's or 50's... and we're the same age!!

Back to topic however, having grown up in Amador County, I am constantly reminded of the ongoing need for historic preservation of photos and then getting them into some type of media such as the above links that allow those of us who might not have been old enough to remember, enrich our knowledge and love of our towns and neighborhoods by learning the in-depth history and seeing the past revealed before our eyes.

:tomato:

[wburg]

SAMCC is a great resource. One of the nice things about modern archives is that they can put their collections online, although currently SAMCC has about 50,000 photos up, representing less than 1% of their photo collection! Although there is no substitute for going to the archive and talking with the archivists, and seeing the stuff they can't just scan and post online.

There are many archives with Sacramento materials, some of which is online in various forms. The California State Library, the Bancroft Library, USC's archive, all have online databases. The Railroad Museum library doesn't have photos online for the most part (they did scan some materials for a joint Sacramento history website which is currently undergoing revision) but they do have a searchable collections database to help researchers determine what collections might be useful before they come in.

Some of the most fascinating stuff to me, and perhaps to folks here, are some of the ambitious plans for Sacramento that never got built. One of the original plans for Old Sacramento was to raze all of the old buildings and build three mid-rise condo/apartment buildings surrounded by parking lots and park areas.

[creamcityleo79]

Sacramento photoshopped by snaptam on flickr.com:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2153952104_45e31774d2_o.jpg

[creamcityleo79]

KCRA does it again:
http://images.ibsys.com/sac/images/weather/auto/downtowncam_640x480.jpg?1199237213603

[ltsmotorsport]

^It's only showing the live feed. What was going on?

[urban_encounter]

Sacramento photoshopped by snaptam on flickr.com:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2153952104_45e31774d2_o.jpg

Makes a wonderful desk top background...

[creamcityleo79]

^It's only showing the live feed. What was going on?
That sucks. I had no idea it was going to do that. It was a gorgeous shot of the skyline at sunset!

[urban_encounter]

That sucks. I had no idea it was going to do that. It was a gorgeous shot of the skyline at sunset!


If you save the photo to your pc and then upload the photo (using photobucket) you can post it as you saved it. Otherwise if you post the url the picture is constantly updating from the tower cams.

Of course by now you realize that..;)

[goldcntry]

I was wondering how the Time Stamp was the current date and time... Way too confusing this early in the morning with little caffiene in my blood...

[doriankage]

Makes a wonderful desk top background...

Where was this taken from? This has to be my favorite picture of Sacramento! Absolutely beautiful!

[urban_encounter]

Where was this taken from? This has to be my favorite picture of Sacramento! Absolutely beautiful!

I would love to see Sacramento's premier city photographer (ahem Mike) contact the city of Sacramento and West Sacramento, to arrange for the city (and all the buildings with ornamental lighting), to be illuminated one night a year, in order to be photographed for CVB or postcards whatever..

Cal EPA
Ziggurat
Robert Matsui Federal Courthouse
Meridian I
1201 K street
Wells Fargo
Esquire Building
Plaza Park Tower (aka U.S. Bank Tower)
621 Capitol Mall (aka the future U.S. Bank Tower)
and soon 500 Capitol Mall (aka Bank of the West Tower)

What a picture that would make.. A picture the city could use to market the city and downtown..

(Mike, Rob are you guys listening?) ;)

Sacramento's nightime skyline will truly be one of the most striking of any California city (despite it's modest density and height)..

It's just a shame the state refuses to illuminate Cal EPA and the Ziggurat.

[creamcityleo79]

I would love to see Sacramento's premier city photographer (ahem Mike) contact the city of Sacramento and West Sacramento, to arrange for the city (and all the buildings with ornamental lighting), to be illuminated one night a year, in order to be photographed for CVB or postcards whatever..

Cal EPA
Ziggurat
Robert Matsui Federal Courthouse
Meridian I
1201 K street
Wells Fargo
Esquire Building
Plaza Park Tower (aka U.S. Bank Tower)
621 Capitol Mall (aka the future U.S. Bank Tower)
and soon 500 Capitol Mall (aka Bank of the West Tower)

What a picture that would make.. A picture the city could use to market the city and downtown..

(Mike, Rob are you guys listening?) ;)

Sacramento's nightime skyline will truly be one of the most striking of any California city (despite it's modest density and height)..

