Red Bull Air Races
June 2, 2008
Day one of the Air Race brought about a huge disappointment as high winds forced the cancellation of the qualifying round.
Huge crowds along the Detroit…
…And Windsor riverfront were estimated at about 750,000
Despite the cancellation of the racing, the…
Cadillac Street
May 30, 2008
So the East Windsor Co-generation plant, that is being built beside the Albert Kahn designed Ford Power House is progressing. In the meanwhile, they have been buying up the houses along Cadillac Street, and knocking them down.
This multi-colored cinderblock duplex was at…
Tilt Shift
May 28, 2008
There is an interesting technique (at least I think so…) of selective focus, that can be applied to a photo in such a manner that it makes it appear that you are looking at a minature model. Similar to a model train landscape…
It is known as Tilt Shift Miniature Faking.
It works best when applied to an elevated photograph, and after my recent rip to the Medical Arts Building, I had a…
Sprawltastic
May 27, 2008
Last week I took a drive out to the sprawled out mess at Walker and the 401. My reasons were two fold.
1. I was trying to get a few shots to display at the Check Out This Sprawl exhibit, and…
2. I wanted to see what all the crying was about, although I must confess I…
884 Howard - Arsene Dupuis Home
May 26, 2008
Again, another inner-city house falls to make way for a vacant lot, and a little more density is removed from the core areas of the city. This house above at Howard south of Elliott, fell to the wrecking ball last week for no apparent reason. When the demolition request came…
Looking North
May 21, 2008
A different view, looking north up Ouellette Ave.
A few recent post subjects can be seen in this photo. On the right hand side are both the Masonic Temple, and the HMCS Hunter, and on the other side of Ouellette a little further up is Anderson’s Funeral Home.
From this…