Hayward

I'll see if I can swipe a raster --> vector program at work. I "vectorized" a few images with it and it worked well.

McAfee remains silent.

Looking at the type of building stock, you can almost imagine how busy this place once was, especially with a lot more structures in between. I think the worst thing is not the abandonment, but just how dead and quiet it is.

Uhm, where is this nice restroom you speak of. I don't think I've even found a close to decent restroom in the grad, unless maybe it's on the ground floor.

I hate those shingled overhangs, but the buildings behind them are beautiful.

I have Illustrator open

I had Adobe illustrator open, but then I fell asleep and now I'm on the internet....as you can see.

I like this: "Because cities have the potential to make us more complex human beings. A city is a place where people can learn to live with strangers, to enter into the experiences and interests of unfamiliar lives." Great find David.

Here's a few rental companies to check out: WilsonWhite - Rated best rental company in Ann Arbor http://www.wilsonwhitemanagement.rentlinx.com/Listings.aspx Oppenheimer Properties http://www.oppenheimerproperties.com/ Michigan Commercial Realty (they do residential..actually large subdivided houses near campus) http://www.michcomrealty.com/ Campus Realty. Some of the units may be out of range. They feature their higher end properties. http://www.campusrealty.com/

I lived in an -okay- house near campus (in the Kerrytown area) last year. There was 5 of us and we had to pay off the landlord total $42,000 by the end of our lease term, so whatever that is divided by 5, divided by 12. Currently my rent (for 1 BR) in the Old 4th Ward/Kerrytown area is $760/month --- extremely low end to comparable units I saw in slightly better condition for $1100/month, no parking. Otherwise, living South of campus in a house with other people will probably cost you $450-550. I guess it all depends on where you are working in AA. It's definitely a party atmosphere down there.....and they also have a bit of a crime issue. I read articles every week of people having there doors busted down while they are watching TV and robbed of all their valuables. The sad thing is I can't argue with Coldayman about the hospital skyline, when I look out my window and all I see is in fact - medical buildings.

Hey, I have a friend in Richmond Hts! i'm telling on you!

It's a bit long (70 photos) so I did my best to optimize. Saginaw, the town where I grew up, is located 100 miles north of Detroit. Originally a booming industrial town, the population has since dwindled below 60,000 residents. With the city in debt, change has been difficult, as well as shaking off the label has the 14th most dangerous metro in the U.S. Its history is similar to Detroit's with the rise and fall of the American auto industry, struggling race relations, rampant crime and gang activity, suburban sprawl, and of course the slow renaissance of downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. While improvements are happening, there are still many strong neighborhoods. The city is so polarized, that many visitors re-tell entirely different experiences of their visit. I will illustrate these differences. These photos are from recent return trips back home over the past year. "SAGNASTIAN" FOREVER! 1 I-675 Interchange into the city. I-75 is closed indefinitely due to a construction accident on the Zilwaukee bridge last year. 2 Zone 1 3 More Zone 1. Yeah, terrible name for a neighborhood 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 General Motors' Malleable Iron Plant 23 General Motors' Malleable Iron Plant 24 25 26 27 28 29 Fresh Ta Death! 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Historical Museum 40 Downtown Library 41 Waterworks 42 43 Zoo 44 Saginaw Valley State University Student Housing 45 46 47 48 49 Neighborhood Revival 50 Neighborhood Revival 51 52 53 54 55 My old street :D 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 I-75/Zilwaukee Bridge [closed] 70 END

oh my, i see the water arch going lol. I'll do my best rob lol. Actually, in reality I got yelled at once coming back from a bar when a few friends and I brought pizza into a red line station. My friends and I were sloppy eaters dripping sauce everywhere on the platform, they weren't too happy about that and asked that we finish it quickly.

If UO made a tshirt along the lines of what okayplayer.com does, you would sell more sh!t -- other drunk hayward comments edited out ---

This place sounds like DetroitYES.com

Excellent tour. My bad, I usually walk around downtown with a bag of drumsticks, I must have forgotten a few during my phone call.

