Sugarpenny Loc: Mid Michigan

We were out for a Sunday drive in old town Saginaw. There sure is alot of beautiful archetecture in that sad old town. Too bad people can't afford to keep up the beauty.

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

wonder full arcetecture shots. I know I messed up the spelling but that word is a handefull. All you need to know why towns like saginaw and flint are the way they are is look at all the nissans toyotas hondas all non american owned american made cars on the road especialy in of all states Michigan who lives and dies by the american automobile industry. And then the public wonders where are the jobs? By the way I used to be a cop in your neck of the woods. Shepherd, a little village just south of Mt Pleasant. :thumbup:

Terry

Thanks for the great pictures Penny being I!m originally from Saginaw I can really enjoy them.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Gosh, do they still have pitcher pumps on every other corner. The public water system was full of phenols and undrinkable, only the hand pumped deep wells on the corner were drinkable. Surly not now, but that was Saginaw when I was a kid visiting my aunt in the 40's and early 50's. I recall a large piano factory that was shut down, a spooky thing to a 8 y/o. Great photos, SugarPenny, full of memories.

Polo Loc: S. E. Florida

Hi SugarPenny...I like your three image posts. From 'younger days' I know Saginaw. I wasn't looking at architecture in those days...so thanks for capturing some of the better. At first, I didn't like image #1 with the tree in front of those neat arches. However, upon some 'meditation' I think the tree adds some mystery and dimension. As for image #3, I adjusted for keystone distortion...what do you think? More photos! Thanks for sharing!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

So very difficult to take building photos now because of power lines, flag poles etc. In above photo the flag pole could disappear easily as could the bright area on the left roof. Use layers to add clouds. Even so, thank you for sharing.

One of my personal regrets and need-2-break habits, is not taking multi photos of the same building from different angles with different exposure settings. Digital film is no cost, I lived too many film years I guess.

If sharing a shot with such as flag poles, bright spots, then just say, a quick uncorrected photo from Saginaw. By saying this then any reason for criticism should be gone.

Again, thank you for sharing building from a by-gone era. Too many modern building are utilitarian boxes without character.

Sugarpenny Loc: Mid Michigan

First off Sinatraman...I'd like to thank you for being a cop and protecting our people...and I DO agree with you whole heartedly on the imports. It's so sad. Hopefully, someone will come along and turn this place around...and thank you for your comments on the photos. And I also know what you mean on the word "archetectural" or however it is spelled.

Sugarpenny Loc: Mid Michigan

Polo...I have to admit...I was so taken by the beautiful arches of the building that I never even saw the tree in the picture! I can't believe I missed it! It is so very hard to get a good ol' shot of a building with all the poles and trash and such in the area. I will have to look at my other photos of that building and see if the tree is as obstructive. Thanks for your comments.

sepia arches...tree not so noticable

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I like the arches. I think the tree randomness contrasts geometrically with the discipline of the structure.

If you like sepia, give a try to Topazlabs new B-W plugin. (much more than B/w lots of old type of effects) I am thinking about it, til the 18th sep 11 it is only 29$ with the code from their 30 minute webinar about the program. Please let me know what you think about it. I have not done much in B/W so certainly value your Michigan Opinion. I have a Canon G-2 I converted to IR and will use the plugin to convert the red IR to some mono or duo tome print.

By the way, years ago there was a book "The Failure of Success" about the early failure of GM to recognize that people actually do buy quality little cars. They liked the success of BOC, no not Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, rather as we called them, Big Ol' Cars. GM executives liked BOC's they were successful and why change for a little gnat buzzing around and so management failed to change their thinking. Another failure example is the Buick Diesel. Rather than go down the street to a sister company Detroit Diesel, they converted old's 350. oops, by the time it was perfected five years later it was too late - reputation was set. I had an 85 and loved it.

I grew up in Grand Blanc (graduated 54), population then 900, now few farms, and Flint is a ghost town. Plan a trip there to see sisters this fall. Regards d/p

verbbaitum Loc: Sidney, NE (for now)

Saginaw is a good place to be from!

PitchurMan Loc: Michigan

I graduated from Saginaw High in 1963 and spent many hours in that grand old library.