@guidof

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 75

2001 – Volvo S40 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo S40 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo S40 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo S80 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo S80 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo XC90 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2002 – Volvo XC90 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2013 – Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

2008 – Volvo XC60 on Montgomery Street in San Francisco USA 🇺🇸.

2013 – Montgomery Street (near GreenSt) in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, in the United States.

It runs about 16 blocks from the Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, terminating at Market Street. South of Columbus Avenue, Montgomery Street runs through the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District. For this reason, it is sometimes called “the Wall Street of the West”.

In the 1830s, the land which is now Montgomery Street lay at the edge of San Francisco Bay. Intense land speculation during the Gold Rush created a demand for more usable land in the rapidly growing city, and sandy bluffs near the waterfront were leveled and the shallows filled with sand (and the ruins of many ships) to make new building lots. Between 1849 and 1852, the waterfront advanced about four blocks. At present, Montgomery Street is about seven blocks from the water.

The corner of Montgomery and Clay is where John B. Montgomery landed when he came to hoist the U.S. flag after the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. In 1853 the Montgomery Block, a center of early San Francisco law and literature, was built at 600 Montgomery, on land currently occupied by the Transamerica Pyramid.

Many banks and financial-services companies have had offices in the buildings on or near Montgomery Street, especially between Market Street and Sacramento Street:
– The world headquarters of Wells Fargo are at 420 Montgomery.
– 555 California Street, between Kearny and Montgomery, served as Bank of America’s world headquarters prior to its merger with NationsBank and was (from 1969 to 2005) officially called the Bank of America Building.
– The Transamerica Pyramid (600 Montgomery, at Columbus Avenue) was the headquarters of Transamerica Corporation and still appears in the company’s logo.

More information at en.wikipedia.org

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 74

2008 – Volvo XC60 on Union Street in San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸.

2013 – Union Street (view to the west) in San Francisco, USA (Google Streetview)

2008 – Volvo XC60

2013 – Union Street (view to the east) in San Francisco, USA (Google Streetview)

Union Street is an east-west street in San Francisco that starts out at Montgomery Street, and runs through Russian Hill and Cow Hollow shopping district and ends in the Presidio in San Francisco.

It is the only east-west street that allows two-way traffic to traverse Russian Hill (all others have gaps or one-way segments). For this reason, the Muni 45-Union / Stockton and 41-Union bus lines, both utilizing Union Street, are the only Muni bus lines that cross Russian Hill east-west.

Union St is loacted in Telegraph Hill (elev. 84 m), a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco’s 44 hills, and one of its original “Seven Hills.”

Telegraph Hill is primarily a residential area, much quieter than adjoining North Beach with its bustling cafés and nightlife. Aside from Coit Tower, it is well known for its gardens flowing down Filbert Street down to Levi Plaza.

Today Telegraph Hill is known for supporting a flock of feral parrots, primarily Red-masked Parakeets (Aratinga erythrogenys), descended from escaped or released pets. The flock was popularized by a book and subsequent documentary (2003), both titled The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

The birds are native to Peru and Ecuador; they have established a breeding colony, with the support of some residents, as reported in the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, and through the help of volunteers with Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue. They range widely, including along The Embarcadero and in the Presidio.
A controversial San Francisco city ordinance passed on June 5, 2007, prohibits the feeding of parrots in public spaces. The feeding ban was championed by Mark Bittner, the birds’ most outspoken supporter who fed them for years and wrote the book The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. Other local conservationists also supported the ban, though some residents continue to object.

More information at en.wikipedia.org

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 73

2008 – Volvo XC60- on Mason Street in San Francisco – USA 🇺🇸.

2013 – Mason Street (near Sutter St) in San Francisco, USA (Google Streetview)

Mason Street is a street in downtown San Francisco in the Nob Hill district, close to Union Square.

Nob Hill is a neighborhood in centered on the intersection of California and Powell streets. It is one of San Francisco’s 44 hills, and one of its original “Seven Hills.”

The area was settled in the rapid urbanization happening in the city in the late 19th century. Because of the views and its central position, it became an exclusive enclave of the rich and famous on the west coast who built large mansions in the neighborhood. This included prominent tycoons such as Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University and other members of The Big Four.

Nob Hill is an affluent district, home to many of the city’s upper-class families as well as a large young urban professional population, and a growing Chinese immigrant population from Chinatown to the east. Nob is a term in British slang that refers to an upper-class individual. The location is also derisively referred to as Snob Hill.

Union Square is public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in San Francisco, California. “Union Square” also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district that surrounds the plaza for several blocks. The area got its name because it was once used for rallies and support for the Union Army during the American Civil War, earning its designation as a California Historical Landmark.
Today, this one-block plaza and surrounding area is one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, gift shops, art galleries, and beauty salons in the United States, making Union Square a major tourist destination, a vital, cosmopolitan gathering place in downtown San Francisco, and one of the world’s premier shopping districts. Grand hotels and small inns, as well as repertory, off-Broadway, and single-act theaters also contribute to the area’s dynamic, 24-hour character.

More information at en.wikipedia.org

V70 1,6D DRIVe är en av de snålaste familjebilarna som byggs för närvarande, men nu får oljebrännaren från Torslanda konkurrens – från de egna leden! Olja eller gas, vad är smartast?

Resultatet av detta står fullständigt klart när man öppnar bakluckan på V70 2,5FT DRIVe, som bilen heter. Det ser nämligen halvfullt ut – när det är tomt! Bagagegolvet är höjt 15 centimeter, och av bilens 555 VDA-liter återstår runt 370. Reservhjul och balja under golvet kan man glömma. Där ligger istället tre gastankar i kompositmaterial, som totalt rymmer 23 normalkubikmeter (Nm3) – med en försiktig gasfot goda för knappt 30 mils räckvidd. En 70-liters bensintank (som på alla andra V70-verioner) ligger under baksätet.

More…www.automotorsport.se

Populära miljöbilen Volvo V70 2,5FT med lättrycksturbo och 200 hästkrafter kan nu också köras på biogas eller naturgas, vid sidan om etanol och bensin. Detta är möjligt med hjälp av efterkonvertering som företaget Alternative Fuel Vehicles genomför.

– Detta är ett genombrott! Sedan vi förlorade möjligheterna att erbjuda bi-fuelmodeller till våra miljöbilskunder för något år sedan har vi jobbat intensivt för att finna en alternativ lösning så länge den internationella efterfrågan på gasfordon inte är tillräckligt stor för att Volvo Personvagnar ska kunna återuppta fabrikstillverkning av gasfordon. Efterkonvertering är den näst bästa lösningen, säger Volvo Personbilar Sveriges vd, Thomas Andersson, och fortsätter:

– Genom att företaget Alternative Fuel Vehicles i Göteborg, som är specialiserat på gaskonvertering, nu kan erbjuda en mycket tillfredställande och lovande lösning för vår Volvo V70 2,5FT, har vi beslutat rekommendera detta företag för gaskonvertering till de V70-köpare som vill ha en säker och funktionell gasbil. Vi tror mycket på gaskonverteringen och välkomnar även andra aktörer som kan visa upp lösningar som lever upp till våra höga krav.

More… www.teknikensvarld.se

Volvo V70 AFV Bi-Fuel får större lastutrymme
Det var i slutet av 2009 som Volvo återigen kunde erbjuda miljömedvetna kunder en gasdriven bil, nämligen V70 AFV Bi-Fuel. Men helt friktionsfritt har det inte varit då kunder kritiserat bagageutrymmets tillkortakommanden. Nu råder AFV och Volvo bot på det.

