Comments on: Street With a View

By: beds critic phil

beds critic phil — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:01:25 +0000

I don’t quite see why so many people are upset about google going around and doing the street view shoots. I’ve read on many sights similar posts to this one where people are actually quite excited about the prospect of their town making it onto google. I wonder if the oversize ham in this article made it onto google?
~Phil

By: Lennie Stovel

Lennie Stovel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:05:52 +0000

Makes me wish Street View had audio!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:40:22 +0000

A great place to spend ones childhood and life. I was born on Sampsonia in 1941 and lived there for many years. My mother was born in the house (504) next to the Mattress Factory in 1917 and lived in the alley (324) until her death in 2006. The alley was the League of Nations. Every nationality, religion, race, color and creed had representation. The Mattress Factory was originally a Macaroni Factory, which turned into a Candy Factory in the middle 30s. It became an actual mattress factory in the 50s and eventually became what it is today in the 60s. Home plate was found in front of 504, and was the place where many of us learned to play stick ball with rubber balls bought at Meyers Drug Store on the corner of Monterey and Taylor Avenue. They could have filmed Happy Days in the alley, and it would have been as accurate as the one seen on television. Well done Google!

By: nova72

nova72 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:21:49 +0000

I was hoping to find a point at which the driver climbs out to get all that confetti off the camera, but the trail ends at the end of the street, then it changes to imagery from another day.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:19:17 +0000

There’s also a Placemark: Garage band / Google Earth, and also a bunch of Placemark: flying saucers / Google Earth!

By: nova72

nova72 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:11:59 +0000

I saw that girl, but I didn’t notice the whale tail, haha.

By: Tammo

Tammo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:12:32 +0000

Gourd! People aren’t gonna go of on one because of a thong now … are they?

By: woowoowoo

woowoowoo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:42:33 +0000

great stuff! refreshing to see unblurred faces! I really love the Placemark: girl on the corner of Arch street / Google Earth – a great comment on the voyeuristic nature of street view.

By: james

james — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:15:38 +0000

i knew those pics seemed a little staged

By: nova72

nova72 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:28:06 +0000

A couple things you all missed along the way…first off is this guy is featured on their website…
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Then we have moving day…
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Then there is this daring bed sheet escape…
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
and lastly, I’m not sure exactly what this is about, but the house next to it has cool murals…
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth