Nights in Neon
A frigid late November night in Detroit Michigan. We rode the People Mover around and around, taking in the city sights as the sun set. Hungry for food, we stepped off the train car at the Greektown exit and headed toward the faint glow of pink and blue. Bright neon lights in the cold winter night, led […]
A Walk Down Heidelberg Street
Heidelburg street, in East Detroit. I had seen many pictures of this house and when I found out it was in Detroit, my homeland, I had to go. I didn’t realize how big the Heidelberg project really was. It consumed the entire street. The abandoned houses in the surrounding neighborhood stood intimidating against the cold […]
Time to Explore the Power Plant
Bailey Power Plant has stood abandoned for years. As long as I can remember, it has been this mysterious run-down industrial building, surrounded by a huge wire fence, but begging to be explored. I never had the courage to sneak in though. It has been undergoing renovations for the past few years now, just as all […]
Snow Maze
Whenever it snows I just want to be out in it, exploring. Everything has a diffeernt look to it when its all covered in white. On the day it snowed last, I went exploring downtown. I wandered all over. Eventually I came to this little park I always forget exists. A little waterfall, with suspended […]
What We Saw From a Detroit Train Car
Venturing to downtown Detroit for the first time. None of us were sure what to expect, or what exactly we were going to do. Around and around we drove, everywhere was full, rush hour was just starting. Finally, a parking space appeared, on some side street many blocks from the center of downtown. Surrounded by […]
Detroit At Last
I was born in Detroit Michigan. Even though we moved away when I was young, it has always felt like my home. It has always felt strange to be from a city that I rarely get to visit. I’ve lived in my current town for so long, but it just doesn’t have the same feeling. […]
Quarry Park
A few years ago I found out there was a secret abandoned rock quarry in my city. I figured out where it was and wanted really badly to go and explore it. But the mysterious rock quarry was completely fenced in with intimidating signs and cameras. I may have still tried to sneak past if […]
Bailey Power Plant
Bailey Power Plant, with its smoke stacks that make Winston-Salem stand out from all the other cities, will come alive once again after being abandoned for more than twenty years. This building was once the center for the tobacco manufacturing giant, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, and provided power for all the factories in the area. But when […]
Long Branch Trail
The trail I watched being built all last summer from my office window is nearly complete. My blog post Forgotten Corners shows what it looked like when construction first began. What used to be an overgrown meadow over a once busy industrial area, is now a nicely landscaped greenway. The old Railroad track that ran though this […]
Central Park
While in New York City for a few days last December, a visit to Central Park was something to check off our to do list. I hadn’t given the park much thought before visiting, but when we got there, it was a bit of a strange experience to stand someplace that has been so popular […]