This is the house in Webster Groves where I did most of my growing up.

I captured the image on Google Maps, using the “street level” feature, which also enabled me to take a virtual walk down the middle of my street and pivot from side to side to see the Barnet’s house, the Rankin’s, Moss’s and so forth.

I can recreate my daily walk or bike ride to Bristol School, and continue down to Lockwood — although I will not find the Hobby Shop or Velvet Freeze there anymore. (Google hasn’t yet devised a time travel feature).

In anticpation of our move back to St. Louis, we used Google Map to take a look at houses on the market, get a sense of the streets on which they were situated, as well as on the neighborhing blocks.

I have seen some screen captures of a few city blocks used as art for online commentary about a neighborhood.

Google Maps is a genuine marvel, of course.

But I would be very interested to learn whether people see more uses for the super-close up Street Level feature than what I have listed here.

To what other recreational, informational, political, promotional, vocational, or educational purposes is it being or could it be put?