När Volvo presenterade V70 AFV Bi-Fuel för drygt ett år sedan var det många som sa ”äntligen”, men lika många tyckte det var synd att gastankarna i bilen gav ett förhöjt bagagerumsgolv med 15 centimeter. Sedan lanseringen har kritiken växt sig starkare, framför allt från taxichaufförer och andra kommersiella brukare, eftersom det förhöjda golvet har påverkat lastförmågan och användbarheten.

Men nu har AFV – Alternative Fuel Vehicles i Göteborg – modifierat gastankarna. I stället för att ha tre större gastankar är V70 AFV Bi-Fuel, från och med mitten av april, försedd med fyra mindre tankar i kompositmaterial. Detta har medfört att man kunnat sänka lastgolvet med sex centimeter vilken ökar lastvolymen till 460 liter samtidigt som lucköppningens höjd ökar till 63 centimeter, något som möjliggör inlastning av vitvaror och köksskåp som normalt mäter 60 centimeter på bredden.

More… www.teknikensvarld.se

Volvo V70 II Bi-Fuel R-Design
Fordonsår: 2011
Miltal: 7 488 Mil
Drivmedel: Bensin/gas
Färg: Magic blå Metallic
Ort: Trelleborg
174.700 kr

Volvo V70 II Bi-Fuel Momentum
Fordonsår:2010
Miltal:4 249 mil
Drivmedel:Bensin/gas
Färg:Magic blå Metallic
Växellåda:Manuell
Karosseri:Kombi
Reg.nr:KFK609
Pris: 189.000 kr

More used Volvo BiFuel (bensin och gas) .. www.volvocars.com

More information:

www.forumgas.se
www.gasbilen.se
www.afv.nu

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 72

2008 – Volvo XC60 at Fillmore St and Washington St in San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸.

2013 – Fillmore Street in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

2013 – Fillmore Street in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

Fillmore Street is one of San Francisco’s great treasures. It’s the main shopping and dining district in one of the city’s finest neighborhoods.

Bounded on the east by the ethnic vitality of Japantown, on the south by the nightlife of the Fillmore Jazz District, and on the north by Pacific Heights, with its grand mansions and views of the bay, this is a neighborhood of great diversity. Thrift shops and the trendiest boutiques range from cheap to chic.

The Fillmore District, also called The Fillmore, The Fill, The Moe, or Fillmoe, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.

More information at www.fillmorestreetsf.com and en.wikipedia.org

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 71

1958 – Volvo Amazon at Elizabeth Tower parked on Westminster Bridge in London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

1965 – Volvo Amazon on Westminster Bridge near Elizabeth Tower in London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

1969 – Volvo 164 on Westminster Bridge near Elizabeth Tower in London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

1972 – Volvo 1800 ES on Westminster Bridge near Elizabeth Tower in London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

2013 – Elizabeth Tower in London – United Kingdom (Google Streetview)

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is now officially called the Elizabeth Tower, after being renamed to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.

The Elizabeth Tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The Elizabeth Tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England and is often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) named in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year – was raised as a part of Charles Barry’s design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834.

The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower, which resembles earlier Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The design for the Elizabeth Tower was Pugin’s last design before his final descent into madness and death, and Pugin himself wrote, at the time of Barry’s last visit to him to collect the drawings: “I never worked so hard in my life for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful.” The tower is designed in Pugin’s celebrated Gothic Revival style, and is 96.0 m high (roughly 16 storeys).

The origin of the nickname Big Ben is the subject of some debate. The nickname was applied first to the Great Bell; it may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after boxing’s English Heavyweight Champion Benjamin Caunt. Now Big Ben is often used, by extension, to refer to the clock, the tower and the bell collectively, although the nickname is not universally accepted as referring to the clock and tower. Some authors of works about the tower, clock and bell sidestep the issue by using the words Big Ben first in the title, then going on to clarify that the subject of the book is the clock and tower as well as the bell.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and www.parliament.uk.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 70

1984 – Volvo 760 GLE on Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands 🇳🇱.

