Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Finally, I got it! Thank you, Christine for the trigger... I often photographs street views without people and get criticized for the notion that without people it does not look right. Looking at your pictures I realized that in USA it is not uncommon to have a street with none of very little

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-28 Thread Christine Aguila
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 wrote: > Great stuff! > > The stockyard gate is wonderful. My other fave is the grain elevators. > Reminds me of

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-26 Thread knarf
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 a

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Really enjoyed these. Excellent photo essay. I worked near the stockyards as a teenager -- in Speigel's warehouse -- and I can still recall the smell. The Maxwell and Halsted street corner is a hoot. Last time I was there -- about 40 years ago or so -- it was still all ramshackle booths with huc

RE: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-26 Thread Bob W
used to cross the Fleet River to get to the market. B > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christine Nielsen > Sent: 26 August 2013 21:38 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff > >

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for the tour! Seems you are finding your groove again... Yay! I am just back from Chicago (& other points Midwestern)... We dropped Nick off there on Friday. Maybe you passed him on your Sunday drive...! He did a 13+ mile run from Hyde Park that took him at least that far... When I saw

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I never saw a Stone Cow, I never hope to see one, But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one! fascinating image, Christine! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Here's the PAW for thi

Re: PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Fun stuff Christine. I've never been down to the stockyards, but read about it in Sinclair Lewis's 'The Jungle'. It paints a grim, depressing picture. And wow, Halsted & Maxwell is different. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Here's the P

PAW Stock Yards plus other stuff

2013-08-25 Thread Christine Aguila
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 t