Monday, August 4, 2008

Ohio Building, Downtown











Ohio Bank Building, Downtown










Gardner Building, Downtown


FYI

I'm in the final stages of moving. After tomorrow, I may be offline for a few days until the computer's up and running. Then we should be able to kick things into high gear.

Public Safety Building, Downtown






Main Library, Downtown


Nasby Building, Downtown

What a mess.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

"Another Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio"

John Denver probably didn't envision watching the grass grow in the streets.
Yes, that car's moved fairly often, by the way.

Summit Street




Downtown


Monday, July 21, 2008

Public Safety Building, Downtown



Rushed

I'm posing a few pictures, rescued on a floppy disk. Long story. I'll explain tomorrow.

Eagles of Toledo


Home Bank Building ( Sky Bank ), 516 Madison.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Toledo Harbor Lighthouse

A couple items from Wikimedia Commons, to tide you over until my computer problems are resolved.

Willys-Overland, c1915


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Patience

I'm having computer problems. Not sure when they'll be resolved.
In the meantime, I'm taking plenty of good pictures. I just can't post them yet.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Immaculate Conception, Old South End

From Golden Rule Park

Different Worlds


First English Lutheran Church, Old South End

That window's perfect. I just hope the current tenants appreciate it. Not sure, though, since there's a for sale sign in front of it.
Thanks to Shari for the scanned pictures.

On Broadway




FYI

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The Corbutt Island Vultures

Uncooperative buggers. They were turning cartwheels at 100 ft over the back yard. By the time I got the camera they were heading home.

Saturday, June 21, 2008


Rosary Cathedral


Old South End Houses


Leave the Rocks Alone

THIS has been getting a lot of coverage, lately. A local "historian", in Portsmouth, took it upon himself to remove a large rock, formerly used as a navigation marker, from the Ohio River. He didn't bother noticing the fact that it was listed on state register of antiquities in Kentucky. Consequently, he's facing an indictment on a felony charge.
Now, there are a lot of issues involved in the case, but as far as I'm concerned, they're peripheral. I frankly don't care about the boundary dispute, or the authenticity of the carvings, or even about what happens to the blasted thing.
To me, the whole case boils down to one point. The man stole something that was registered as an antiquity. He's a looter and a nice long prison sentence would accomplish something we've needed for years. It would send a message all the two-bit amateur historians, armchair archaeologists, and Saturday afternoon metal detector enthusiasts that our antiquities preservation laws will be enforced.
Then, perhaps, the next step could be to expand those laws to something approaching the sort everyone else in the civilized world has.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Broadway and Eastern




Nicholas Building


Madison

Four of Toledo's greatest buildings.

FYI

I haven't given up, I've just felt like crap, and not up to much blogging.

Late Breaking News

According to The Express, the HMS Ontario, which sank during the Revolution, has been found on the floor of Lake Ontario.

UPDATE: The TELEGRAPH even has a decent picture.