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[Fading Advertisements] "The Other Place," From A Different View
"The Other Place" appeared in the book and can be seen if you walk the obscure College St. that runs from 6th to 7th between Race and Vine. I still haven't been able to figure out what the sign referenced, but while visiting the Terrace Plaza back in December, I got another look at the sign. It's one of my favorites in the city. Glad to see it's holding up so well.
The Terrace Plaza | Part 3 - The Future?
The Dennison Hotel building wasn’t anywhere near as grand or as historically significant as the Terrace Plaza. Nevertheless, it was a historic structure designed by a prominent person and located within a protected historic district.
The Terrace Plaza | Part 2 - The Present
With a passing glance, the Terrace Plaza’s front entrance seems like any other urban hotel. There’s still quite a few cars parked under the awning, as if valet service is catering to a busy check in. On this day, there were plenty of guests inside, but they weren’t of the lodging variety.
The Terrace Plaza | Part 1 - The Past
In the time I’ve been putting this website together/been a professional photographer, there have been a lot of places I wanted to see and document locally. With many of them, I eventually had the opportunity either through my own resources, invitations, or through organizations I’ve worked with. There was always one that seemed to escape me, though.
Goodbye to The Gardens
There was never a better place to watch hockey in Cincinnati. The Gardens was classic. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
An Urban Geyser in Pleasant Ridge
In the Cincinnati neighborhood of Pleasant Ridge, a dislodged fire hydrant lead to the appearance of an urban geyser.
February 2018
Photographs made in February 2018 that didn’t necessarily fit into a larger story.
The Flood of 2018 II
Following up the recent post that was shot on a rather bleak looking day, another look at this year's flood as the Ohio River peaked. Barring any more excessive rain, the forecast is calling for the water to recede. Guessing that the next flood shots you'll see inundated across social media, the local news, and even here, will be of mud covered streets and cleanup.
The Flood of 2018
There's no doubt that if you've been paying attention to the local news lately, you've seen how the Ohio River is rising, encroaching on the shores of Cincinnati.
President's Day
Enjoyed having President's Day off. Went for a run around the neighborhood and to the coffee shop. Shot some frames along the way.
UPCOMING EVENT: Discussing Cincinnati and its Bid to Host the 2012 Olympics
With the 2018 Winter Olympics underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Independence branch of the Kenton County Public Library thought it'd be a good time to revisit a piece of little known local history: Cincinnati's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
January 2018
Photographs made in January 2018 that didn't necessarily fir into a larger story or post.
The "Ghost Town" of Amargosa
By all indications and quick glances, the place seemed to be a quintessential “ghost town.” The houses were long deteriorating, a truck could be seen with flat tires, and the nearby businesses were shuttered. Yet, there was still a spark of life among the white walls of the old hotel beneath the glaring sun.
The Mojave Desert is a peculiar place to find an opera house.
Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, and Hoover Dam
We opted for Death Valley over visiting the Hoover Dam. I personally had no preference, content to explore whatever was on the agenda and experience a side of the country that I hadn’t seen before.
Las Vegas
I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s hard to try and photograph a place that so many others (professional and tourists alike) have been swarming over for decades. Nevertheless, this was a place new to me and I tried to capture it as uniquely as possible from my own perspective, as naive as that may sound.
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[Fading Advertisements] Indiana Stamp - Fort Wayne, IN
Unlike many of the ads in the book and documented here, this one isn’t a remnant of hand painted advertising. Rather, it’s fading elements were from a former physical sign. When removed, the parts of the building protected from weathering by the sign left clues to what it once said. “Indiana Stamp” was about all I could make out when we passed through Fort Wayne, IN to see some family. I reached out a business of the same name to see if it had been their sign.
Abandoned School - Boston, IN
My dad had driven by this old school for years while traveling for work. We stopped to see it on a recent trip to Huntington, IN.
The Peculiar (and Abandoned) Pedestrian Walkways of Charleston, West Virginia
These weren’t simple sidewalks, these were a series of ramps wrapped in anti-suicide cages connected by staircases and protected from the elements with 70’s era lighting and glass. In all the American cities I’d been to, I’d never seen any urban element quite like it.