Robert Pence

I've been at my present job (retirement) for seven years, come the end of the month. Prior to that, I worked for Lincoln Financial for eight years and then got outsourced to IBM and hung on for another two years of abuse and degradation. Under the outsourcing contract, I was able to combine my Lincoln Financial and IBM service to count toward retirement. My longest tenure was at General Electric, 21 years.

Quite imposing! I don't recall that I've ever been in downtown Springfield. It looks orderly and well-kept, with a fair number of impressive buildings.

Nice-looking little town. I don't know if I could stand the excitement of living there, though! :wink:

I like the idea of separating cycle tracks from traffic by creating a parking lane away from the curb. Some of the cities I've visited, like South Bend, Indiana, have major thoroughfares that are disconcertingly wide and make the downtown feel barren and pedestrian-unfriendly; that would be a creative solution that would make the area more attractive and more functional for a wider variety of transport modes.

Nice!

Dazzling!

Summer fun, indeed! Looks like a great day. The dark-sky photos are pretty striking.

A lot of intelligent, tasteful folks make this neighborhood home. Most of them tolerate me surprisingly well. :-) The 2007 Home & Garden Tour info is here.

Excellent pics, looks like a fun day! The Towpath Trail has to be one of the great success stories in trail building, thanks largely to synergy with Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway, the historic sites associated with the canal, Hale Farm ... The summer weekend crowds in and around Peninsula have to be experienced to be believed.

The moves were joint efforts by West Central Neighborhood Association, local preservation group ARCH (Architecture and Community Heritage) and in some cases, corporate sponsors. After the houses were moved and set on new foundations and basements with essential utility connections, they were put up for sale to private owners, who completed the restorations. The two that were moved the greatest distance are both large brick structures, quite an accomplishment. There's a West Central Historic Home and Garden Tour in September that includes an arts fest at some backyard garden location, with local artists and musicians. Last year for the first time I was invited to take part, and did well selling photos. I plan to do it again this year.

Beautiful photos! I traveled that road in autumn in the seventies with my parents and my brother and loved the scenery. I remember a glimpse of grand historic homes as we drove through Paris, too. I love the bright yellow sunflowers against the blue sky. I'm not sure, but your June Bug looks like it may be a Japanese Beetle.

Nice job! It's always interesting to see someone else's view of familiar places. This house is another one that was moved from the other side of downtown to save it from demolition. If I remember correctly, there are four houses in the neighborhood that were relocated -- two from the East Central/downtown area, and two within the neighborhood. All were placed on lots that previously had been cleared for parking.

Sweet-looking town!

Props to Chris on that nomination. PNC tower has a real classic design, and I've always liked the massive, strong-looking masonry at the base, too:

Beautiful photos. That's in pretty good condition for having been a ruin for so long; in the North, freeze-thaw cycles probably would have taken down most of it by now.

Beautiful! It looks full of history, charm and life.

Beautiful!

Terminal Tower: 1979 1985 2003 2005 LeVeque, 2006: To see all my Cleveland photos, click here. To see photos from the 2006 Columbus meet, click here. Edited 06-12-2009 by Robert Pence to fix broken links

Lots of historic character there, and some of Coshocton's buildings are pretty impressive. Scenes like these make me crave a revival of small-city downtowns.

If you mean top Louis, I think just about anybody could. :laugh: Sorry. I just couldn't let that one pass. :wink:

Wonderful shots, hydrobond!

He's 23 !? He carries on like a 15-year-old sissy-boy. It's a good thing he kept his hands mostly still; I can just see those wrists flying when he gets excited.

Oh, girlfriend, Butch It Up! :roll: He could start being true to himself by admitting that what he really needs is a boyfriend, not a girlfriend. It'd take a pretty patient guy, though, to train him.

Gorgeous! These make me homesick for Cleveland, and I haven't even lived there! :-)