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Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@motorola.com> Tue, 11 March 2008 05:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [71attendees] IETF in Lights
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Thanks for the directions and suggestions, I could find two good spots,
but night photos of fast moving objects are always tough...

The neighborhood looked indeed safe - I was controlled by a police
officer in a car.  He said "ok, just checking" - checked he did and
photos I took.

cca 1mb each:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/petrescu_2006/_MG_8784.gif
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/petrescu_2006/_MG_8651.gif

Alex

Justin YUAN SHI wrote:
> The shot was taken approximately at the intersection of Market and 
> 21st streets.
> 
> You can walk to that location from Marriot in about 20 min. The 
> neighborhood is relative safe to walk late night. Please go in groups
>  though.
> 
> Justin Y. Shi -----Original Message----- From: 
> 71attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:71attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On
>  Behalf Of Alexandru Petrescu Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 11:42 PM 
> To: Livingood, Jason Cc: 71attendees@ietf.org Subject: Re: 
> [71attendees] IETF in Lights
> 
> Livingood, Jason wrote:
>> Most people hope to see their name in lights one day.  The IETF 
>> gets their name in lights soon, if all goes according to plan.  ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> One of the taller buildings in the skyline is the PECO building 
>> (Philadelphia Electric Company).  The have a big light board across
>>  the top of their building that scrolls messages across that you 
>> can see from a great distance, from dusk until dawn.
>> 
>> We're expecting them to display "Welcome IETF-71" from Sunday, 
>> March 9th, to Wednesday, March 12th.
> 
> Hi, thanks for the pointer.  I'd like to walk see this, somewhere 
> along the Market street.  Sunset is 18h51.  Can it be seen at that 
> time?
> 
> Is that neighborhood a safe place to walk at that time?
> 
>> Hopefully someone gets a picture or two of this!
> 
> Let's see...
> 
> The photo you've attached seems nice but difficult to identify where
>  it was shot from.  I guess a long telephoto lens was used, from some
>  500m or more (knowing it's tall, and compared with the attached 
> google maps street view shot with a fisheye from 100m, East-to-West).
>  Any hint as to where that may have been shot from is appreciated.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 

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