Living in the Shadow of the Standpipe

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Robert Gray

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I don't usually post in the general section; most of my comments stay in the "written works" area but I can't really justify this one there without making an extreme stretch. Perhaps I'll post in both. As some of my friends here know, my wife and I have made the move to Maine, Bangor specifically. We live in Derry's "twinner," for those who know the term. Constant Readers will delight, I know this being one myself, in the fact that so many places (and sometimes people) from the fictional world exist in our own.

My walk this morning, and I am getting a late start due to Daylight Savings Time stealing an hour, takes me past countless locations from the book It, by Stephen King. Here is my own personal walking tour of the day:

47 Main St, Bangor, ME 04401 to 47 Main St, Bangor, ME 04401 - Google Maps

I pass the canal downtown several times, go alongside the Barrens where Ben went tumbling down, tip my hat to the Paul Bunyan statue, go up the hill where the Standpiple looks down on the rest of Derry... I mean Bangor. :D And what walking tour would be complete without a pass by the Taleslinger's house? There are countless other spots on the route I'm not mentioning. Which of you can name them? I suspect there will be some Constant Readers out there who are jealous. Eat your hearts out, unless of course the clown eats mine.
 

GNTLGNT

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...that is a beautiful walk my friend....the homes in King's neighborhood are a marvel in and of themselves...the huge rusty capped metal risers in the Barrens certainly evoke the novel and downtown Maine is a great mix of interesting shops and the mundane...not sure if you ranged out to "Harmony Hill"/"Pet Semetary" territory or not...Bett's is a mecca for a collector...of course, there is the Bangor Auditorium and International Airport....King's old apartment...the Rite Aid...the waterworks etc....I know they don't isolate to exactly what you ask, but Tracy and I did get to see them all....
 

Robert Gray

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...that is a beautiful walk my friend....the homes in King's neighborhood are a marvel in and of themselves...the huge rusty capped metal risers in the Barrens certainly evoke the novel and downtown Maine is a great mix of interesting shops and the mundane...not sure if you ranged out to "Harmony Hill"/"Pet Semetary" territory or not...Bett's is a mecca for a collector...of course, there is the Bangor Auditorium and International Airport....King's old apartment...the Rite Aid...the waterworks etc....I know they don't isolate to exactly what you ask, but Tracy and I did get to see them all....

The Semetary is going to be on another walk (run). :D The Rite Aid from Bag of Bones is a place I've stopped a few times (nice Japanese place next door) and I've eaten at the Restaurant where the Losers had their reunion already. If/when I can afford the ridiculous costs of Google Glass I mean to buy some just for my walks/runs or more likely get one of those cams you mount to a bike so I can do the walking/running tours in a way I can share. Eventually, I'll have a King siting and it would be nice to have that part of my recorded memories. Regardless, my wife came and got to experience one of the coldest winters with the most snow (on record at least). Nobody in Maine can call us "Summa People" now.