2009 ColDay Series:

 

Part 1: East Coast + Detroit

Part 2: Cincinnati

Part 3: Toronto

Part 4: Cincinnati & Washington DC

Part 5: Louisville

Part 6: Grand Rapids & Lansing

Part 7: Lima & Windsor

Part 8: Dayton & Cincinnati

Part 9: Baltidelphia

Part 10: Chicago

Part 11: Pittsburgh

Part 12: 2ronto

Part 13: The Chicago Bengals

Part 14: Dallas & Austin

Part 15: Atlanta

 

 

Lima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windsor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye, from Detroit...

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye, Tiger Stadium...

 

 

 

And Good Morning, from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

 

 

 

i really liked the first cityscape shot of lima, but all of'm are good.

 

windsor is windsor.

 

but my god  :-o  at half of a tiger stadium -- that's heartbreaking!  :whip:

 

and bed stuy? do or die, so i guess you had to - heh.

 

Good stuff. Windsor is a bit different than I expected.

Lima...where all my relatives from NW Ohio go for their "fine" shopping.

Excellent!

 

I remember Lima from the late sixties / early seventies, and downtown is looking a lot better! It's still a hard-times town, though. I hope they can keep the momentum, and keep improving.

I've gotten to know Windsor a bit more during the day.  It used to be typical of us college kids to head over there as freshman to drink.  I think it's interesting you got a pic of the Tim Horton's cup.  When I was down on the Windsor riverfront last there were a bunch of them scattered about along the railing. 

 

BTW, please tell me you didn't support the troll.  Then again, I take it you skipped the bridge to avoid having blind and drunk people ram the back of your car in the customs line.  The latest flack against Matty is that they are deliberately diverting confused drivers who make a wrong turn to Canada.  Most people in the Detroit area know it's an easy mistake to accidentally drive into a different country. 

 

And Tiger stadium...sad......I think they are tipping over the very last of it this week, which is an elevator tower.

I visited Lima recently, I liked it though it was kinda sad.  Still NEVER been to Windsor.  But it doesn't look like I am missing much.

I visited Lima recently, I liked it though it was kinda sad. Still NEVER been to Windsor. But it doesn't look like I am missing much.

 

Yeah, like an actual living city, with occupied commercial districts and neighborhoods that actually have houses, and a natural mix of cultures.  Not to say Detroit couldn't aspire to be that.

 

 

Lima reminds me so much of Jackson, MI.  The only bad thing I have against that place is my truck broke down there after midnight.  Fortunately my car "fixed itself" and I was able to make it back to Ann Arbor

Nice to see a few bright spots in Lima and your Windsor shots (especially the one of the same strip of buildings on University Ave) reminded me that I took some pics somewhat recently, but it was a cloudy day. Great stuff as always.

No pictures of the new Tigers stadium, but I think it's pretty goofy looking.  Tiger heads and tiger statues all over the place!

Is that Ms. Benita Butrell and Ms. Jenkins in the last picture?

No pictures of the new Tigers stadium, but I think it's pretty goofy looking. Tiger heads and tiger statues all over the place!

 

Plastic baseball lights, ferris wheel, and the Big Cat Court, it's felt more like a circus adaption than an American Ballpark to me.