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Part of this end of today's Riverside Park was cultivated by residents of the Home for Civil War Veterans, opened in 1886, about 20 years after the US Civil War ended in 1865. it was mostly a self-sustaining enterprise: veterans who were able-bodied but unable to live on their own due to (mental or physical) health troubles, or who simply were impoverished, could grow crops, fruits and vegetables, and raise animals to butcher on the premises located to the right of this photo. Now those first residents mostly lie in the adjacent cemetery, along with many subsequent generations of military veterans since that time.
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According to the slideset presented by the city of Grand Rapids and the architects, the slope from the playground trees down to the playing fields will remain in place to separate the new parking design and traffic flow (where the old building currently is) from the new classrooms that will occupy most of the right (east) half of the playing fields.
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Rising above the treetops the highest buildings stand out from the rest of the built landscape in this photo.
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In 1925 there were a minority of households with a personal, gas-powered vehicle and the training to operate and maintain their four-wheeled contraption. Since volumes of traffic were seldom heavy, the science of signage, traffic signals, and design specifications for speed limits and curve radius were not entirely fixed firmly. But by the time of this intersection of the Interstate I-96 was built post-WWII with President Eisenhower's blessing, the number of cars and trucks had increased and standards for road design and traffic control had advanced a long way. Taking a cue from Hitler's Autobahn network (1 km per 5 km should be straight and level so that aircraft in an emergency could land), the current highway size and performance characteristics are intended for sustained speeds of 80 mph.
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The summer day is already uncomfortably hot, but the scores of shoppers parked here gladly go shopping where the interior is cool, the lights are bright and the prices are familiar - oftentimes reasonable, too. The light-colored roof membrane reflected much of the solar heat, thus making air-conditioners do less work to cool the indoors.
Seeing the parked cars all in a single view, some of the color patterns are visible. A sizeable proportion are white and another portion - though less than the white ones - seem to be black. Of the remaining colors, some are 'sangria' (red wine) and some are silver. Only a very few are some other color - probably blue. Seldom will there be yellow, orange, green, or brown, for example.
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Only a bit of a treetop at the bottom right of the photo belongs to the park, the land at the far side is part of the interstate right-of-way in this view to the north and northwest.
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Capturing the distant display on video and then extracting a frame or two makes it easier to choose a peak moment than trying to guess when to press the button for still photos. One difference, though, is that the video dimensions are 16:9 (aspect radio) and photo dimensions are 4:3 to use the entire sensor (also 4:3). So the JPG has more pixels than the freeze frame does (4000x3000 pixels =12 mpx versus the freeze frame edited and cropped as 2447x1376 pixels).
Since this camera and aerial drone are meant for hobbyists, not working professionals, the range in light values (sensitivity to extreme bright and dark areas in the same frame) shown here is very limited: either blindingly bright, or deepest dark. Probably launching this drone just behind the assembled crowds at the firework location would give much better lighting and picture results.
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In the early light of Sunday morning the spring colors of trees now in blossom or else proceeding with new leaves gives patches of green to the expanse of trees extending into the distance.
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Now that the sun is above the horizon and long shadows can be seen on the expanse of cattails, it is only the farthest edge that directly receives the beams of sunlight, making them golden.
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The land surface in this valley where the Grand River flows slopes down in this photo to the river, just to right of this photo, before rising again on the opposite side of the river, some miles away.
The row of big buildings at the top of the photo are a section of the "Medical Mile" where private medical services and public institutions all concentrate to serve those in need.
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Traffic flow varies widely: from peak use at holiday time and during commuter hours to sparsely traveled roads in the dead of night or early on holiday mornings.
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Small businesses are challenging to organize, open, and sustain for long years. Many do not get through the ups and downs of cash flow in the first 12 months. So the commercial real estate at the center of the village probably have changed hands, from one owner to the next, many times in the decades before this. Viewed from the drone camera to show the scene below in a wide-angle picture invites daydreams, and hindsight that floats freely across the decades.
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A timelapse of the entire building project is not very practical, but a series of process photos might be a good way to appreciate all the steps: prepare the site, lay foundations, erect the skeleton (frame) and prepare for plumbing and wiring that ties into the fittings placed into the foundation, roofing and enclose the space before doing interior walls and finishing work. Demolish the old building and salvage what is valuable (wooden flooring, decorative features, mementoes) before creating the traffic patterns and parking areas.
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Around the time of sunset the warm color of the fading light shows the beach is two or three times as wide as 2024. Prolonged periods of low rain and snow seem to be part of the changing patterns of the climate filled with carbon in the air and sea. Burning millennia of petroleum and coal deposits all at once during a few generations releases all that once lay quiet underground.
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Some birds fly mostly between ground and tree-top altitude, but others have a wider view and longer range to cover. So this drone perspective represents those higher flyers not far from the city zoo in the southwest corner of Grand Rapids.
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New structures, landscaping, lighting and seating give this spot next to the Grand River an inviting and fresh look. Since it is next to the convention hall, probably there will be many visitors from out of town, and they will particularly be glad for the chance to enjoy the view while taking a break from their meetings.
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This view above the treetops along Lower Herring Lake includes part of Lake Michigan and the sunset horizon to the west. The scale of the two lakes is altogether different, and yet there is much they share: salmon and other fish from the big lake seek the quieter water inland for their eggs to hatch and grow. And the outlet that sometimes opens or closes also means water can flow back and forth, too.
