Hayward

Don't know the status of it, but I saw it from the train the other day Shot from the office. Due to being on the Eastern fringe of the central time zone, the sun sets early here, and I got a pretty good view right down the river. Lunchtime. Friday I'm trying the food court in 401 N. Michigan (the grayish black building) which I heard is supposed to be good

I love Kalamazoo. They really seem to be doing alot and it's definitely a city with a positive reputation. Sometimes we really begin to forget about it over there in the SW corner of the state, but I could definitely picture myself living there. I know there was some debate about whether Kalamazoo has much stronger ties/influenced by Chicago than other cities in the state. Great pictures Zach, glad you got the chance to visit.

Permission granted. The UO/SSP meet. Chicago O9

Well they certainly cleaned house. I mean there's electricity now it appears. Thanks for the photos!

I have fotos from the ssp/urbanohio meet in Chicago, but I need permission to post.

Yeah, I remember the old Compaq from 1995 I was still running in 2000 was doing stuff like that. File dates all changed to 8's too. Though I don't believe in a 2012 doomsday scenario, I can't help but think we have some really difficult and interesting times ahead of us.

From the roofdeck. MTS, there's your store

I was thinking the same thing too ink, lol.

Agreed. I like the fact that it has a good balance of everything. Today's photo is of a recently completed car dealership Grossinger Motors recently completed this renovation of a 1960's factory on Dayton (just off North Ave) in the booming North and Clyborn commercial area. This dealership obtained LEED silver status. It challenges the notion that a dealership has to be spread over numerous surface lots, when instead it can compacted into a multi level structure. Not to mention, customers can browse nearly every brand of vehicle in a comfortable indoor environment during the cold Chicago winters. Additional inventory is placed on an automated racking system. As you can see, the building is double sided having points of entry on each street.

You should have spent all your time at Eaton Centre. . . . .

I don't know how long I could put up with the smell of fruit loops baking, but it gets less noticeable downtown I like Battle Creek. Thanks for showing

Yeah it's a case where the buildings have been exhausted to a point where they lack the capacity or even a THOUGHT to be used again many years down the road. The locals would in fact be better off with new buildings, evens if they were ugly as hell. If I had the ability, I would strip down what I could and rebuild it elsewhere. Level the downtown, and reopening it up to new development that better supports their needs......... for the 30,000 that remain... Sometimes, I do have to let go of the historic preservationist in myself. You can only go so far before you cross a line and realize that trying to save what we have here (their downtown) is beyond ridiculous.

The rust shouldn't be a serious problem. I mean unless it's been on there for many, many years and hiding something deeper. I used to leave my old bike out in the rain and winter snows for days on end and the gears had gotten very rusty, but were later polished up and just fine. I don't think they'll do anything to it unless you are genuinely concerned about its condition and ask them to remove it like I did.

Ohhhhh that's right..... that place over there on the other side of the state......

Enough 80's for me today. Elevator music today was Milli Vanilli and Bobby Brown. What a great blast from the past for 15 seconds

Reading further into the article it looks like they have a much bigger plan for it than I expected. In that case, yes I think they should move it. Though I also wonder if it could be deconstructed and reassembled at the new location with volunteer help. That has been done many times before. Especially with a failing roof and walls that likely fallen out of out of plumb, deconstruction makes even more sense.

Excellent flashback photos too rob!

^ Cool! It's always great during the Holidays Here's a shot from the office again at night

Fall in Chicago

I think I would have liked it when it was brand new, but man did it age poorly.

I'm happy I at least won't have my car this winter to deal with.

I do hope this neighborhood can get itself under control...somehow. These homes are incredible. Seeing the ones boarded up with broken windows is painful, knowing its incredibly expensive to build something like that today and here they are just rotting away.

In Chicago, usually there's one to left also (depending on the street width). It definitely varies though. You'll find your typical mast arm configurations all over the city. In some cases, it may depend on the look they are trying to achieve. Michigan typically used a diagonal configuration where lights were hung from a wire 45 degrees across the intersection. The state of Michigan said they would no longer use this configuration and would place lights directly above each lane perpendicular to the direction of travel. They've been replacing lights at almost every single intersection.

That's pretty much what it comes down to. The UP is sparsely populated and has very little industry. That's what kept so much of that area naturally preserved. I think it's great alot of these towns Zach has posted have a future in vacationers making these areas their summer home. In fact my grandmother's house in Calumet was sold only hours after it was put on the market and for slightly more than the asking price. The same is happening with nearby homes. They are being snatched up. People downstate are discovering just how nice this area is, but what will also be brought along? More strip malls, more development? What about all the existing vacant lakefront? Will that all be bought up?