I found myself sitting around Newark Liberty International Airport’s terminal again last weekend, so I snapped another two shots of the tallest buildings in Manhattan, this time with much clearer skies.
Category: Afield
Posts from further afield
Return to Holy Corner, Washington, District of Columbia
It’s one of the more unique places in the United States, the corner of 16th Street, Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Columbia Road and Harvard Street Northwest. Three churches, all in their own unique styles, cluster at this boisterous and congested intersection. I remember when I first moved to Washington, DC, this intersection felt like I had…
John R. Kirk House, Kirksville, Missouri
I found some old photos I took back in 1998 of the John R. Kirk House, the home of a former president of Truman State University. I lived across the street from it for two years, and even back then, when I wasn’t actively doing historic photography, I still saw the value in capturing it….
Post-Modernist Explosion, Kirksville
Wow, they didn’t build them like this back when I was at Truman.
Old Kirksville High School, Rotting
Update: The high school was finally demolished in the summer of 2019. One of my favorite memories of senior year of college in the spring of 2000 was when a large group of art students gained permission to stage a giant art show within the abandoned walls of the old Kirksville High School. There was…
Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University, Kirksville
I was always impressed how the 1993 major expansion of Pickler Library embraced the older structure, leaving it largely intact and viewable along its front from the long bridge spanned atrium of the addition. The sign saying Pickler Memorial Library was removed when the new bridge cut across and into the original structure. I also…
Abandoned Farmhouse, Route J, Adair County
I couldn’t believe it; I came over the hill, almost to Route A, and there I saw it, sitting in splendid isolation. Still standing, period. Abandoned for decades, and last seen by me in the spring of 2000, I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to discover that the house has weathered the elements for the…
Out in the Country in Adair County, Northeast of Kirksville
Driving the backroads of Adair County, one encounters signs of habitation in small clusters. More often, one is met with desolation. Abandoned barns, signs of the former agricultural legacy of the area, sit in weed-choked fields. Farming continues out here, along with ranching, but due to the greater efficiency of modern agriculture, less people are…