Comments on: In Memorial of Pre

By: Alex Turnbull

Alex Turnbull — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:02:33 +0000

As HighUPinPA says, we have covered them before, and it’s worth pointing out that neither location has yet received significant image updates since we first posted them.

However I do see your point; with hindsight, my deciding to post this particular story in between two such important anniversaries seems a little flippant.

We try to cover important anniversaries of things visible on Google Earrth whenever possible, and we shall continue to do so whenever we are able.

By: HighUPinPA

HighUPinPA — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:12:37 +0000

Both have essentially been covered (not to diminish the importance of either anniversary).

Tiananmen Square
http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/22/forbidden-city/

D-Day
http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/18/mulberry-harbour/

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:23:27 +0000

What happened to tiananmen square anniversary or D-Day Normandy Invasion anniversary? But instead “In Memorial of Pre”?

By: Evan Brammer

Evan Brammer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:20:00 +0000

If nothing else, we’re educational. Check out one of the films about Pre (I recommend “Prefontaine”). The kid was cocky, smart-aleky, and proud; but boy was he fast. I almost think he needed to be those things just to keep his competition in the mindset he wanted them to be in – that is, that he was going to beat them.

By: Evan Brammer

Evan Brammer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:15:26 +0000

You know, it wasn’t until last night when I was working through my own blog list – trying to clear it off like an inbox – and reading post after post about the other Pre that I realized we would probably get a little extra traffic; hours after I’d already posted this. That was totally unintentional, yet somewhat kismet-like as didn’t the Pre launch at the same time this was posted? Craziness.

By: Evan Brammer

Evan Brammer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:12:30 +0000

I’ve been wanting to do a post about Oregon for some time. When I started this one all I could think of was Hayward field. But thanks to the GE community there were so many placemarks reminding me of the many locations named after Pre. I hadn’t heard of the Steve Prefontaine Memorial Hall at Nike before, so it was educational for me. Thanks for the feedback.

By: Evan Brammer

Evan Brammer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:08:22 +0000

Yeah, I grew up in Eugene in the shadow of the university. I remember when I was overseas serving in the military, I would watch both of the Prefontaine movies that I had just to get a glimpse of my home and because he was such an interesting guy.

By: Parker

Parker — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:35:41 +0000

At first I thought this was going to be a snarky post about the new Palm cellphone. I’ve been reading too much tech news!

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:15:35 +0000

I must confess i hadn’t heard of the chap in question – but now i do and for that i thank you!

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:56:51 +0000

Excellent article. This one has lots if meat in it and is very interesting. Funny you should post about Eugene