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Every time I walk along this bit of the coast path there seems to be a new bit of art. This time it is the "Castellum Supra Fluvium" plaque which as any Latin O-Level types will know translates as Castle Above The River.
Visit to downtown Flint, Michigan on August 5, 2014 with my flickr contact Rogerio Machado who was visiting Michigan from his home in Brazil. This fairly well-preserved ghost sign is on a commercial building along Saginaw Street, Flint's main thoroughfare.
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Visit to downtown Flint, Michigan on August 5, 2014 with my flickr contact Rogerio who was visiting Michigan from his home in Brazil. This elegant church with its very tall tower is in the heart of downtown Flint. Flint First Presbyterian
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Train cars crossing the Flint river near Bainbridge, GA. Actually they were sitting still at the time. I was actually looking to capture a Locomotive coming in from the other direction but wasn't so lucky. I'll be back.
I shot this back in June after meeting up with some great friends at Little Chef diner in Halkyn. Then we went onto Flint Castle, which is a pretty cool ruin - great day all in all!! Thanks for viewing and any comments.
Norman fortifications. This castle is directly opposite where I used to grow up. Just four miles accross the River Dee estuary.
Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County, Michigan. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as "Mid Michigan". According to the 2010 census, Flint has a population of 102,434, making it the seventh largest city in Michigan.
The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 425,790 in 2010.
Founded as a village by fur trader Jacob Smith in 1819, Flint became a major lumbering area on the historic Saginaw Trail during the 19th century, and incorporated as a city in 1855. It later became a leading manufacturer of carriages and other vehicles earning it the nickname "Vehicle City".
In 1908, William Crapo Durant formed General Motors in Flint, and it was later the home of the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936–37 that played a vital role in the formation of the United Auto Workers. After World War II, Flint became an automobile manufacturing powerhouse for GM's Buick and Chevrolet divisions, both of which were founded in Flint. However, by the late 1980s the city sank into a deep economic depression after GM closed and demolished several factories in the area, the effects of which remain today.
In the mid-2000s, it became known for its high crime rates. Since this time, Flint has been ranked among the "Most Dangerous Cities in the United States", with a per capita violent crime rate seven times higher than the national average. The city was under a state of financial emergency from 2011 to 2015, the second in a decade. It is currently in a public health state of emergency due to lead poisoning (and possibly Legionella) in the local water supply.
On November 3, 2015, Flint residents elected Karen Weaver as their first female mayor.
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Flint Michigan
October 2008
I had just met one of the coolest woman in my life prior to taking this photo. I drove her past her ex-man's house and she said she'd buy me a drink. That drink turned into a pitcher to myself because she didn't want to drink. "I have a two hour drive ahead of me."
Well, after her departure, I went walking downtown because I still had two PB&Js for Mike and Moreese (see further in photo stream) if I had saw them. Walking down Saginaw I had saw a door open of this building that I actually at one time thought people worked in there. The door was open so I figured I'd be good if the cops came "Hey, the door was wide open."
It turns out to be a bank; I saw the open vault. Let me tell you, you see these things in movies and they really are as big and heavy as them seem. Atleast a foot thick and a good weight as well.
Before I went in I was texting Taylor and while I was inside she texted me; I called her right away.
"Hey, I'm in this building and you need to come down right now. I need to get a photo in this place. There's a vault and shit!"
She said her and friend Casey were waiting for some goods then they'd head my way from the UofM dorms. They finally show up and are sketched out a little about going in, but hey, I had already been up three floors so I reassured them that it was all good.
Both Taylor and Casey were more than pumped. We explore a few levels and then decide to just go to the top, you know, see how high we can get before the sun goes down and we're in the pitch black.
Before we know it, I see light. We're on the roof! Now, from blocks away, people say this is a house on top of this building and it honestly looks like it. There are windows and a chimney. Let me reassure you, this is not a house. Anyway, we're all pumped to be on top of this building. We're closer to the CB (Citizens Bank) Weather Ball than most will ever be. If we had rocks would could hit the light from where we were.
As the sun was setting I knew I had to get a photo or two. This is the result. It's just a shame the doors have been locked up for weeks now.
Talk about a great day off. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and people made other people's day. What more could you ask for?
P & O Lloyd have a number of these 70 seater Autosan Eagle A1012T coaches for school work.
This example came from Rennie of Dunfermline and is seen passing Flint Mountain on its positioning run.
Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County, Michigan. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as "Mid Michigan". According to the 2010 census, Flint has a population of 102,434, making it the seventh largest city in Michigan.
The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 425,790 in 2010.
Founded as a village by fur trader Jacob Smith in 1819, Flint became a major lumbering area on the historic Saginaw Trail during the 19th century, and incorporated as a city in 1855. It later became a leading manufacturer of carriages and other vehicles earning it the nickname "Vehicle City".
In 1908, William Crapo Durant formed General Motors in Flint, and it was later the home of the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936–37 that played a vital role in the formation of the United Auto Workers. After World War II, Flint became an automobile manufacturing powerhouse for GM's Buick and Chevrolet divisions, both of which were founded in Flint. However, by the late 1980s the city sank into a deep economic depression after GM closed and demolished several factories in the area, the effects of which remain today.
In the mid-2000s, it became known for its high crime rates. Since this time, Flint has been ranked among the "Most Dangerous Cities in the United States", with a per capita violent crime rate seven times higher than the national average. The city was under a state of financial emergency from 2011 to 2015, the second in a decade. It is currently in a public health state of emergency due to lead poisoning (and possibly Legionella) in the local water supply.
On November 3, 2015, Flint residents elected Karen Weaver as their first female mayor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County, Michigan. Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as "Mid Michigan". According to the 2010 census, Flint has a population of 102,434, making it the seventh largest city in Michigan.
The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County. It is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 425,790 in 2010.
Founded as a village by fur trader Jacob Smith in 1819, Flint became a major lumbering area on the historic Saginaw Trail during the 19th century, and incorporated as a city in 1855. It later became a leading manufacturer of carriages and other vehicles earning it the nickname "Vehicle City".
In 1908, William Crapo Durant formed General Motors in Flint, and it was later the home of the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936–37 that played a vital role in the formation of the United Auto Workers. After World War II, Flint became an automobile manufacturing powerhouse for GM's Buick and Chevrolet divisions, both of which were founded in Flint. However, by the late 1980s the city sank into a deep economic depression after GM closed and demolished several factories in the area, the effects of which remain today.
In the mid-2000s, it became known for its high crime rates. Since this time, Flint has been ranked among the "Most Dangerous Cities in the United States", with a per capita violent crime rate seven times higher than the national average. The city was under a state of financial emergency from 2011 to 2015, the second in a decade. It is currently in a public health state of emergency due to lead poisoning (and possibly Legionella) in the local water supply.
On November 3, 2015, Flint residents elected Karen Weaver as their first female mayor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
Heading to Whichita for work and while driving through the Flint Hills region of Kansas I pulled over and took this shot. The prairie goes on and on seemingly forever out here with cattle dotting the landscape everywhere.
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