The time has come. The ballots are in, and the winner is Downtown Phoenix.

We will be meeting up Saturday October 10th at 9 am and going until people decide to leave. If you haven’t already let me know in some shape or form that you are interested in coming, no worry, there’s still time. Just send an email to chad [at] chadwestover dot com or send me a tweet @chadwestover or find me on Facebook or leave a comment on my Facebook Page or say it in the comments at the end of this post.

I also want people to be able to get some ideas before we go. Think about what buildings, objects, things you would like to photograph while we are there. The links below should hopefully spark your imaginations and at least give you an idea of what you can expect to see over there. I personally, am not very familiar with the area so these maps were really helpful:

I really wish I could embed this map here on the blog, but Google won’t play, so you will just have to click on this link to see a really cool map of the downtown area. It is a map of photos that people have taken and tagged to specific locations. If you click on any of the thumbnail images on the map it will open the picture up and let you see exactly what is there.

Also, if you haven’t heard of it before, you can use Google Street View to check out the city streets from the point of view of a driver on the street. Just click and drag for much digitally simulated navigational fun.

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And last but not least, here just one Flickr image that I came across. There’s a lot more great images where this came from in the Phoenix Architecture and Transit group, check it out.

Image via Flickr user 'timaz'