June 2017
Quite a few days late with a monthly photo post thanks to traveling. If Google’s Blogger service was still worth anything or was relatively easy to convert to WordPress, I’d be able to post and update from the road. Yet, here we are in 2017 using a publishing platform that worked great ten years ago and hasn’t changed much since.
April 2017
Photographs from the month of April in the year 2017: Pittsburgh, soccer, parking garage views, good food (and randomly disposed of food), dogs, and the city.
From the Train
I photograph Cincinnati's modern streetcar quite often and while recently reacquainting myself with Walker Evans' series of photographs made on New York City subways circa 1938-41, I decided to shoot some quick street photographs on the train ride to work. As the train flew by, I fired the shutter at random and selected the photographs where people became framed by the passenger doors.
Saw The Streetcar For The First Time
Back in November, the first of Cincinnati's five streetcars was delivered. Since then, the second has arrived with the rest of the fleet heading here via Spain and Elmira, New York. The vehicles and system are currently undergoing an extensive, federally mandated testing process with the full system slated to open in September. Recently, I finally crossed paths with one of the trains while it was testing.
Some Updated Streetcar Info From Atlanta
Just like Cincinnati, Atlanta is also building a modern streetcar system. I had the opportunity to see the construction up close last month, here's an update on the work I saw thanks to some friendly Atlanta folks.
Signs of the Streetcar as Seen in Atlanta
Love it or hate it, Cincinnati's modern streetcar project finally broke ground last year after being upheld by voters twice. Meanwhile, several other American cities, such as Atlanta, are also building modern streetcar lines.
The Blue Ash Airport
When it comes to abandoned suburbia, one might think about closed fast food joints, shuttered gas stations or foreclosed homes. In Blue Ash though, there stands a small, closed airport. A piece of aviation history is set to be demolished for a new community park in a growing suburb amidst a political controversy that raises questions about the modern day pursuit of truth.
The Catacombs of Cleveland
In Cleveland, beneath the Veterans' Memorial Bridge, crossing over the Cuyahoga River, is an abandoned deck which once provided an exclusive right-of-way to Cleveland's streetcars, while motor vehicles whizzed by overhead.