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--- dcupopelilly <
ronkessler@...> wrote:
>
> In addition to Kansas City and Wash DC, Bristol
> TN/VA is another
> urbanized state border, I believe I've read some
> interesting posts
> on here about the bizarre history of that boundary.
> Chicago (at the
> Indiana border) is another.
>
> One of the more bizarre state boundaries I've
> encountered is in
> Omaha, NE at Carter Lake, IA. Driving south from
> Eppley Airfield, I
> was stunned to see a Welcome to Iowa sign (without
> crossing the
> Missouri River) and thought I was hallucinating. My
> guess is that
> Carter Lake itself was once part of a large oxbow on
> the Missouri
> River but has since been filled (but that Iowa
> retained it's
> original property). Driving south on Abbott Dr and
> looking west
> across Carter Lake, if you had told me that the
> other side was Iowa
> you could have won a lot of $$$ off of me.
>
> I'm not sure divided buildings are that uncommon.
> Visiting
> Delaware's 'highpoint' (448 feet, woohoo...) about
> 100 yards from
> the DE-PA border, there is a nearby stone house
> divided by the state
> line (monument just outside of it). I'm pretty sure
> there are even
> buildings on the US-Canada border on the 49th that
> are divided (I
> remember reading about a bar in particular).
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Arif Samad
> <fHoiberg@y...>
> wrote:
> > I have been busy lately, so I didn't get to
> respond to
> > somebody who showed a map of a boundary going
> through
> > an urban area. I have some comments and anecdotes
> on
> > the subject that I want to mention.
> > It is quite common for state-level boundaries to
> go
> > through urban areas. It happens quite a lot in
> Europe
> > where it goes through buildings. I found
> buildings
> > divided by boundaries in Kopenhagen in both
> outside
> > and inside boundaries. There are divided
> buildings in
> > Vienna. I haven't found any divided buildings in
> > non-city first order-divisions, but that is
> because it
> > would be too time-consuming to search them all.
> > Though I did pick up a possible first-level
> enclave in
> > the Hamburg area. On the NE part of Hamburg near
> the
> > town of Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein, there
> seems
> > to be an Enclave of Hamburg right next to a
> > pene-enclave of Scleswig-Holstein. As
> > Schleswig-Holstein does not have detailed German
> > mapping site as far as I know, I would like some
> > confirmation.
> > Even in USA, buildings can be divided by
> boundaries in
> > Urban areas. About two years ago, I was driving
> to
> > Smoky Mountains with a friend (who is patient
> enough
> > to deal with my two obsessions of sports and
> > boundaries) and we happen to drive past Bristol,
> > Virginia and Tensessee. Bristol is a city that is
> > divided by the Main Street. Bristol doesn't have
> a
> > GIS site, but there are divided buildings in
> > Washington County on the outskirts of that city on
> > their GIS site. One of my favorite border areas
> that
> > my friend, who lives in DC, happens to have
> mentioned
> > to me are the two circles in DC. Both
> Massachusetts
> > Avenue and Connecticut Avenue enters DC in a
> circle.
> > I drive through Connecticut Avenue to go to my
> > friend's apartment and when I enter the circle, I
> am
> > in Maryland and when I leave, I am in DC. Much of
> DC
> > has boundaries on streets. But according to their
> GIS
> > site, the boundaries are slightly off and there
> are
> > quite a few driveways and one parking lot that are
> > divided by the boundaries. Unfortunately, I
> haven't
> > found any buildings that are divided. Guys, you
> > should check out my links site. There are a lot
> of
> > sites I have collected.
> > My friend also mentioned this picture
> >
>
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Oct2003/Calif
> ornia.TMOA2003299_lrg.jpg
> > of the California fire. The boundary is shown on
> that
> > picture. You think Mexico is happy with the smoke
> > from the American fire?
> > Arif
> >
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