  Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 172 Registered: 01-2007 |
More of around our town as seen by Bullet (for best results, press F11 when viewing) http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607219.jpg?t=1175406397 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607217.jpg?t=1175406473 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607214.jpg?t=1175406529 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607212.jpg?t=1175406581 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607211.jpg?t=1175406641 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607208.jpg?t=1175406700 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607201.jpg?t=1175406763 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607196.jpg?t=1175406823 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607195.jpg?t=1175406905 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607186.jpg?t=1175406966 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607194.jpg?t=1175407023 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607192.jpg?t=1175407086 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607185.jpg?t=1175407161 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607184.jpg?t=1175407223 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607181.jpg?t=1175407309 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607179.jpg?t=1175407388 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607172.jpg?t=1175407585 WARNING: part 2 later today... (Message edited by Bulletmagnet on April 01, 2007) | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 94 Registered: 02-2007 |
Once again good job Bullet. Looks like Hanson's Windows has been in a lot of those neighborhoods, ripping people off with their overpriced windows and siding.  | ||
Ja1mz Member Username: Ja1mz Post Number: 26 Registered: 02-2007 |
Great pics...I used to repair copiers until a few years ago, downtown, new center, Hamtramck and the eastside. I used to drive thru this same area daily... | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 682 Registered: 12-2006 |
Once again, great shots Bullet. Gtat44, you hit the nail on the head. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 173 Registered: 01-2007 |
Before long, many of these burned out structures will look like the first photo at Chene and Canfield, as the Detroit Prairie continues to evolve. Some of these shots are just a final look as we say goodbye to a small, (and I feel, important) bit of our local history. I know many of you out there could care less about this topic, but as warned, here are some more: http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607168.jpg?t=1175437161 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607167.jpg?t=1175437192 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607166.jpg?t=1175437260 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607165.jpg?t=1175437293 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607135.jpg?t=1175437323 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607133.jpg?t=1175437355 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607136.jpg?t=1175437388 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607121.jpg?t=1175437430 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607118.jpg?t=1175437458 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607116.jpg?t=1175437490 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607114.jpg?t=1175437522 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607084.jpg?t=1175437559 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607078.jpg?t=1175437596 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607077.jpg?t=1175437629 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607075.jpg?t=1175437660 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607071.jpg?t=1175437692 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607070.jpg?t=1175437730 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607069.jpg?t=1175437763 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607067.jpg?t=1175437797 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607066.jpg?t=1175437849 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607064.jpg?t=1175437911 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607065.jpg?t=1175437942 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607057.jpg?t=1175438063 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607055.jpg?t=1175438380 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607041.jpg?t=1175438413 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607045.jpg?t=1175438444 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607042.jpg?t=1175438476 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607037.jpg?t=1175438536 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607036.jpg?t=1175438586 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607034.jpg?t=1175438622 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607032.jpg?t=1175438652 http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607031.jpg?t=1175438687 : Side note: There is lots of infrastructure work going on just under the surface of many of these areas. When the time comes, I think we shall see a quick rise of new buildings and homes here. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1290 Registered: 01-2005 |
Interesting to note that there's not a helluva lot of green on the trees yet. Adds to the starkness of those shots. Thanks for your work, Bullet. Enjoyable! | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 294 Registered: 08-2006 |
Where was that Post Office??? | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 177 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks, Ray1936. I like starkness. Soon trees and shrubs will hide most of what I shoot, as the landscape takes on a new definition. I still managed to snag a few keepers though, in spite of the sunny sky. Fareastsider: on Milwaukee (I think) (Message edited by Bulletmagnet on April 01, 2007) | ||
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2007 |
Great photos, Bulletmagnet! I especially liked the photo in your first post on this thread of Sweetest Heart of Mary Catholic Church #6823. It is very sweet to coin a term! :-) | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 179 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Mortalman. Here’s another one for you: http://farm1.static.flickr.com /151/408245044_3c548608b0_b.jp g | ||
Lombaowski Member Username: Lombaowski Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2004 |