2013 – Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam – The Netherlands (Google Streetview)

2013 – Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam – The Netherlands (Google Streetview)

The Reguliersgracht is an canal in the center of Amsterdam, it connects the Herengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht. The canal with its typical canal houses is part of the second phase of the canal development plan, which was built from 1658. It was originally intended to be a street and not a canal. In 1664 the canal was ready for building. The Reguliersgracht is named after the Regular monastery, that between 1394 and 1532 stood outside the Regulierspoort, approximately at the place where now the Utrechtsestraat and Keizersgracht intersect.

The canal began at the current Reguliersbreestraat. The part to the Herengracht in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries muted. Here is now the Thorbeckeplein.

Reguliersgracht means “regulator’s canal.”

The canal gets its name from the Reguliersklooster, a convent that stood nearby from 1394 to 1532. Both of these names come from the Regulierspoort, one of the gates of medieval, walled Amsterdam, just west of Rembrandtplein (where the Munttoren now stands).

The city dug this canal in 1664, as Amsterdam expanded to accommodate its exploding population.

The canal is famous for its seven humpbacked bridges, which give the Seven Bridges Hotel and the Seven Bridges Jazz Festival their names.

Amsterdam city planners began filling in canals in the late 19th century to accommodate increasing horse-and-carriage traffic. Fierce community protest saved the Reguliersgracht and its beloved bridges from this fate in 1901.

More information at nl.wikipedia.org and www.iamsterdam.com

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 69

2007 – Volvo V50 T5 AWD at Origin Coffee Roasters @origincoffeesa on Hudson St in De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦.

2007 – Volvo V50 T5 AWD at Origin Coffee Roasters @origincoffeesa on Hudson St in De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦.

2013 – Hudson Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Google Streetview)

2009 – Volvo XC90 V8 AWD at The Loading Bay and The Hudson on Hudson St in De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦.

2009 – Volvo XC90 V8 AWD at The Loading Bay and The Hudson on Hudson St in De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦.

2013 – Loading Bay cafe at Hudson St in Cape Town, South Africa (Google Streetview)

Hudson Street is a street in De Waterkant area in Cape Town, South Africa. De Waterkant is a sub-district of the suburb of Green Point. This is the area that is closest to the central business district on the south eastern end of Somerset Road. This is a very sought after address for young professionals, the upper class gay and lesbian community and niche restaurants and retailers.

Here you’ll find Loading Bay Restaurant and cafe in a stylish industrial space which is kitted out in concrete, wood, black and splashes of neon, and features a trendy boutique on its mezzanine level. The food is a modern take on Lebanese fare, including filling salads, fresh pastas and moreish man’ouche (flatbread) with milky labneh and za’tar, a tangy condiment.

Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad) is the second-most populated city in South Africa after Johannesburg, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The city is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is also Africa’s most popular tourist destination.

More information on www.capetown.travel, www.loadingbay.co.za and tourismcapetown.co.za

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 68

2010 – Volvo XC60 R-Design on Greene Street in SoHo, New York USA 🇺🇸. (Note: The image is mirrored in post-production)

2026 – Greene Street in SoHo, New York, USA. (Google Streetview)

2016 – Volvo S60 in Greene Street in SoHo, New York USA 🇺🇸.

2017 – Brunello Cucinelli Boutique on 136 Greene St in SoHo, New York (Google Streetview)

2006 – Volvo S40 at the Louis Vuitton New York SoHo Store on 116 Greene St in SoHo in New York, USA 🇺🇸

2013 – Louis Vuitton New York SoHo Store on 116 Greene St in SoHo in New York, USA (Google Streetview)

Greene Street is a street in Soho in New York City, USA.

SoHo is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, notable for being the location of many artists’ lofts and art galleries, and also, more recently, for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international chain stores. The area’s history is an archetypal example of inner-city regeneration and gentrification, encompassing socio-economic, cultural, political and architectural developments.

