  Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 60 Registered: 01-2007 |
just a couple of todays quick pics http://farm1.static.flickr.com /149/406395064_7219211bd4_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /184/406395062_f0b23a0b7a_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /124/406395057_d4915799b3_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /93/406395053_edcab0dcb3_b.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com /137/406395051_20cdabb69c_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /171/406363624_cc2c1ca02e_b.jp g | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 324 Registered: 11-2006 |
ugh what a depressing city this can be... | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 23 Registered: 02-2007 |
Thank you so much to all who post here...I have just found this site and I am spending way to much time on it...when I see the great old homes that are falling apart, it breaks my heart that Detroit lost it path...but you all seem to give it hope...those mansions in any other location would be worth tons, even some of the older homes in regular neighborhoods ...you can't find craftmenship like that anymore...and boy if those walls could talk...thanks for these great posts. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2509 Registered: 02-2005 |
great eastside photos. don't be depressed...just think in terms of potential. | ||
Chub Member Username: Chub Post Number: 463 Registered: 11-2003 |
What potential? Show me the jobs, and I'll start thinking about potential. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4918 Registered: 11-2003 |
Bullett, give us some addresses. Looks solidly Eastside to jjaba. jjaba, Proudly Westside. | ||
Erobtheone Member Username: Erobtheone Post Number: 50 Registered: 08-2005 |
Andre Ware had potential!! Erob | ||
Yelloweyes Member Username: Yelloweyes Post Number: 95 Registered: 02-2007 |
I was driving the near east side yesterday, If I didn't know better I would have thought I was in a rural ghost town. There is so much vacant property without structures...praries and small sections of woodlands. Detroit will rise. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2006 Registered: 10-2003 |
For jjaba, The first photo is Gratiot and Mack Ave. The last photo is the rear of the Cadillac Factory bldg on Riopelle north of E. Warren. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 2510 Registered: 02-2005 |
Note well, that in a similar setting, north of Vernor between Jos. Campau and Mt. Elliot, new construction is rising on some of the vacant lots. Nothing too organized (that's okay), but I'd like to know who the ambitious investor is. | ||
Mpow Member Username: Mpow Post Number: 239 Registered: 11-2003 |
not so depressing if you overexpose detroit a little. | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 184 Registered: 11-2006 |
Interestingly the name on building was Solomon Bros. The first Jewish community in Detroit I believe was not to far from that location. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 62 Registered: 01-2007 |
Here are a few more from today’s journey: http://farm1.static.flickr.com /164/407348272_af8e2cae68_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /141/407348271_b6a8e5d844_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /150/407348266_578b35201e_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /169/407348263_70575c4272_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /125/407341516_05d66a0606_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /164/407341515_babe41dd90_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /154/407341507_7abcf06ad3_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /144/407341503_dae62d00e3_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /169/407341490_a64b2b4099_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /168/407341485_815b818755_b.jp g Thanks to Kathleen who identified the locals of the previous shots Yea, Jjaba, they are all eastside; I don’t have my Westside passport yet. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 599 Registered: 10-2006 |
Bulletmagnet, what do you like to take photographs of? | ||
Stromberg2 Member Username: Stromberg2 Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah, It looks like these could have come from farmland, very desolate and a shame. Stromberg2 | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 70 Registered: 01-2007 |
Charlottepaul, I photograph everything in general and nothing in particular. Here are some more: http://farm1.static.flickr.com /126/408293154_0a6e72b504_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /154/408249286_f54b0b13f1_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /126/408249280_577f16c8db_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /187/408245054_b8c620eee4_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /188/408245052_b712590e58_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /179/408245051_5f666478b1_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /160/408245047_d34a63c0e6_b.jp g http://farm1.static.flickr.com /132/408240288_845aacc3bc_b.jp g Detroit was farmland at one time, Stromberg2. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 602 Registered: 10-2006 |
Interesting. Some people as you know, have the ability to take a derelict building for example and capture a photograph of it that can show its beauty. Obviously this so far seems not to be your direction. In general it seems like most of your shots have been of rather negative images of the city even to the point of being very cynical (like your yard yacht series). I guess what I find the most interesting is that you take pictures of what you see without trying to frame it in any way or with little regard. Not necessarily a bad thing... | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 77 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thaaanksss,Charlottepaul, you said that so sweetly! | ||
Cman710 Member Username: Cman710 Post Number: 245 Registered: 07-2006 |
I particularly like the one of the train approaching in the snow. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com /160/408245047_d34a63c0e6_b.jp g) Thanks for posting your pictures! | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1058 Registered: 12-2005 |
Is that Trombley, near East Grand Boulevard in the Thursday cluster? | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 79 Registered: 01-2007 |
56packman, Indeed! Cman710, ya see the car on the tracks? (Message edited by Bulletmagnet on March 02, 2007) | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 2089 Registered: 07-2004 |
That fourth picture from 2/28 of the stripped house is in my parents neighborhood. Less than a year ago there were people living in that house. Those who strip houses are usually there once it is realized that no one is living in the house. The stripping of houses has been going on in that neighborhood for 30 years. That's why there aren't a lot of houses left in that neighborhood. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1633 Registered: 12-2005 |
quote:Does the big pink dot mean anything to anyone? Some code? | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 86 Registered: 01-2007 |
Jimaz, it's Tyree Guyton's signature.BTW, you got the answer to my question in the "defunct gas station" thread. Good work. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1635 Registered: 12-2005 |
Ha! What a coincidence. I should have known that. It's probably been discussed here before. |