It's just a shame the state refuses to illuminate Cal EPA and the Ziggurat.
That is an awesome idea! Please help us with this, Rob! You must have SOME clout by now! :)

[ltsmotorsport]

I was actually thinking about drafting a letter to Doris Matsui to see if she could get the Courthouse's lights turned on more frequently, if not every night. It would be a great tribute to her late husband and a treat for Sacramentans.

[urban_encounter]

I was actually thinking about drafting a letter to Doris Matsui to see if she could get the Courthouse's lights turned on more frequently, if not every night. It would be a great tribute to her late husband and a treat for Sacramentans.

Good luck!

I've already tried that and the only response i got was her yearly or quarterly report from congress...


I even blew smoke up her @## and talked about the legacy of her husband, and how the Federal Courthouse illuminated at night was a fitting tribute.

She didn't bite. In fact nobody on her stafff wrote so much as a thank you for your idea or drop dead letter.

[quevinh]

Sacramento photoshopped by snaptam on flickr.com:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2153952104_45e31774d2_o.jpg

This must have been taken soon after a heavy rain. As gorgeous as the picture is, the flooded causeway gives an artificial impression of the city.

[innov8]

The reflection off the water is photo shopped. There has not been enough
water yet to open the spillway from the Sacramento River to fill the causeway.
This photo is taken from the levee road east of Davis before you drive on the Yolo Causeway.
Hopefully by February there will be enough rain to make this shot possible,
but even then, the buildings downtown would have to be twice as big to
get a reflection like this. If you look at the reflection you can see that ripple effect
is to consistent to be real plus: to get a reflection like this, downtown would have
to be right on the water when in reality it's about three miles away. The photographer
did a good job; I've been meaning to get out that way :tup:

[goldcntry]

This must have been taken soon after a heavy rain. As gorgeous as the picture is, the flooded causeway gives an artificial impression of the city.

As Mike said above, it was Photoshopped. The other give-away is the tower crane for 500 CM. Right now the river is a relatively small trickle from the dearth of rain to date (about to be inundated starting tonight...).

[quevinh]

Thanks for clearing that up. I really don't see the point of creating a fake shot like that. You won't find this on my desktop.

[innov8]

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/815/621cmcalstrs20070824fki3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This was a cool shot I forgot to post back in August.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4416/skylinefromwestsac20071fs0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This was taken New Years Eve.

[creamcityleo79]

This time I did it right! :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2178760579_0368b85290.jpg?v=0
from KCRA's TowerCam on 10th and D.

[bennywah]

photos by me

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7991/dsc7645zv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6523/dsc7653id2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love the reflection on this one!!
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4326/dsc7656pm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[bennywah]

images by me, got crazy in the car and snapped these

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5504/dsc7690ro4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1496/dsc7691fr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5200/dsc7692bz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[innov8]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2057/621cm120080229fpu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/158/skyline20080301fwo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1709/jstreetpeople20080217fpk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[wen0ts]

http://i31.tinypic.com/2u97uj4.jpg

http://i31.tinypic.com/1671dg4.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/117wp6f.jpg

http://i31.tinypic.com/2ildedj.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/nqsmr9.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/qnsbqd.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/24mxmk2.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/de0jg7.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/2zqbdyc.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/2iql37.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/2wgvqsg.jpg

[ltsmotorsport]

These are great, wen. :tup:

Thanks for the views and welcome to the boards.

[urban_encounter]

Anybody know where i might be able to find historical photos (to frame) of Sacramento?

I'm hoping to hang a few of them in an entertainment room I'm planning...

[wburg]

urban_encounter: Talk to the folks at the Sacramento Archives & Museum Collection Center: http://www.sacramenities.com/history/

They print photos for various uses, normally producing two prints each time and choosing one. The others they set aside, and make available for sale. Most of the photos are 8x10 or 5x7 and are very reasonably priced--you just sort of have to flip through the boxes they have until you find something you like.

You can also order custom prints of any photo at SAMCC: they have a searchable online database of around 50,000 photos. Of course, that represents only about 1% of their collection!

Ordering a custom print costs more (you have to pay for the negative) but if you are looking for specific scenes it's a great way to do it, and a nice way to help support the operation of Sacramento's treasure trove of city history.

