Sunday, May 8, 2011
Random shots from Charlotte, NC...
...I mentioned there were few older buildings in downtown Charlotte, due to extensive urban renovation in the 1980's. Apparently, much of the older city was not worth saving, since the city was a "cotton town" in the 19th century. That means lots of ratty industrial warehouses and plenty of sub-standard housing. Just a few examples of each remain in the downtown that gleams with new glass buildings.
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To Remember Dad's 103rd Birth Anniversary, Something Different
My Grandparents on my Dad's side were both "bonus babies", kids who were born to much older parents, long after they expected...
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...socializing with a very well behaved and smiling Pit Bull and his young owners. A portrait for Camera Critters .
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...but I have a lot of them. And now, it's freezing outside and pouring down icy rain. Who wants to go out in that? Besides, you don'...
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Joseph Blotner points out in his references that anyone--or many people--who came of age in the 1920's and during Prohibition Drank Heav...
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