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 […]
Abandoned Interstate
Not often do you get a chance to walk on an abandoned interstate. The highway that runs through downtown, that has tiny lanes and even tinier on and off ramps, that is always backed up with traffic, is being completely rebuilt with hopes of being greatly improved. And once it got demolished, I couldn’t help […]
The End Of Winter
This was a day at the very end of winter a couple of years ago. These pictures have been sitting in my drafts for a while now, and it seemed time to post them. This is from another time. A bit of a sadder time, but that’s ok. The day was warm, after many months […]
A Surprising Amount of Snow
Film in the City
A walk through the city on an early spring evening. The days were finally getting longer, the weather was finally getting warmer. I took my little Argus camera, loaded up with some film and went to explore a newly built walkway, through the once forgotten part of the city. I’ve watched this area for years […]
Cemetery Snowfall
My favorite cemetery looked magical during a snowfall last winter. The orange leaves that still clung to some trees made an interesting autumn contrast against the white snow. It was a rare early December snow. Usually it never snows here until sometime mid January, when all the leaves are long gone. Wandering around, a cubed […]
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 […]
Old Salem Evening
**Part of my collection of poor pictures that have been stuck in my drafts for a year or more as a result of my uninspired period** It’s always fun to wander around Old Salem, but it just seems to become the most exciting in the fall. As the cool days just start to turn into […]
Unexpected Mushrooms
It had been too long since we last took a walk. Wanting something different we decided on a nature trail in a park north of town. It was a park I had spent many unwanted hours at years ago for home school events I wanted no part of. I hadn’t returned since. But I decided […]
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 […]