[urban_encounter]

urban_encounter: Talk to the folks at the Sacramento Archives & Museum Collection Center: http://www.sacramenities.com/history/

They print photos for various uses, normally producing two prints each time and choosing one. The others they set aside, and make available for sale. Most of the photos are 8x10 or 5x7 and are very reasonably priced--you just sort of have to flip through the boxes they have until you find something you like.

You can also order custom prints of any photo at SAMCC: they have a searchable online database of around 50,000 photos. Of course, that represents only about 1% of their collection!

Ordering a custom print costs more (you have to pay for the negative) but if you are looking for specific scenes it's a great way to do it, and a nice way to help support the operation of Sacramento's treasure trove of city history.



Thanks wburg. It's an incredible collection and much more affordable than going to Stage Nine in Old Sacramento.

This is going to be a fun project.

[innov8]

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5580/500cmevening220080310fos7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Pistola916]

^
Sac has one of the most beautiful night skylines in CA. All its missing is a tower that stands out.

[urban_encounter]

^
Sac has one of the most beautiful night skylines in CA. All its missing is a tower that stands out.


For all its modesty, I think it is probably the most striking in California at night when everything is illuminated; (and i can't remember the last time i saw that.)

It's just too bad the state now controls two buildings that were built with ornamental lighting only to see it go dark when the state took the keys.

Then there's the Federal Courthouse... (Can't light it just in case Osama decides to hijack a 747 out of Sacramento InterGalactic Airport).


:rolleyes:

[innov8]

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9765/sacramentoskyline200803vo8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Here's one more I took last week from Arco. I drove by the Natomas East Gateway
tower today and they were almost done rasing steel for the 6th floor. You can
see the crane for the East Gateway tower just below the 500CM tower to the left.

[What is a Rivercat?]

For all its modesty, I think it is probably the most striking in California at night when everything is illuminated; (and i can't remember the last time i saw that.)

It's just too bad the state now controls two buildings that were built with ornamental lighting only to see it go dark when the state took the keys.

Then there's the Federal Courthouse... (Can't light it just in case Osama decides to hijack a 747 out of Sacramento InterGalactic Airport).


:rolleyes:

We should really start an advocacy group demanding the state turn the lights back on

[Web]

cancel

[Web]

With a perpetual budget defecit I see no way. Hell the interior of most buildings still have every other light off since the days of enron etc. and the electrical scam(of which arnold was in cahoots).

[innov8]

:rolleyes:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2701/500cm2200803201fnp7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[innov8]

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7844/capitol20080407frk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6150/500cm920080407fsn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Majin]

Awesome shot Mike

[innov8]

Here's a few more. Looks like they're on the final three floors.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9238/capitol500cm20080410fev7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5935/skyline20080412fvi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/723/skyline220080412ffw8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Majin]

Final 3? For some reason I was under the impression it was going to be nearly as tall as the WF building.

[innov8]

The spire will add some height too... but it will still be shorter than WF by 30 feet or so.

[Majin]

30 ft? I guess I can live with that.

[What is a Rivercat?]

Great shot I found on Flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/507691294_c7b9dbb84d_b.jpg

link to photographer's flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/507691294/

More cool Flickr finds

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/1162842712_5e659e3704_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/117469126_139ffb2f7f_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2153952104_d9e3097996_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/359306092_ce1c26bf7d_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/111921189_09667e017a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/249151948_dbd7db63a8_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2370464211_fb4b7eaf7a_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2229069699_6429a92340_o.jpg

[SuburbanRefugee]

Hey everyone,

I just moved downtown, but have been watching this page for some time now. I absolutely enjoy reading all of your posts, its truly my favorite place to get the inside scoop on what is going on in Sacramento.

Here is a picture I took of the ornamental lighting on the Elks Tower, is this new? I know I just moved here, but I have been downtown many times and I don't recall the building being lit like this; I think it looks great regardless.

Hopefully I have a chance to post more. Also, does anyone have a site recommendation for image hosting?

http://thumbnails6.imagebam.com/532/51fd645312328.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/51fd645312328)

[ltsmotorsport]

Welcome SR. I use both flickr and photobucket, but prefer flickr a little more.