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^Likewise, I need to see more of Akron and NE Ohio.

Hello again UrbanOhio. If you don't like nighttime skyline/urban photos, hit "back" on the browser. Also, why are you here? Did a little traveling around the state this year, often with our friend ColDayMan. Cincinnati. So good it's worth going into another state to get a view. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cleveland. Can't wait to return to this place. Well, maybe I can wait until spring. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Columbus. The heart of "The Heart Of It All" 21 22 23 24 25 Dayton, the Gem City. I live here. 26 27 28 29 30 31 And I was just in Akron for a little bit, but the time was right... 32 Let's do more of this in 2016. Better get some Toledo, Canton, Youngstown and a few other spots I've had in mind. Happy New Year, UrbanOhio! ©2015/James P. Fremont

I'm thinking Springfield needs a little exposure soon, and I'm thinking that might be where I go when we get our first good snow. Most of this was shot in the summer and I've only gotten around to posting sets. Have not done enough of this lately.

Yessir, the forgotten neighborhood of Twin Towers!

Didn't do as much photography as I'd have liked in 2015, but Ohio is home now and Dayton is where I live. It's been here awhile. I figure it'll be around a little longer. This is some of what I did get this year. Enjoy. lL9nytKWg8U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 <3 ©2015/James P. Fremont

Nerk, Ahia! Licking County Courthouse is a winner! That brutalist City Hall though....

^Some fine examples of quality Indy infill. Lots of it is good. IAGuy - definitely. That midtown area seems like it had been a bit rundown but is transitioning. Go north on Meridian from Broad Ripple and you will get to Meridian Hills, which has a little terrain to break up the otherwise flatness of the area. Feels a lot like over here in Dayton where I am.

ColDayMan and I went to Broad Ripple but it was dark (these short winter days) and I didn't take the camera out over there. It's a priority for my next Indy visit. Would like to explore more outside downtown next run. There, then maybe Irvington and 10th Street area near the Rivoli Theater where it looks like it's making a positive transition. Spring would be a good time to hit up Woodruff Place nearby too. Woodruff Place reminds me some of Boulevard Oaks in Houston. But with roundabouts and fountains, which would be working in spring with the trees turning and so forth. That would make a nice photo tour.

ColDayMan and I rode this Saturday to Indianapolis. Thanks for taking a look. An excellent mix of architecture in this underrated city to our west. TI01oSe6oBE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 IMG_0454 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 IMG_0262 by jfre81, on Flickr -30- ©2015/jfre81

From July 20-29, 2013 I stayed in the Washington, DC area and had a good time roaming the streets of our nation's capital. The Washington Monument was having work done to it since completed; now the scaffolding is over the Capitol dome. 1 IMG_5306 2 IMG_5302 3 IMG_4971 4 IMG_5396 5 IMG_5211 6 IMG_5365 7 IMG_5282 8 IMG_5212 9 IMG_6864 10 IMG_5239 11 IMG_5244 12 IMG_5230 13 IMG_5227 14 IMG_5223 15 IMG_5575 16 IMG_6143 17 IMG_5177 18 IMG_5116 19 IMG_5115 20 IMG_5683 21 IMG_5083 22 IMG_6162 23 IMG_6128 24 IMG_6118 25 IMG_6110 26 IMG_5427 27 IMG_5414 28 IMG_5421 29 IMG_5485 30 IMG_5460 31 IMG_5457 32 IMG_5468 33 IMG_5443 34 IMG_5526 35 IMG_5515 36 IMG_5432 37 IMG_5477 38 IMG_5584 39 IMG_5591 40 IMG_5573 41 IMG_5690 42 IMG_5546 43 IMG_5553 44 IMG_5527 45 IMG_5531 46 IMG_5648 47 IMG_6121 48 IMG_5598 49 IMG_5641 50 IMG_5634 51 IMG_5622 52 IMG_5700 53 IMG_5709 54 IMG_5711 55 IMG_5701 56 IMG_5730 57 IMG_5810 58 IMG_5764 59 IMG_5754 60 IMG_5765 61 IMG_5750 62 IMG_5821 63 IMG_5075 64 IMG_6413 65 IMG_6195 66 IMG_5862 67 IMG_6432 68 IMG_6457 69 IMG_5486 70 IMG_6181 71 IMG_6331 72 IMG_5909 73 IMG_5918 74 IMG_5925 75 IMG_6893 ©2013, 2015/JPF http://www.facebook.com/jfretography

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2014/08/12/mayor-forms-task-force-for-arcade.html It needs a lot of TLC and its owners are behind $200K in property taxes. But it doesn't seem to be in imminent danger of being demo'd. Its future would be helped if downtown was a residential and shopping hub again. Then it's a matter of restoring the complex to be what it was originally designed to be.

