ForeverGlow

Are there any pics of Dayton in rotation on the home page? I've never seen one. Can we add some. Please!

Poor Dayton... just one?

Okay, so basically that bike was crap. It broke... I got rid of it and bought this one. They're building it now and it should be ready tomorrow. I'm so excited!

Here's what I've got. It's a pretty decent bike considering I didn't want to drop 4 figures for a bike yet.

Ah thank you, it was just one of those great days for photos.

Well, don't let the newby get a big head just yet! Thanks so much though. I'm glad you enjoyed.

Once again, these pics are mostly from last fall. East Walnuts Hills Towers along the river Eden Park I love this park with a passion. Perfect enough to be a scene in a movie. Houses lining Hill St. in Mt. Adams. New condo/retail building, Michigan Terrace, at the corner of Michigan and Erie in Hyde Park And a few skyline shots never hurt anybody...

Okay, the first topic I've started...These shots are mostly from last fall. Let's get started! Chances are this is one of the most perfect streets in the entire Cincinnati area. I love the weathered look of this brick. The most inviting alley this side of the Atlantic. I found this to be quite interesting. This goes under someone's backyard. Anyone know what it is? I love how much is going on in this pic. These infill townhomes have a nice view of the Licking and Ohio Rivers. Greenup Cafe We're back to daytime. And I'll end it on a warmer note.

The Nationwide building always feels so powerful. I'm not in love with the architecture but something about it feels tough.

That royally bugged me for a long time about the crappy google satellite shots of Dayton but Yahoo has a decent one now. Their satellite shots aren't quite as crisp as most of Googles but I'll take that over nothing.

Hey that was me on the cover of that issue of the Downtowner! They spelled my name incorrectly though...

Wow, they're doing basically everything I want to—restoring historical buildings. I bought and have started reading a real estate book, but that's the furthest I've gotten at this point. :oops:

And I'm a rule breaker so here's one more pic. It's my latest view shot. It has a bit more contrast than the last.

This loses a lot of the detail at this size but I made a 6' wide print of this. It's a handful of pix merged together.

"as downtown Dayton's ears ring with recent announcements of departures, including those of MeadWestvaco Corp., The Dayton Daily News and NewPage Corp" I don't know that I'd call those recent... but I guess recalling anything bad that's happened downtown makes for a more dramatic story.

Yeah, I've thought maps would be great for a long time. Are people still interested in this? I'd like to know geographically where the neighborhood lies that I'm looking at (in the photos section). Maybe you could have a map instead of the list of neighborhood names. I already have a Dayton neighborhood map drawn out on my site. I have a Cincy one just like this I'd be more than willing to send along. I have nothing for the other 3 big cities though.

It looks Citywide is going to help out some with the financing of the Merc. Here's a little <a href="http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/01/22/story4.html " target="_blank">snippet from the Business Courier</a>.

Church #2 (St. John's Catholic Parish) looks almost dead-on like the church where Burkhardt hits 5th St. in Dayton.

Are those originally from How to Live Well Without Owning a Car?

A lot of the things they were saying are true and the truth can be painful to hear. But I love a good skyline, always will. Am I the only one that saw a few weird things though?? What's up with people saying Chicago is dangerous because we got Al Capone running the streets? I just thought that was weird. That's like me saying those Nazis in Germany just eat sausage and drink beer all day (which is totally false). I'm sure I'm going to have a few people roughing me up for this comment but take it easy on me.

Unreal...

I live right up around Devou Park. Is that considered Park Hills?

Here's one of my favorite shots. I hope you likey... Anyone thirsty for some Mountain Dew?

Schools solution still on horizon Budget only first step toward funding fix, Strickland says; lawmakers look over plan Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:36 AM By Mark Niquette and Jim Siegel THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ted Strickland, who has staked his success as governor on solving the state's school-funding problem, says changes in his proposed budget are a significant step in that direction. But Strickland made it clear yesterday that he considers the budget only a start -- and that he continues to meet with a variety of groups to develop a funding plan. And although the new governor made school funding a centerpiece of his campaign this past fall, he refused to be pinned down on a timetable for taking action despite GOP jibes. "Our goal is to stay at it in an incremental way until we get to the point where we believe the system has achieved a level of fairness, and equity and state support that would be consistent with what the courts would determine to be a constitutional system." MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/03/21/govplan.ART_ART_03-21-07_B1_U765084.html

Jeffrey, wow...you're my Dayton History Hero. I'm not kidding.