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The old Michigan train depot is a canvas for graffiti artists. The Michigan Central Depot was opened in 1913. The building was designed in the Beaux Art neoclassical style by architects Warren and Wetmore, and engineers Reed and Stern. The last train departed January 5, 1988 and the building was permanently closed. The decay began and the building has since been stripped to the bone by vandals. It is now a shell of its former self.
To see more photos and 360 panaramas go to http://freep.com/article/20090426/MULTI/90424089 and http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=C4&Dato=20090425&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=904250807&Ref=PH |
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The Michigan Central Depot was opened in 1913. The building was designed in the Beaux Art neoclassical style by architects Warren and Wetmore, and engineers Reed and Stern. The last train departed January 5, 1988 and the building was permanently closed. The decay began and the building has since been stripped to the bone by vandals. It is now a shell of its former self.
To see more photos and 360 panaramas go to http://freep.com/article/20090426/MULTI/90424089 and http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=C4&Dato=20090425&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=904250807&Ref=PH |
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Coca Cola no doubt intended for this park to be used by business types, or perhaps for the students of the local university, Georgia Tech. Alas, Atlanta does not take good care of its citizens and the park is used as a place to sleep for the many homeless. And Georgia Tech students are kept from the park by a fence, or perhaps the residents of the park are kept from Georgia Tech. |
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The Stillwater depot holds a collection of photos and artifacts connected with the area around Stillwater and the St. Croix River. Photographs depicting the early years of settlement and logging operations are blown up poster size and mounted, with a full explanation of the events pictured. Cases hold railroad tools and daily use items, and full size dummies are costumed in antique clothing. The museum is small, but there is a lot to see. The building itself is a museum piece. There is a gift shop, containing all manner of railroad-themed items, among other things. The Depot is only open when the Minnesota Zephyr is running, which varies seasonally. |
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The traffic never stops:
"The utter failure to create any meaningful pedestrian environment defines the heart of Atlanta today. Every bad idea in the service of contemporary urban design came together here with a public attitude that can be summed up as 'the outside doesn't matter.'" - James Howard Kunstler |
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I think there are at least seven parking lots in this one image not counting the street parking. This isn't anything amazing anymore, this is Atlanta.
I was trying to take fotos of the Dalai Lama giving a talk in the park, but - true to fashion - me and my camera gear were taken to be terrorists attempting to assassinate the Tibetan spiritual leader in exile. I cannot count the times I have been taken to be a terrorist in the US with only camera equipment. Thanks for the gigapan robot, maybe Atlanta isnt ready for it though. |
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I love the sterile glow and the friendly welcome from the drones within. "Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise."
--Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1923 |
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Goleta Depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. in 1901, at the time of the completion of SP's Coast Line connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles. |
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This train station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS) was built in 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, and Amtrak cessed service here on January 6, 1988. It has since been subject to urban decay.
Shot April 13, 2009 with a Canon 350D and a 135mm lens at F8. |