Blue Jacket
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Blue Jacket

An abandoned theatre for an outdoor drama that hasn't seen an audience in ten years is set to meet the wrecking ball.

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[Suburbia Lost] McDonald's - Forest Park, OH
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[Suburbia Lost] McDonald's - Forest Park, OH

In a recent Suburbia Lost entry we took a look at the "pizza hut phenomenon.' I.E. When purpose built structures of restaurant chains and fast food organizations have such a distinct identity it's hard to imagine them being anything else. Oftentimes, these businesses are actually leasing the buildings and when something new opens up, the building's design gives you a direct clue to its history. There's one organization though that never really falls victim to this and that's McDonald's.

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To the City of Bridges and Back - Chapter 4: Wandering in Wheeling
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To the City of Bridges and Back - Chapter 4: Wandering in Wheeling

The drive from Pittsburgh to Wheeling was rather uneventful, and traffic was light. I had no desire to go back and see the nonworking Perry Como statue, and the two museums I considered stopping at were already closed for the day, so straight into West Virginia it was.

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Cleveland via the RTA
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Cleveland via the RTA

There's a feeling people get when they visit a place in their time off. Where they can picture themselves living there, caught up in the naivety that actual life in a place would be just like visiting on vacation. For me, I never thought I'd get that feeling with Cleveland, Ohio, that I'd find such an appreciation for this fellow midwestern city. Cleveland, however, lives up to the pride that so many people take in it.

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The West Chester Collection
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The West Chester Collection

Photographs and stories from living north of Cincinnati, Ohio in the suburban town of West Chester for the past year.

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The Dayton Arcade
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The Dayton Arcade

I had heard about it for years, occasionally seen photographs, but to see it in person. I was taken aback.

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The Lost Airport of Lebanon
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The Lost Airport of Lebanon

You might remember Nick. He's the one known as the "Supreme Chancellor," in my ongoing Kings Waffle series. True to form, this story begins at our local diner, our Waffle House.

We were sipping coffee one day as the sun started to go down and the evening light of summer started to pour in. The best kind of light. I nagged Nick: "we should go shoot something, find something to photograph."

"What about the abandoned runway right next to my work?" he said.

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