These "old," brick downtowns are quite interesting. If I were to try to peg it a bit, they have an air of local self reliance, pre interstate and post WWII boom times.
These "old," brick downtowns are quite interesting. If I were to try to peg it a bit, they have an air of local self reliance, pre interstate and post WWII boom times.
Beautiful images Glenn! A lot of charm and character shown in the photos. The Rexall Drug Store photo really takes me back to when we had one in the town I was living in.
Craig Gillette wrote:
These "old," brick downtowns are quite interesting. If I were to try to peg it a bit, they have an air of local self reliance, pre interstate and post WWII boom times.
Sometimes the old downtowns are mostly abandoned. Thankfully this one was fairly active. There was much more activity when I first visited the night before. I returned early the next morning for streets that were more empty.
jcw1982 wrote:
Beautiful images Glenn! A lot of charm and character shown in the photos. The Rexall Drug Store photo really takes me back to when we had one in the town I was living in.
Thank you...I thought the town had a lot of charm. There was a photo opportunity at every corner.
Danpbphoto wrote:
Reminds me very much of the town I grew up in in Iowa Glenn.
Beautiful photography as always!
Dan
Thanks Dan...I've spent time in Des Moines on photography trips. But haven't spent enough time in other sections of the state. Iowa might have to be added to my destination list.
gnagel wrote:
Sometimes the old downtowns are mostly abandoned. Thankfully this one was fairly active. There was much more activity when I first visited the night before. I returned early the next morning for streets that were more empty.
Glenn
That's likely right on the "abandoned." Maybe I might better have said, "they have an air of having been a place of local self reliance..." Some places "we're" getting "Old Town XXXX" as a nostalgic gentrifying or entertainment district, or "modernizations" like the Rexall reworked things.. Business, "local" economic bases, and transportation patterns changed.
