People Mover in Detroit – riding the rails

The light elevated transit system installed in Detroit is know as the People Mover. It is a system of cars that make a loop around the business district of downtown Detroit.

Here are a couple of links for more information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_People_Mover
http://www.thepeoplemover.com/Station-Guide.id.3.htm

The total time of one loop around (about 2.9 miles) is 12 to 15 minutes. The cost is a 50 cent token that can be purchased at any of the stations. The cars travel in groups of 2 and most of them are painted with advertising.

I took the trip  (3 times around) and of course used my camera to record the event. The elevated view lets you see the buildings and street scenes from a different angle of view.

Here are a few of the shots taken this past week.

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The shots were taken on a dull gray day through dirty glass on the car. Also note some of the photos have reflections.

Enjoy your mini tour of the streets of Detroit from the People Mover.

Signs of the Times

We all remember when times (economic) were much better. Many years ago I lived in east Dearborn, MI. I would go to west Dearborn to shop or dine at a number of stores and restaurants.

A few days ago I took on the project of viewing west Dearborn for about 30 minutes to photograph the ‘Signs of the Times’ with the For Lease signs as my subject. Here is what I found in a 5 or 6 block area of this fine city.

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I am sure some cities will have fewer closed business, but I suspect that many parts of the country will be very similar.

I will try to have a more up beat theme next time.

Corktown Historic District – Detroit, MI

Corktown Historic District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://fadeddetroit.blogspot.com/2008/01/detroits-corktown.html

Use the links above to find out more about Corktown. I have photographed the area before, but not the homes. Here are a few of the homes that caught me attention.

Who has lived here over the years?

This home is similar to the first photo, but no brick.

Were the two on the left built at the same time?

Could you believe it was about 50 degrees in mid February?

Enjoy these shots.

Another COLD day and apples are the theme

The ground hog has been here and I watched Groundhog Day to celebrate. I can’t say that the ground hog myth has much proof, but the movie is a classic play it again and again.

I thought that I would photo some apples that have been in a bowl for about 3 weeks. I did pitch one that was rotten, but the rest of the apples seem to be dehydrating naturally.

Here they are in all their glory.

All photos taken with Canon 40D and Sigma 50-150 2.8 lens. I used two Canon 580 flashes. Post processing done with Adobe Lightroom 2.3.

As soon as the weather breaks, I’m out of here to capture the great outdoors.