Almost all of SoHo is included in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973, extended in 2010, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.[3] It consists of 26 blocks and approximately 500 buildings,[4] many of them incorporating cast iron architectural elements. The side streets in the district are notable for being paved with Belgian blocks.

The name “SoHo” refers to the area being “SOuth of HOuston (Street)”, and was also a reference to the London district of Soho. It was coined by Chester Rapkin, an urban planner who was the author of the “South Houston Industrial Area” study, also known as the “Rapkin Report”. This began a naming convention which has become a model for the names of new, emerging and re-purposed neighborhoods in New York such as TriBeCa for “TRIangle BElow CAnal Street”, NoHo (“NOrth of HOuston Street”), DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”), Nolita (“NOrth of Little ITAly”) and NoMad (“NOrth of MADison Square”), among others.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and en.wikivoyage.org

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 67

2002 – Volvo S40 & V40 on Central Street and Elm Street in Woodstock, Vermont USA 🇺🇸

2013 – Central Street and Elm Street in Woodstock, Vermont USA (Google Streetview)

Woodstock is the shire town and capital of Windsor County, Vermont, in the United States.

The Woodstock Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It includes the village center and additional properties along the Ottauquechee River. The district covers an area of 11.1 km2 encompassing 95 buildings, sites, and structures that contribute to the historical significance of the area.

The center of the district is an elliptical village green located at the junction of U.S. Route 4 and Vermont Route 106. Around the green and along the main road following the river are a number of residential, commercial, and public buildings showcasing architectural development from the late 18th to late 19th centuries. The district also includes the Billings Farm and Museum.

In 2011 the Downtown Woodstock Streetscape was listed by the American Planning Association (APA) as a “2011 Great Place in America” under the “Streets” category. The APA specifically focuses on streets that are complete, meaning that the street services all forms of use and not just vehicle use.

2013 – Bentley Restaurant in Woodstock

Bentley Restaurant in Woodstock is a landmark for over 30 years, Bentleys serves Lunch, Dinner & Sunday Brunch in a warm, eclectic atmosphere filled with Victorian sofas, oriental rugs & antique lamps. Bentleys also features dancing every Saturday night, occasional live entertainment and their very own custom brewed ale.

Bentley started in 1765… That was the year in which Timothy Knox built Woodstock’s first dwelling, a small cabin a few miles south of what is now the village green. The French & Indian wars had ended and with the peace came a new wave of settlement. Knox was reported to have been broken-hearted from a failed romance when he struck out for the hinterlands. Perhaps he found solace in the solitude, but he wasn’t alone for long…

Two hundred & nine years later Bill Deckelbaum & David Creech opened The Mountain Trading Company on Elm Street in Woodstock. They started out selling plants, pottery, crafts, anything they could “trade.” Bill, an ice cream devotee, discovered a tasty new product called “Haagen-Dazs.” Knowing in his entrepreneurial heart that this was something Woodstock could not do without, he began importing the ice cream (packed in dry ice) to Vermont from New York City in the back of his station wagon. Having expanded the shop to include an old fashioned soda fountain, Bill & David found many of their customers asking, “Where do you get something to eat around here?” They decided it might be fun to open a restaurant…

Since 1976, Bentleys Restaurant has been serving the people of Woodstock, New England & beyond. After all these years it seems we’re still doing something right, not so much because the critics say so, but because you are here. Well, virtually anyway…When you do pay us a visit, sit back and relax, and perhaps raise a glass to Mr. Timothy Knox, the first visitor to Woodstock who decided to call it home.

1969 – Woodstock Festival in Bethel, 69 km southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York.

The village and town Woodstock in Vermont is not the location where the The Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or the Woodstock Festival) took place in 1969. This music festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” was held at Max Yasgur’s 2.4 km² dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel, in Sullivan County, is 69 km southwest of the town of Woodstock in New York.

More information on bentleysrestaurant.com, www.townofwoodstock.org and en.wikipedia.org