Thanks Bob, Dan, Christine, Bob W., Paul, and Frank! Paul, that's an amazing story about the corner of Halsted and Maxwell.
Cheers, Christine On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:17 PM, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > Great stuff! > > The stockyard gate is wonderful. My other fave is the grain elevators. > Reminds me of my youth. > > Montreal had huge ones down at the harbour. Most are gone now, I think one > bank is left. The concrete was so thick they couldn't dynamite them! > > No longer an anachronistic eyesore, they are beautiful industrial design, > harking back to a time when the North American bread basket fed the world (or > so we were taught, seems that might have been an exaggeration. > > Wonderful pix! > > Cheers, > frank > > Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Here's the PAW for this week >> >> http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP6792_large.html >> >> Darrel & I drove to the site of the old Chicago Stock Yards, which is >> now an industrial park. But the old gate is a National Landmark. >> >> >> Here's a quick 10 shot gallery of the views entering the area. Check >> out the illustration of the famous hog wheel. >> http://www.caguila.com/stockyard/index.html >> >> Also, here are some quick shots made from the car--just street scene >> stuff. Paul & Ann--check out what's on the corner of Halsted and >> Maxwell streets now! >> >> http://www.caguila.com/quickstreet/index.html >> >> Felt good to be out for a morning Sunday drive. We also drove through >> the Pilsen neighborhood and stopped in the Mexican Fine Arts Museum >> which was very nice. I made some quick street shots from the car, but >> we didn't get out and walk. We're planning to go back and walk around >> to get better shots. >> >> Cheers, Christine > > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > 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.