The excitement of Mich Av can wear off, but once people discover there is way more shopping, restaurants, and bars in the northside neighborhoods it can change perspectives. I still love the loop and north river, but if these are the ONLY areas people are visiting everytime they come to Chicago, I feel very sorry for them, as this is but a small part of a truly good Chicago experience.

I'll be visiting Cleveland for a couple of days this week while my mother has surgery. Since there will obviously be a lot of downtime, what are some residential neighborhoods I should check out/photograph. I've already been downtown and photographed thorougly. Also bringing my bike.

Well, from what I can see, it does meet code, although poorly thought out. They should have added a small step for that door near the loading entrance for extra safety. Although the vehicle accessibility to that garage is another story.

In architecture school I would do at the very worst 3 day straight of zero sleep. I've done more than that unnaturally, but I'm not going to talk about that here Typically I'm fine on 6 hour/night all week when I'm working an 8-5 job, but I crash on the weekends and sleep until 2:00 pm on Saturdays Even at 24, I've noticed my capacity to stay up like I used to is diminishing. 3 years of reckless sleep habits has in fact taken its toll.

I think more today, people are studying to judge by your purchased music. Especially on large networks where people can actually see what you listen to. or "what would someone think of my music if my ipod was stolen?"

If you are taking pictures of City Hall in NY, you aren't permitted to stick your camera through the fence, although you may photograph it behind the fence. The photographers right is good document, but it is pretty general. There's actually a book out that tells EXACTLY what you may and may not photograph. For example, photographing the homeless in a particular way and then posting it on the internet could get you into legal troubles, not that the person would ever actually find where you posted it, let alone access the internet. People shouldn't be offended when people ask what you are doing, that includes security guards. As you have the right to photograph almost whatever you want on public ground, people have the right to question it. In downtowns, most of your queries will be from security personnel. It's rare they will ask you to delete the photo, but more likely they will want to know what's it's for. Tell them you are into architecture. Sometimes informing them can lead to better things. I once got a full tour including roof access of a downtown Detroit building, just because I was polite to a security guard when he asked "What's that for?" In good neighborhoods, people will rarely ask. Suburbs and city. Typically the best areas have well maintained lawns and larger houses. If you are walking about, people will expect your reasons for photography are because you find their property attractive. Moving 15 mph in a car and shooting out the window may raise some fear. It may appear as though you are planning a future break in. Let me make this clear. YOU SHOULD NEVER PHOTOGRAPH EXCLUSIVELY FROM A CAR. If you feel unsafe photographing a neighborhood and want to drive around doing this, then don't even bother to photograph the neighborhood. In bad neighborhoods, it is highly like you will get asked. Part of it depends on how you carry yourself I suppose. Some people will never be asked, some will. I don't usually get asked because my photography in bad neighborhoods is typically limited to vacant housing or larger apartment buildings. I rarely photograph single family homes, which is where you are likely to get the most questions. Why do they ask? It's rare they see photography in their neighborhood. If they do and you appear to be and outsider, they may think something is about to change, that could affect them. Any planners here may have experience photographing vacant property in neighborhoods for redevelopment projects. These people want to know. Never ignore anyone if they ask. I once heard someone say that if you are spoken to in a bad neighborhood don't respond. Let me say that is horrible advice. This is THEIR neighborhood. Yes, in a sense they have quasi-ownership of everything, and YOU are the visitor. What may appear to be a threat to you, you are actually a threat to them. Tell them what you are doing, and they will likely continue on, or be pleasantly surprised. I think everyone here on UO knows what to do, but I've seen the asshole photographer mentality on other forums. You have your right, but be polite when people ask you. I rarely ever think about what it's like on the other side of the lens, but recently I stepped out of my building late one night and found someone randomly shooting a long exposure of the front door of my apartment building. I was completely caught off guard, and actually weirded out by it. But then I thought about how much I photograph, and the odd times and that person could have easily been myself.

Nope. Never even had bad words or an ugly frown. People typically act like I'm not even taking a photo (which is great because the subjects appear natural). Otherwise feedback has always been positive, or they wanted their picture taken and emailed to them. This is all environments, even the worst ones.

I agree.

Isn't acryllic really awful to clean though?