When you could see downtown from 2nd ave
Modern Brass Foundry
The old foundry down the street is finally being demolished. I made sure to do a little exploring before it’s gone.
“Modern Brass Foundry operated on the site from 1927 to 1958. The Modern Sign and Signal Company was on the southern side of the property from 1932 to 1937.” Dispatch
The house next to the foundry was built in 1900 and only owned by a few families over the last century. The building has been empty since 2014.
Rep Clement Vallandigham of Ohio’s 3rd district
Here’s an internet black hole post copied over from my twitter. I guess I’m starting a new project again.
In 1863 Rep Clement Vallandigham of Ohio’s 3rd district ran for governor WHILE BEING EXILED IN CANADA. He lost.
Everything about this guy is pure turd.
He wanted to overthrow the northern governments of Ohio, KY, IL, and IN to create a northern confederacy because WTF.
Dude died by accidentally shooting himself with a gun in his pocket.
RIP Clement Vallandigham. I guess.
He also headed up the Peace Democrats, which I now know is a thing. The Peace Democrats were northern pacifist Democrats and usually slavery sympathizers.
They even made an apparently terrible movie about these Peace Democrats. The director, Ron Maxwell, seems to only make Civil War flicks.
Except for this 1981 musical movie called The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia randomly starring Mark Hamill and Dennis Quaid. Way to deviate.
Pearl St Glitch
South Parsons, Columbus, Ohio
Last week I posted the destruction of a home so I decided to switch it up and show the development of a business. These images start in 2007 and end last year. O’Reilly Auto Parts bought the location in 2011 and continues to serve the community.
A visual history of 99 Innis
This 1900 double family dwelling has been in the same family since 1970.
There goes the porch.
Qaanaaq Airport
Since I spend approximately 75% of my life browsing Google Maps I’m starting a collection of images I think are interesting enough to share. This isn’t the first project using Google as the medium and I am largely inspired by Doug Rickard’s A New American Picture project, though I do hold opinions about Rickard “recreating” these Google images with his own camera. But that’s a different conversation.
I plan on using street view and overhead maps to note upon landscape evolution, far corners of the world (which I do believe is a globe), and local interesting scenes.
Here’s my first post in this project. The Qaanaaq Airport in northwestern Greenland. Qaanaaq has, according to Wikipedia, a population of 656 people. The local population was forcibly relocated to Qaanaaq from the areas from Pituffik and Dundras to the north in 1953 when the US expanded their military activity in the area during the Cold War.
Read more about the High Arctic Relocation of the 19th and 20th centuries
I saw this on a sign yesterday and decided to make a thing.
2016 Favorites
2016 was overall a dumpster fire. There were some great shows though. Here’s my favorite photos from the year. Most from concerts, some not. No particular oder. Enjoy.
Rachael Barbash - Photographer & Artist 