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As a moment frozen in time the picture shows the earliest signs of the fall color season beginning. But over the longer span of lifetimes, the low wetland has attracted runoff from surrounding terrain for many centuries and the natural succession cycle from open water to spongy ground to encroaching types of trees that survive "wet feet" to more and more tree cover is underway in this photo, too.
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In the upper left is the "Ionia Free Fair" grounds in this view looking north toward the town commercial center. After weeks with little to no rain, the river level is low enough to reveal the sandy banks of the river now exposed. See also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia_Free_Fair and about the Grand River, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_River_(Michigan)
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The intersection of Wilson (heading north) and Lake Michigan Drive (from left to right in this photo) is often very busy, especially around the commuting hours. But in this photo there is not too much activity on the roads at this junction.
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The intersection of Lyon and College is at the lower right corner of the photo. Since it is still 30 minutes before the noon hour, the lunchtime crowd is not yet filling the streets.
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In 1850 a sign on Leonard Street, almost a mile in the distance, shows the city boundary of the time. So when this golf and country club was built along Plainfield Avenue sometime after that, the surroundings really were rural, rather than suburban. Generation by generation, though, the streets and infrastructure spread and now the grassy course is an island of green in the tree-lined neighborhoods that engulf it.
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Just before lunchtime on Tuesday the traffic is light here on the south edge of St. Johns, Michigan.
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Almost an hour after daybreak the layer of haze and smoke can be seen in this photo, hovering above the Rail-Trail that runs from Shiawassee County, through Clinton County, and concludes in Ionia County. See also, www.cistrail.org/
According to the 2016 records, there were 22,107 miles of rail trail complete. Michigan has the most total mileage (2,381) of any state, as of 2015. See also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_trail
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In a month or less the trees will have blossomed and leaves filled with Chlorophyll will be filling in the branches, making this view a canopy of green. But on this morning the bare trees make it possible to see the lines of houses, ranging in construction from 1920s to 2000 or possibly newer. The width of the property lot on the street side in almost all cases is 50 feet, reflecting the need for fitting as many housing units as possible into this part of the city as the population was rising in those decades, especially in the post-WWII demobilizing and ongoing migration from rural to urban living.
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Although the source of the Canadian wildfire smoke is north and west of here, since it blankets much of the US Midwest, this view to the east also shows layers of particulates.
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Practically no wind was blowing at mid-morning Tuesday, so the hobby drone easily ascended to the 100' ceiling beginner-limit. In the left part of the picture is a towering flagpole in front of the car dealership. When there is enough wind to make flags ruffle slightly, that is about the maximum windspeed for sub-250g drones to fly safely.
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This view along Railroad Street in downtown St. Johns shows the paved section of the CIS (Clinton, Ionia, Shiawassee counties) Fred Meijer Rail Trail, looking toward the east. Near the bottom of the scene is the red roof of the former train station in the town, last serving travelers with passenger service in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Freight continued to roll for another 10 or 15 years, though.
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Near the parking is the large, covered area, exposed on all four side to allow breezes, but also to give shade and a dry space in case of rain. To the right of this building is a smaller building with running water and flush toilets for those renting the shelter and for anyone else visiting the park, too. During the freezing weather, though, to protect the plumbing, the lines are drained and the doors are locked. Instead, there are portable toilets stationed in the vicinity.
See also, "Grant Pavilion," www.kentcountymi.gov/1716/Grant-Pavillion
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With no wind to contend with the camera on the drone can quickly takes its position to record the view from above. Only the slightest hint of leaves changing color can be seen, perhaps two or three weeks later than normal years. The warm fall days of bright skies have lulled cottage owners into leaving their docks and boats in the water longer than usual, too, judging from this picture.
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Only a handful of heavy equipment operators are doing the labor around 9:15 on Friday morning.
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While some condo buyers would think twice before investing in a repurposed factory, others are glad to be conveniently located to the River, to downtown, and the surrounding neighborhoods. This view is pointed north, whence the river comes after turning the bend near 5-Mile Road
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The opening pages of the live radio broadcast sounds like an emergency announcement about outer space creatures riding in something like water towers that stride along the landscape. That dramatic reading was too truthy for many listeners and they called the police or sheriff to find out where to escape and what to do. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds
This photo comes from hobby drone early in the morning looking south across the Fair Plains Cemetery toward the high point in the land where a city water tower stands above the tree tops.
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The white car, below, is heading south to the main entrance to the beach (turning right) or to Secchia Meadows and the event space at Grant Pavilion (turning left). At the bottom right corner of the photo is the foot bridge above the road to connect trails of one side to the other. See also, www.kentcountymi.gov/1716/Grant-Pavillion
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This overcast view mid-morning on Wednesday shows the abundance of trees filtering the air and shading the streets (and imperiling overhead wires for electricity and other services). The north-south streets extend from the foreground to the horizon.
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The rising sun shines on the water tower's east-facing side. This picture looks to the south and east. Near the horizon is a bank of ground fog.
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Perpendicular to the foot bridge below is the north-south road that separates the far side (west half) of the park from the near side (east half) of the park. At first look, the body of water (Lake Leota) seems separated from the one on the left by this isthmus. But a closer look shows that a brige allows the movement of water between both of the basins.
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