Props man you’ve done an amazing job of literally and figuratively capturing the vibe of the experience perhaps the two of the dreariest months in Detroit history. I mean this as an absolute compliment each photo has tremendous mood and character. Visually my favorite is the bright brilliant sun trying to cast its warmth on a frozen downtown yet failing to reach.
Overall my favorite which is hard is Fort Wayne with the socked in sky looking at that great angle of downtown with the Ambassador stretched out in front. I like the metaphors I find in it Fort Wayne is a gem that while preserved is used little but has potential as a historic landmark especially now with the bridge being built next to it. Downtown & Michigan Central look cleaner when compared to the messy construction site with the odd boat mixed in. Cool moment in time with untapped potential while downtown & the Gordie How reach to a genuine slice of old Detroit oil power plant & all.
We’ve finally found the perfect summery of global warmings effect on Michigan amplified by El Niño. Two months of barely dropping if at all below freezing at night stuck in the 40s during the day. Mixed in with occasional high temperature swings down to freezing or up in the 50s.
Then a mad crash into the deep freeze with 3-6 inches of thunder snow here and 65mph winds with 32ft waves on Lake Huron. In the aftermath of the polar vortex break down and spilled into North America, but oh the sun. I forgot how the sun reflecting off the snow it makes the cold tolerable. These stuck patterns that have produced the western drought can certainly hit the “climate change resistant” Great Lakes Region in their own unique way. The state is 50% covered in forest and has 10,000 lakes drought and accompanied fires or floods can certainly cause chaos here as we’ve recently got a small taste of.
We’ve had traffic snarled with a replacement of the Rouge River corridor getting major sewer replacements and upgrades including the elimination of a main dual use line going down to the waterworks at Zug Isle. It’s great to see regional cooperation with Farmington, Farmington Hills & Southfield paying to upgrade infrastructure in Detroit for access to the wastewater treatment plant that has extra capacity with Detroits smaller population. The old dual use lines have been overwhelmed in recent record rain events nearly leading to a mass exodus of businesses on Warren Ave in Warrendale before the rebuilding of the past two years.
Though the obvious downside as a commuter in a metro without comprehensive mass transportation when 696, the Lodge at the mixing bowl & Telegraph under reconstruction all at once was a nightmare this year. Can only hope that we have similar voter turnout to 2018 & 2020 as opportunities for the beginnings of real commuter rail are on the table.
Not the photo I was meaning to post but it disappeared oh well here a Woodward shot until I can get a photo of the Hudsons from the night the Lions won. I like the look of the Huntington Tower and it’s sign from this angle with Fox and its signage superimposed.
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