Anyone going to the INAUGURATION... - Page 5

TheMercenary · 01-21-2009, 03:10 PM

Well no matter what your party, that is one for the history books!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYA_w...1&f=5&t=818902

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:08 PM

I went to the Inauguration, only I was a day late.

I just took these on my lunch hour.

Workers gathering up crowd control fences, right next to one of the many banks of porta potties. There were thousands of porta potties there.

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:10 PM

The grass on the Mall took a real beating. What the crowds didn't trample, the trucks compacted for good measure.

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:11 PM

The banners and flags were hung on the buildings with care...

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:14 PM

Pennsylvania Ave was open to pedestrians again. This is right in front of the White House. To enter the president's review stand, you climb a stairway from the White House side that takes you over the wrought iron fence surrounding the White House. Then you come down the steps inside the presidential review stand.

It looks semi-heated. There were vents inside.

Aliantha · 01-21-2009, 04:15 PM

Interesting pics. Thanks glatt.

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:16 PM

For a temporary structure, it's sure substantial. Look at those heavy steel girders.

glatt · 01-21-2009, 04:17 PM

Somebody's bedroom? This is the second floor, above the front door.

classicman · 01-21-2009, 04:55 PM

Those are awesome pics glatt - thanks.

glatt · 01-21-2009, 07:21 PM

Thanks!

They are a bit anticlimactic, but at least show the clean-up and give an idea of what it was like on the ground.

Aliantha · 01-21-2009, 07:23 PM

You probably just need to worry about who was watching you taking pictures now glatt.

TheMercenary · 01-22-2009, 06:53 AM

Thought you guys might like this, pretty cool pic.

classicman · 01-22-2009, 09:30 AM

Awesome pic merc. The crowd formations are very cool. How they are apparently affected by the wind/weather and view. Very different perspective than the cameras from ground level.

Shawnee123 · 01-22-2009, 09:57 AM

That pic is amazing. Looks like a bunch of ants!

Thanks for your pics, glatt, interesting to see the aftermath from the perspective of an actual inhabitant.

glatt · 01-22-2009, 10:01 AM

I think the crowd formations have a lot to do with the placement of the jumbotrons and the side viewing angles to the jumbotrons. If you look at the front of each clump of people, you should see a jumbotron.

Also, there is a huge clump of pissed off people in the street below the Indian museum (The roughly triangular shaped building with a dome just to the upper left of the reflecting pool). They are all ticket holders who were refused entrance to their ticketed area (the nice sparsely populated area behind the reflecting pool.) They are stuck standing in the street behind a closed police checkpoint. Bit of a screw-up there. If I had gotten the tickets I had hoped for, that would have been me.

01-21-2009, 03:10 PM	#61
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Well no matter what your party, that is one for the history books! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYA_w...1&f=5&t=818902 __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-21-2009, 04:08 PM	#62
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I went to the Inauguration, only I was a day late. I just took these on my lunch hour. Workers gathering up crowd control fences, right next to one of the many banks of porta potties. There were thousands of porta potties there. Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:10 PM	#63
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The grass on the Mall took a real beating. What the crowds didn't trample, the trucks compacted for good measure. Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:11 PM	#64
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The banners and flags were hung on the buildings with care... Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:14 PM	#65
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Pennsylvania Ave was open to pedestrians again. This is right in front of the White House. To enter the president's review stand, you climb a stairway from the White House side that takes you over the wrought iron fence surrounding the White House. Then you come down the steps inside the presidential review stand. It looks semi-heated. There were vents inside. Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:15 PM	#66
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Interesting pics. Thanks glatt. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-21-2009, 04:16 PM	#67
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	For a temporary structure, it's sure substantial. Look at those heavy steel girders. Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:17 PM	#68
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Somebody's bedroom? This is the second floor, above the front door. Attached Images

01-21-2009, 04:55 PM	#69
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Those are awesome pics glatt - thanks. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-21-2009, 07:21 PM	#70
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks! They are a bit anticlimactic, but at least show the clean-up and give an idea of what it was like on the ground.

01-21-2009, 07:23 PM	#71
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	You probably just need to worry about who was watching you taking pictures now glatt. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-22-2009, 06:53 AM	#72
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Thought you guys might like this, pretty cool pic. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-22-2009, 09:30 AM	#73
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Awesome pic merc. The crowd formations are very cool. How they are apparently affected by the wind/weather and view. Very different perspective than the cameras from ground level. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-22-2009, 09:57 AM	#74
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That pic is amazing. Looks like a bunch of ants! Thanks for your pics, glatt, interesting to see the aftermath from the perspective of an actual inhabitant. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-22-2009, 10:01 AM	#75
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think the crowd formations have a lot to do with the placement of the jumbotrons and the side viewing angles to the jumbotrons. If you look at the front of each clump of people, you should see a jumbotron. Also, there is a huge clump of pissed off people in the street below the Indian museum (The roughly triangular shaped building with a dome just to the upper left of the reflecting pool). They are all ticket holders who were refused entrance to their ticketed area (the nice sparsely populated area behind the reflecting pool.) They are stuck standing in the street behind a closed police checkpoint. Bit of a screw-up there. If I had gotten the tickets I had hoped for, that would have been me.

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