Decatur, Macon Co Illinois
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This place is a regular source of beautiful sunsets. I love the bridge as an accent to the sky and reflections in the water.
Next door to the Cruikshank Mansion on W. Williams St. is the Gebhardt House. Harvey Stuart Gebhardt was born in Decatur in 1870, the son of a local merchant. He began his own business in 1907, purchasing the Hinman store in downtown Decatur. William Gushard and H.S. Gebhart operated stores on opposite corners of Water and William St for 25 years. In 1932, the Gebhart store moved in with the Gushard store and it became Gebhart-Gushard. The Gebhart building on the southwest corner of William and Water no longer stands.
Harvey Gebhart married his second wife, Blanche Wright of Champaign, in 1917 and built this house for her in 1922. Harvey passed away in 1933. The Gebhardt House is a contributing property in the Decatur Historic District, a residential historic district in the Millikin Heights neighborhood of the city that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Decatur is the seat of Macon County. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in central Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College.
Decatur's estimated population for 2019 was 70,746, making Decatur the thirteenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's sixth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area.
CN’s R920 job works Keen Transportation on the east side of Decatur, Illinois with a nice looking set of locomotives.
IC 1000 leading CN L564 back to Decatur out of the TZPR East Peoria Yard. These signals are original NYC signals. It’s cool to get the IC SD70 class unit underneath some original NYC signals. I’ll take it!
Image taken before the fair opened for the evening. County Fairs are a big deal in many rural areas.
Millikin Place is a private street on the near west side of Decatur. Of the seven homes on Millikin Place, three are considered Prairie School architectural masterpieces. This view shows the Robert Mueller House and Garage at 1 Millikin Place. Built in 1909-10, the home was that of Robert Mueller, a partner in the Mueller Company who was very active in civic and social affairs.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was given the commission for the Mueller House, but the project was taken on by Marion Mahony, Wright's protege and chief designer who, in 1898, passed a licensing examination to become the first licensed female architect in the United States. For nearly 15 years, off and on, Mahony worked with Wright, designing her own buildings and producing drawings of Wright designs that helped establish his reputation. Hermann von Holst of Wright's design group also is credited for his work on the Mueller House.
It was while working on the Millikin Place Prairie School homes that Mahony met landscaper Walter Griffin. Collaboration led to marriage, where the two went on to win a commission to design the city of Canberra, the capital of Australia.
Decatur is the seat of Macon County. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in central Illinois. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College.
Decatur's estimated population for 2019 was 70,746, making Decatur the thirteenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's sixth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area.
Another A432 shot, this time with two CN GEs. An afternoon departure of the train from Decatur allowed for this shot in full sun, something I had been eyeing up for awhile.
In Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Excellent, made to order grilled cheese sandwiches are served here. That’s actually a sideline business to the award winning cheeses made here from milk sourced locally.
Happy Truck Thursday!
Decatur & Eastern Illinois RR's Charleston-based crew heading down the former NKP to Oakland with one tank car for the fertilizer dealer. The two SDs were to be used for a loaded unit grain train out of Oakland later in the week.
Gymnastically perched with one leg on a birdhouse, a mockingbird gave me the stinkeye.
In the orchard at Legacy Park
City of Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
3 December 2024.
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Plinth'd in red jacket,
The photographer observes
A street of splendid strangers.
Decatur (Decatur Square), Georgia, USA.
6 May 2023.
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As the name implies, this is another sunset from my favorite spot in Decatur. The railroad bridge always provides a nice silhouette.
Postal Pond
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
4 October 2020.
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I was on a Sunday morning walk with the dog when I spotted this fine fellow across the pond. Unfortunately, I didn't have a long lens with me. So, Charlie and I sat for several minutes and watched him fish.
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The ghost of new-drinks-past, Emerson's delicious, refreshing Ginger-Mint Julep, with some future ghosts placed over the older ghost by folks who I suspect didn't appreciate the older ghost hanging out in their territory.
New Orleans, Louisiana
(Hiding around the corner at) 315 Decatur Street
"The night is like a lovely tune
Beware, my foolish heart...
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start."
A fiery sunset, over...
Decatur, Georgia, USA.
6 June 2020. (8:59 pm EDT)
â–¶ A few minutes later, the sky returned to 'normal.'
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Other than straightening the perspective and removing power lines, little retouching was done.
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A painting-like treatment of a night shot of the gazebo behind the old courthouse. Notice the sunset framed in the gazebo, and the night sky.
Marcopolo Paradiso G7 1200 / Volvo
Patente: STU 1471 (Uruguay)
N° de Orden Interno: 42
Lugar de la FotografÃa: Costanera Piriápolis, Maldonado, Uruguay.
Fecha y Hora de la FotografÃa: Miércoles 25 de Febrero del 2015, 11:20 Hrs.
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We were all done with our work for the night, so I decided to go take a picture in the fog. GT #5858 and IC #9612 lead their respective consists in the Grand Avenue yard engine facility in January, 2006.