Polaroids Around the Old Tobacco Factories
This part of the city is changing fast. What was once the busy industrial center that kept this city alive, had died and gone vacant. No one dared wander these empty streets. Especially at night. Nothing was around but an obscure coffee shop, that doubled as a music venue. My friends and I would all […]
They Tore Down a School to Build an Interstate
A giant pile of rubble was a surprising sight to see one day while driving downtown. A little school was in the process of being torn down, for what I later read, was to make room for the rebuilding of an interstate and the roads surrounding it. Business 40 interstate which runs through downtown has […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Houston Downtown
A few more photos from our drive around Downtown Houston. I found the sight of palm trees among all the skyscrapers quite amusing. All the big cities I have visited so far have been in the north. I found myself having a strange desire to go to California.. Houston seemed different than other cities I have […]
Skyscrapers of Glass
I traveled to Houston for the first time to visit my Aunt and my Grandma, who both moved there some time ago. I love traveling to new places, and I especially love big cities so I was definitely looking forward to exploring downtown Houston during my visit. I didn’t really know anything at all about […]
Bailey Power Plant
The power plant that once supplied energy to the tobacco factories in Winston-Salem has been sitting vacant for many years. It sits closed off from the world, by a towering chain link fence. (A fence I would love to sneak through, but am too scared!) Many companies had been contacted to restore the old building, […]
A Summer Evening Downtown
I took these photos last summer during a walk downtown to check out the art galleries, and never got around to posting them. I love wandering around the arts district, there’s always something new to see. Seeing these photos made me really excited for long summer nights and warm weather, what about you?