A couple days ago I blogged about the neat Google Maps image of Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. When I began my search for this image I stupidly typed in “Grant Park” into Google Maps. Clearly it was an exercise executed without much thought. Interestingly enough though, Google gave me the map of Grant Park, …
Napoleon said this of Thomas Paine: “a statue of gold should be erected to him in every city in the universe”. More on Thomas Paine here and here
View Larger Map To commemorate this week’s Taste of Chicago celebration, here’s a Google Maps satellite image of the world’s United States’ most famous fountain: Buckingham Fountain. We’ve all seen images and video of ol’ Bucky countless times, but seeing an aerial view is quite unique. ——————— From an IM converstation a few nights ago …
It’s common knowledge (at least to anyone from Chicago) that New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago are the three largest cities in the United States. I was curious to see how the largest U.S. cities fared against the largest cities in the world. mongabay.com’s estimations puts New York City at #3, Los Angeles at …