. That being said, expect more backgrounds to come, and several textures from the local laneways that I've been shooting specifically for this account.
. I moved to Australia to live with the lovely just note me or reply to this journal with a link, and i'll upload full res-versions of anything in there as stock that you think you might be able to use
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here's some random interesting (to me at least
) stuff about the Binghamton, NY area, where 99% of the stock in this account was taken. most of the info is from wikipedia, with some editing by me to make it more concise as well as extra info added that i've gleaned from the net/living in the area for the vast majority of my life.Binghamton is a city located in the southern tier of upstate New York in the United States. It is the county seat of Broome County.
Nestled in the Southern Tier of New York at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, the city is at the crossroads of Interstates 81 and 88, as well as the future Interstate 86 (also known as New York State Highway 17, The Southern Tier Expressway).
Binghamton is part of the "Triple Cities," which also include Endicott and Johnson City, which are actually villages. The region is now collectively referred to as "Greater Binghamton."
Greater Binghamton is also home to Binghamton University. The University's presence is a driving force in the community, acting as an academic, athletic and arts center for the community. The school also employs 1 in 10 local residents, and contributes an economic impact of over $700 million in Greater Binghamton alone.
The city was named after William Bingham, a wealthy Philadelphian who bought the surrounding land in 1792. Before that, the first known people of European descent to come to the area were the troops of Gen. John Sullivan in 1779, during the American Revolutionary War.
The community was first settled around 1802 and was known as "Chenango Point." Binghamton was first incorporated as a village in 1834, setting itself apart from the Town of Binghamton. Binghamton became a city in 1867.
Binghamton was nicknamed the "Parlor City" for its neat streets and attractive homes, including many stately mansions. Ironically, many of those stately mansions are now "funeral parlors" (i.e., funeral homes.) During the late 1800s and early 1900s, many immigrants moved to the area, finding an abundance of jobs, leading them to call it the "Valley of Opportunity."
Binghamton is noted as being the birthplace of the Link flight simulator. Until the Cold War ended, the area never experienced an economic downfall, due in part to the generosity of employers (IBM and Endicott-Johnson) and also because of its defense-heavy industries. This concentration of the defense industry made the area the seventh most likely area in the nation for a nuclear attack during the Cold War. The population peaked at around 85,000 in 1950s, but has since fallen to 47,380 as of the 2000 census.
Binghamton is known as the "Carousel Capital of the World" for its collection of historic carousels located in public parks around the area.
Famous people from Binghamton include Rod Serling (creator of The Twilight Zone), Rick Baker (Academy Award winning make-up artist) and Johnny Hart (cartoonist of B.C. and The Wizard of Id). Richard Deacon of The Dick Van Dyke Show also worked as an orderly in City Hospital, now known as Binghamton General Hospital. Binghamton scientist Edwin A. Link invented the flight simulator used for pilot training and video interface technology. Dr. Andral S. Kilmer, the inventor of the Swamproot, set up business in Binghamton in the 1870s.
In early 1913, Guglielmo Marconi wanted to set up towers in Binghamton and Scranton, Pa., to be used to transmit telegraphic signals to moving trains along the Lackawanna Railroad system in the Northeast. The towers were finished in early November and the first experiment sucessfully took place on Nov. 25, 1913, one of the first wireless telegraphs ever sent.
Binghamton prides itself in a rich history, including the birthplace of IBM, Endicott-Johnson, Dick's Sporting Goods and Link Simulators, as well as being home to the fifth oldest zoo in the country.
Binghamton had the first Asylum for the Chronic Insane in the United States. It was later renamed State Hospital.
Binghamton is the 7th cloudiest city in the US, averaging 212 cloudy days a year.
In 1935 the Chenango suffered a flash flood, which was damaging, but less severe once it joined the larger Susquehenna. So much water came from the Chenango, that the Susquehanna flowed backwards for some distance above the confluence. In 1972 the remnants of Hurricane Agnes flooded the entire Susquehanna basin downstream from Binghamton, but the damage in the city was minor. In 2006, the Susquehanna flooded again in Binghamton causing massive amounts of damage in the city and the entire metropolitan area. The Exchange Street and Washington Street bridges were flooded and the height of the river surpassed the floodwalls on North Shore Drive, Court Street, and Conklin Ave. The damage was extensive enough to force large scale evacuations, including that of Lourdes Hospital which was unable to pump water out of its basement fast enough.
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