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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2009 18:44:04 GMT
By popular request, here are some urban chimney pots from my 35-minute lunch break today. But if anybody want to photograph traditional chimneys, that is even better as far as I am concerned.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2010 20:43:33 GMT
It's almost unfair for you to live in a place that so completely fulfills romantic and artistic fantasies ........ but we're glad you do! I love the subtle light and the way you presented the series. They're all fabulous, but the one on the right in the 7th set could hold its own in any photographic company.
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Post by imec on Jan 4, 2010 2:45:53 GMT
Oh, I missed this!!! Fantastic! I love this! Not much in the way of this stuff around here - I hope others can contribute. Thanks kerouac!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 4, 2010 2:58:40 GMT
Imec ~~ didn't you once post a charming photo of a Mexican "chiminea" being used as a planter? That would qualify!
Oooo ~~ just looked at the array above again, and now I'm in love with the one on the right, fifth row down.
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Post by imec on Jan 4, 2010 3:08:43 GMT
Ha! Yes, I did bixa!
I'm also hoping someone will have some cool industrial smokestacks close by...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 20:09:25 GMT
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Post by imec on Jan 5, 2010 20:18:24 GMT
Great stuff kerouac!!! The variety is incredible and such great shots too! The real pink one is fantastic - looks like something out of an old Disney cartoon (The Aristocats maybe!).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 20:53:47 GMT
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Post by Jazz on Jan 5, 2010 21:20:17 GMT
Beautiful...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 22:19:14 GMT
These are cool. I hunt for these guys in junk/salvage yards to use in the garden as planters. Love them.People toss the chipped ones and I sink them down in the ground a bit.Sorry,photo thread....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 15:55:21 GMT
Interesting. How many of them are actually in use now though, K?
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Post by bjd on Jan 6, 2010 17:19:49 GMT
Imec -- you wanted an industrial smokestack?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2010 21:51:17 GMT
Interesting. How many of them are actually in use now though, K? Not all that many. I would say that my building must have about 15 or 20 but I think that the only one still used is by the bank's heating plant on the ground floor. Here are some London chimney pots taken from my hotel window.
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Post by imec on Jan 6, 2010 22:33:11 GMT
Oh, bjd!!! Thanks, that's superb!!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2010 0:00:33 GMT
Great, fun shot, Bjd.
Kerouac, those pictures are so atmospheric! The first one made me think that Peter, Wendy, John, and Michael may come gliding over the roof ridge. And is that a gleam of light from one of the roof windows? It could be the opening scene to a rich period movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 14:53:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 14:59:33 GMT
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Post by spaceneedle on Feb 20, 2010 2:52:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2010 5:59:31 GMT
Pretty cool looking, but that must have required a lot of cement since the rocks don't fit together.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2010 11:58:03 GMT
Here are some of the chimneys on my own roof, and no, I don't know which ones might still be in service. I know that I am not using any of them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 20, 2010 15:55:15 GMT
That Seattle rock chimney makes me a little nervous. It has a certain DIY feel to it that would keep me from standing too close to it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2010 19:15:55 GMT
Not the sort of thing I would want in a seismic zone.
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Post by spaceneedle on Feb 21, 2010 2:23:02 GMT
That Seattle rock chimney makes me a little nervous. It has a certain DIY feel to it that would keep me from standing too close to it. DIY = Do it yourself? Trust me, it is very safe...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2010 15:58:52 GMT
That's one nice looking chimney, spaceneedle. It adds to the character of the house.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 22, 2010 16:22:00 GMT
That Seattle rock chimney makes me a little nervous. It has a certain DIY feel to it that would keep me from standing too close to it. Yeah, I'd be nervous about this one, too. Even if it's loaded with rebar. Why is it sooooo tallllll? Code allows it to be 3 feet shorter than the ridgeline of the roof, I think. This just seems unreasonably tall.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 30, 2010 8:13:43 GMT
A brick smokestack in Sydney, near the Circular Quay.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2010 10:49:10 GMT
an urban heating plant in Ivry-sur-Seine that burns garbage (but that is not smoke -- it is steam).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 0:18:06 GMT
So many different kinds of chimneys. Here's one more:
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Post by fumobici on Apr 26, 2010 17:52:00 GMT
Those typically Parisian apartment block chimneys with all the individual outlets have actually always puzzled me. It makes me wonder why they apparently didn't use central heating and furnished each flat with its own furnace/stove.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 17:54:22 GMT
If there's one word that defines the French, it is "individualistic."
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