Sad and the sense of silence is deafening. Beautifully exposed, Doug. What town?
Jack --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Doug Brewer <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Doug Brewer <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO - what we have left > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 8:39 AM > The community leaders in my town, > like too many others, will not rest until it reaches the > state of anonymity that visitors can't tell it from any > other place, so development of a new shopping mall "out by > the Interstate" is on-going, complete with generic > restaurant chains and national/regional department stores, > now two steps removed from the old, historic downtown area, > which is in serious decline. > > In between the two is the old mall, once thriving and full > of local shops to go along with the chains. It is now a > ghost town, as most of the big stores have abandoned it, > taking their traffic with them and killing the local > businesses. > > It's been an interest to me for a while, wondering what > will happen to the space, so yesterday afternoon I drove > over there, armed with my K-7 and FA35/2, to see how it's > doing. As part of a new project, called, "What We Have > Left," I want to document effects of this movement. > > Not a terribly original idea, I know, but it may be of > local interest at some point, and it's certainly in > interesting photographic possibility. > > so, http://www.alphoto.com/images/whatwehaveleft/ > > These are the first of what I hope to be many images on the > subject. > > enjoy. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