Thanks. Since I'm new around here, I'm always interested to know what the buildings are where it's not obvious. I read that the Biltmore building is apartments for senior citizens. Maybe I can move in 25 years from now. Downtown Dayton would get a boost for more/improved everyday amenities for residents. A modern, urban-style Kroger along the lines of the one on High Street in Columbus' Short North would go a long way to fill a need. There are places one could go.

That's the Oregon District. Just southeast of downtown. Part of when ColDayMan showed me around town. I'll probably go back and cover it at length on my next Dayton run. The rest is downtown, then a little quick journey out onto the Stewart Street bridge near UD. The Welcome Stadium parking lot was open and I just put the car there. But didn't wander too far because I wasn't sure if that was actually OK.

Yes, the rink and that entire Five Points park was pretty packed actually. It was yesterday (Saturday), all the offices downtown are closed and it's cold and very windy. I wasn't going out of my way to photograph people on this run in any case. This was my first time actually walking the streets of Dayton and it was as much looking around for my own good as it was to produce these. We'll certainly do it again. I certainly see a lot of potential. Inner Dayton needs some newer housing stock and there are places for it. I'm for preserving what can be, to be sure. Some of it is beyond repair. ColDayMan drove me around some neighborhoods I haven't been around with the camera just yet. It's pretty striking to see a well-kept neighborhood for a few blocks, then turn a corner and "mini-Detroit" appears. I get the feeling this city has seen its worst days and is on the way up, steadily. My dad's family has roots over here. Regardless of whether my longterm future keeps me around, I'll always root for Dayton.

Let's give Dayton a little love here on UrbanOhio, even on a cold, windy day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZtm1qHn4A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 ©2015/JPF

IMG_9895 by jfre81, on Flickr

IMG_4145 by jfre81, on Flickr

That night skyline shot on the river is a winner!

Miamisburg and Centerville both have decent downtown areas, in spite of generally being suburbs that grew up with Dayton rather than true satellite cities near a larger one (like Hamilton, which ColDayMan showed me around at night this weekend and I will cover). They at least have a meaningful downtown/town center, unlike some others like Kettering and Huber Heights. Not pictured in this thread but also in Miamisburg is the largest Adena mound in Ohio. The second-largest is also in the Dayton area, in Enon to the east-northeast about halfway to Springfield. It's located right in the middle of a quiet neighborhood. Not much terribly spectacular to see in Enon itself. It's like a more rural Kettering really. I do kind of like the new library building, for a modern one.

Hello again, UrbanOhio. Founded in 1818, Miamisburg is much older than many American suburbs, especially where I grew up. In fact, Texas was Indian country and a few Spanish missions and pirate outposts in 1818. Like Dayton, it was devastated by a massive flood in 1913 and lost a lot of building stock. Fresh snow. First I thought I'd just go to the park and take a few shots. Then I decided to walk around downtown. Let's do it. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 IMG_9681 by jfre81, on Flickr ©2015/James P. Fremont

The first couple years or so I did this working with nothing but a cheapo Nikon Coolpix point-click, and didn't do any post-processing at all. Thanks everyone.

Don't worry about labels and just be yourself :-) I was myself before it was cool.

He showed me that Cbus has a lot to offer, much of which I hadn't seen. Last time I was in the city, I rode in with a friend I was staying with in Pittsburgh for a few days, who had a business meeting at OSU. So I rode to Cbus, told him to drop me off at the Statehouse and that I'd meet him on campus somewhere. This was July 2013, mid-90s, high humidity. Since I grew up on the Gulf Coast, it felt like any Tuesday in July down there. I'll post that one next. It's a straight walking tour from downtown to OSU, through the Short North. This time, I got to see several parts of the city I didn't get to in ~3 hours of walking, and barely knowing what's what. Thanks to Chris I've seen a lot more. Much of it didn't make the thread here as light was getting short (hooray winter) and being 15 degrees or so didn't help. Good thing now I'm not far away and I'll see it all again. We've also gone into Cincinnati a couple times. When I get walking around with the camera on the streets, I'll have a proper thread. Got some skyline looks so far. That aspect is covered. :)

Hello UrbanOhio! First time posting. I'm here because I moved to Ohio, met up with ColDayMan and invited me to join. A couple weeks ago, he gave me a guided tour of Columbus. I had visited briefly in summer 2013, and I'll post a set from that trip. But for now, we'll walk through the winter wonderland of Ohio's great capital. IK-vpaKnn7w 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ©2015/James P. Fremont

Making post number four so I can post photos, because ColDayMan said come here and post photos. So here I am. Hi UrbanOhio.