Old Sign

From the street, it’s clear that almost every window and door had boards over it, but not every building had a roof. Silly priorities.

A broken signal light that would indicate to incoming engineers and brakemen the status of the dock deck. The streetlight-style lighting is a retrofit; originally the top of the dock would be lit by strings of lights suspended by towers on each side of the deck… a poor system according to the workers at Allouez who had the same lights.

The stage had two pianos. Did they ever duel?

I didn’t test the rungs, but I bet the view was incredible.

Don’t you love the shape of the house on the right?

Van Dyke Cab Company and Yellow Cab served the terminal in lieu of a streetcar loop downtown, which was planned but never built.

I slid into the mill through the top floor, near where the rock-grinding ball mills were left to rust. I look around, taking in the most intact gold mill I’ve ever explored. Movement attracted my eye to the ceiling, where I found something staring back, a raven was observing me with some interest. It had been a while since I have brushed up on the folklore and mythology, but I took it as a good sign. Leica/Summilux 35/Ektar 100

A rail maintenance building. I liked the color of the tree against the peeling red paint.

This building looked like some sort of office.