DetroitPhoto Du Jour

Lot 271 - State Fair Ave. E.

August 14, 2006
Late of the archives of the F.H.A. is this home designed and built in 1939. Located on lot 271 on State Fair Ave. E., I’m not sure how to go about cross referencing lot numbers to street addresses. So I’m not sure if this one is still around or not. Designed by architect Charles F. Graulich in 1939. A search of my books lists no entry for Graulich. Anyone know anything about this…
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Hey...

August 11, 2006
From today’s Windsor Star… Mystery shrouds woman’s injuries Dalson Chen, Windsor Star Published: Friday, August 11, 2006 Windsor police are treating a downtown apartment as a crime scene after they had to smash open a patio door to remove a critically…
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Going... Going...

August 11, 2006
So I drove by the Veteran Plumbing site yesterday morning on the way to work. The older two story building was half demolished already. A giant hole is appearing in the streetscape. The building eater is poised ready to get back to work destroying things. I drove by again…
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Welcome to Yorktown Square

August 10, 2006
Located in South Windsor, this relic from the 1950’s still lights up the parking lot at Yorktown Square (as the dates below show, the Yorktown store that was first to open, did so in 1953). Thanks to John and Mike for the heads up that the old sign still lights up. At…
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Lifetime Warranty

August 9, 2006
The deathfences are up, and time has run out for the old Veteran Plumbing store on Wyandotte St @ McDougall. The store was a long time downtown fixture, and in the last few years, packed up and headed to the south end of the city near the Sprawl-Mart. I used to head…
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HDR & lots of work...

August 5, 2006
So I’m just messing around with HDR. I think I’ve finally got a little grasp of the whole process…. The photo above is my house. The scaffolding is up, and that means scraping and painting, and cleaning out and stabilizing rotted wood… What a joyous…
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One more week...

August 5, 2006
So another useless idiot from Bell came the other day. He had instructions to call upon arrival, and someone would meet him here, either myself or my wife. I get home, and what’s in my mailbox? A “technicians” report (and I use the term technician very…