Showing posts with label territory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label territory. Show all posts

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Territory Quizzes R.I.P.

Territory quizzes will be suspended for now. I'm fresh out of ideas, and will be starting back to school and short on time. Thanks for playing. Maybe there'll be more in the future.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Google Street View: District 8

(click to go to map)

Google Maps now has complete 360-degree views of every street in our territory, and most of the rest of Houston. Drag the little man and pan around the picture to see any street, any place, any angle.

Here's the street in front of 7's. (The pumper was in the shop when the camera went by.)

Here's the view in front of 17's.

More on this from the Chronicle.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Territory Quiz: Five Story Hazard

Here's a dangerous abandoned commercial building in District 8. Some of the building's surroundings have been erased to make its location less obvious.

Notice all the danger points:
Burglar bars at street level.

Plywood-boarded windows on upper floors.

Heaving awnings held by rusty metal supports.



Old crumbling brick on the back wall.

I want the street intersection where it's located.

Prize for first correct answer in comments...



...peanut butter cups.
Good luck!

Friday, July 27, 2007

Territory Quiz: Road To Nowhere?

Click above to see the video of a road in District 8. Then answer the quiz questions:

Where is this road?

What does it lead to?

Reward for first correct answer in comments section:







Bag of Baby Ruths