# What's on your US City "Quarter" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 20, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779 "2007-03-20T21:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/1 "2007-03-20T21:59:40Z")
Suppose we did quarters, but rather than states, they did major cities. What would the iconic images/landmarks of large cities. New York: Statue of Liberty Los Angeles: Hollywood sign Chicago: Hancock (more iconic than Sears, IMHO) Philadelphia: Independence Hall Boston: Old State House Detroit: Renaissance Center San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge Seattle: Space Needle St Louis: Geee, I wonder… And my city: Honolulu: Diamond Head ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/2 "2007-03-20T22:04:00Z")
Nashville: Ryman Auditorium or the “Batman Building” (Bell South Building) or the Parthenon. It would depend greatly on who was in charge of the choice, their age, their attitude towards “Music City” and how they regarded “tradition.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/3 "2007-03-20T22:07:47Z")
I’d use the Empire State Building, or the Manhattan skyline, rather than the Statue of Liberty for New York City, my home town. Other cities: Minneapolis/St. Paul - Mall of America Houston - Space Center San Antonio - the Alamo Orlando - “Spaceship Earth” at Epcot Baltimore - Fort McHenry Cleveland - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Louisville - Churchill Downs Indianapolis - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Nashville - Grand Ole Opry Memphis - Graceland Salt Lake City - Mormon Tabernacle ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/4 "2007-03-20T22:18:16Z")
Orlando - Mickey Mouse Ears Miami - Hardbodies along South Beach Clearwater - Fort Harrison Hotel Tampa - the Mons Venus St Petersburg - A pair of octogenarians, wandering along the beach at sunset – one of them has a metal detector – they have Canadian tags on their car. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/5 "2007-03-20T22:24:52Z")
Without a doubt, West Lafayette, Indiana would have this classic view of University Hall (the new version–with only one pointy cupola): [University Hall](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wggray/images/Univ_Hall.jpg&imgrefurl=http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wggray/Contact.html&h=450&w=600&sz=79&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=XKeJVEqrXE3AFM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpurdue%2Buniversity%2Bhall%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLD%26sa%3DN) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/6 "2007-03-20T22:33:45Z")
Hmm Denver is harder than I thought. The only big building easily reconizable is the Cash-register, but I never considered it iconic with Denver. The capitol looks like a million other capitols, and there are no easily identifiable mountains I actually associate with Denver. Red Rocks is about the most Denver-ish thing I can think of, but pretty outside the city. I guess the new pointy Airport is the best I can come up with, ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Millamant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Mrs.Millamant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Millamant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/7 "2007-03-20T22:35:35Z")
Champaign-Urbana=[Giant space mushroom!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_Hall_%28Champaign%29) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/8 "2007-03-20T22:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Minneapolis/St. Paul - Mall of America [/QUOTE] Does that even have a recognizable profile? Would a Skyway map fit on a coin instead? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/9 "2007-03-20T23:12:27Z")
San Jose: uuuhhhhhhhh… we could put… no. Umm. Suburban sprawl? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/10 "2007-03-20T23:28:40Z")
Richmond: How about: people shooting at the cops? More likely would be San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge prominently displayed. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/11 "2007-03-20T23:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] Richmond: How about: people shooting at the cops? More likely would be San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge prominently displayed. [/QUOTE] What about that gorgeous Richmond-San Rafael Bridge? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/12 "2007-03-20T23:44:48Z")
The town I live in (Portsmouth) - probably a crackhouse…heh… Well, actually I would say the new bridge over the Ohio River. My hometown? a pizza shop. there is nothing else there… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/13 "2007-03-20T23:48:03Z")
What about Dallas? The grassy knoll? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/14 "2007-03-20T23:57:20Z")
Lexington: either Memorial Coliseum, the 5/3 building or cars sitting at a red light. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/15 "2007-03-21T02:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] What about Dallas? The grassy knoll? [/QUOTE] I would have thought Southfork Ranch. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/16 "2007-03-21T02:44:51Z")
Of the three cities I’ve lived in last: Minot, ND: Nothing. Just a blank reverse with the following words engraved: “IN GOD WE TRUST, BUT IN THE WIND, WE KNOW” Great Falls, MT: I’d say the Lewie & Clark thing, but it’s been overdone. I’d suggest a picture of the dam they made put up that make the formerly Great Falls into the now Kinda Okay Falls. Central Georgia: I don’t know yet. Give me a little more time. . . Tripler Yeah, that’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/17 "2007-03-21T02:57:14Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] I would have thought Southfork Ranch. [/QUOTE] Reunion Tower? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/18 "2007-03-21T02:59:50Z")
Madison: Probably a Badger. As in Bucky. Or the Capitol, but capitol buildings are all kind of genereic looking on coins. Milwaukee: Beer mug ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/19 "2007-03-21T03:12:57Z")
Chattanooga: a train, probably. Or possibly the Tennessee Aquarium. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779/20 "2007-03-21T03:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] Madison: Probably a Badger. As in Bucky. Or the Capitol, but capitol buildings are all kind of genereic looking on coins. [/quote] Could be worse, they could put the godawful Monona Terror or the Overblown Center on it. > [@Miss Purl](#): > > Milwaukee: Beer mug Or a brat. Or both. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-us-city-quarter/396779.md?page=2)