http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607037.jpg?t=1175438536 Where is this at? Nice photos. I was on the eastside last week walking around and taking some photos also. Since we never really went there for any reason when I was a kid except the occasional family gatherings at the polish Yacht Club, I never really got to know the eastside. A lot of character there for sure but much of it is just disappearing. One tiny bit of advice if I may: Take a few photos with inanimate objects in the foreground. Like a glove, a piece of house, or pile of something. I shot video for some time in Detroit and it's a photographers dream. Since you like taking photos, I just thought I'd add that. Looking for something that exemplifies the scene and adds depth of field really increases the aesthetic appeal to the viewer. :2cents: Thanks for sharing. | ||
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2007 |
Bulletmagnet, Is that snow falling in this photo? http://farm1.static.flickr.com /151/408245044_3c548608b0_b.jp g | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 295 Registered: 08-2006 |
Here are some pics of the D from miles away.... http://i141.photobucket.com/al bums/r50/fareastsider/Detroit3 .jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/al bums/r50/fareastsider/Detroit3 -5.jpg | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 1118 Registered: 08-2006 |
Great pictures Bullet! I'm glad you decided to stay. Very sad pictures, much like Gary, Indiana. | ||
Hambone Member Username: Hambone Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2006 |
great pictures Bullet! I lived near the packard plant on concord st. meny homes on the block are gown. I was surprised to see that my home at 4731 concord st was still their, and good shape.I got a picture of the front of the home in 1970 . If you are ever in the neighbor could you get a picture of the back of the home and the garage. and post it here or email it to me at pepe@dslextreme.com I would be very thankfull. Hambone | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 180 Registered: 01-2007 |
Lombaowski, thanks for the 2 cents, I can use it. The time stamp prob is one I am addressing as well. Mortalman that is indeed snow, let us not forget with spring here, the snow is mostly at our backs. Fareastsider, I love your shots, were they taken from your submarine? Thanks Milwaukee, you’re a real pal for giving encouragement. I was in Gary once long ago and would like to road trip there again. You game? (jk) Hambone, I'll see what I can do. I will be heading to Eastern Market next Saturday. The Post Office shot is on Milwaukee or Layman Pl. between Russell and Orleans. (Approximately) Thanks all. More as time permits… | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 97 Registered: 02-2007 |
Bullet, If memory serves me correct, that post office is on Russell south of Milwaukee on the east side of the street. And, that large building attached to it is an old People's State Savings bank. The man walking in the coat would be directly across the street, right before an old liquor store. Once again, excellent job thanks. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 183 Registered: 01-2007 |
Gtat44, here is another view: http://i148.photobucket.com/al bums/s22/bulletmagnet69/kodakg roup032607038.jpg?t=1175557205 (sorry bout the time stamp) I will double check the address the next time I go by there. | ||
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44 Post Number: 98 Registered: 02-2007 |
I remember the building with the rounded castle like entrance. Corner of Milwaukee and Russell (northeast) used to be a fortune cookie distributor some years back. I'm sure that wasn't the original use though. And that large white building with the man door on the side looks like the old Lasky furniture warehouse next to the rail road tracks behind Grainger's on the GM Blvd across from the Poletown plant. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 192 Registered: 01-2007 |
Looking west at the B&C Liquor Store on Russell, as seen from Trombly:http://farm1.static.flickr.com /208/445628054_2cd8904c27_b.jp g Looking north on Russell toward Lyman Pl. (or, as seen from B&C) http://farm1.static.flickr.com /229/445628058_beacc7e652_b.jp g | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 2161 Registered: 07-2004 |
Bulletmagnet, I would be careful taking pictures of occupied homes up close. Residents might feel that you are invading their privacy. Your pictures are heart-felt. Ninety-nine percent of those pictures are from areas I know. St. Anthony's Church was my church and just closed back in June 2006. Many of my grade school friends went to East Catholic High. I saw the priest of St. Anthony with some guys around the historical marker. They're probably going to move it to the combined church, Good Shepard, at Parkview and Jefferson. Also, I'm in those areas quite a bit since my parents live only a few blocks south of St. Anthony's Church. At 43 I've seen those areas decline from being extremely vibrant to what they are now. Case in point, my parents live on a block that only has 14 occupied homes on it where it once had 48. I can remember all but two. Needless to say, seeing these pictures is depressing. (Message edited by royce on April 03, 2007) | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 194 Registered: 01-2007 |
Good advice, Royce. I will take that to heart. And thanks. P.S. Royce, do you or your parents have any photos of your home or neighborhood you could share? I would like to see them if you do, or any stories of your time livening there. Any are welcome. Thanks in advance - Bullet (Message edited by Bulletmagnet on April 04, 2007) | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1306 Registered: 01-2005 |
I ran into irate homeowners twice while photographing their homes. One case was a home I lived in in Detroit years back. As I took a few shots to compare "then and now", the current owner came out of the house more curious than angry, and an explanation soothed things over. The second time was my wife's old home in Allen Park, and this guy was really irate. I was in my car taking photos out the window, and even though I tried to be diplomatic in my explanations, he was getting hotter and hotter, so I dropped it into drive and took off down Southfield. Discretion is the better part of valor. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 200 Registered: 01-2007 |
Ray1936, you didn’t live all these years by being dumb. Thanks for the tip buddy. Did you post the pics you took? I'd like to see the comparisons. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1827 Registered: 12-2005 |
quote:Rig up a prism on the lens so you can snap photos at right angles while pointing the camera away? Sometimes goofy ideas pay out. Sometimes not. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 1307 Registered: 01-2005 |
Did you post the pics you took? I'd like to see the comparisons. I'll dig 'em up this evening. May have to scan them, don't think I saved them on .jpg. |
