Tri-Cities Photo of the Day

[Michi]

I took some highway pictures on the way home at the beginning of June.

Check out that awesome cloud line! It wasn't long after this picture was taken that it rained so hard that I almost had to pull over. Ironically, the exact same weekend last year I was going home for a wedding, this exact same spot posed the same problem.

Again, the minute we hit the exit ramp, it rained buckets. Poor guy in the jeep. lol

[wolverine]

Glad I'm not the only one who likes to take pictures on the freeway LOL. That's my favorite perspective of the Zilwaukee Bridge.

Michi, you should've headed for a quick detour to downtown Saginaw to say hi!

[Michi]

Oh, I wish I could have. I was in a hurry as it was trying to make it up north for a wedding party dinner...that, and the rain slowed me down quite a bit. I will be be back in the nasty sooner er later.

[dtown]

ive always kinda wanted to check out Saginaw, ive never got the chance to really.

wolverine, i like to take highway shots too, i like the view of the zillwaukee from the angle of 75, it makes the bridge look so mighty and big.

Edited July 17, 2006 by dtown

[Michi]

Traveling the Flint Highway.

[wolverine]

And that's near where I got a speeding ticket once.

I hate Mt. Morris

[Michi]

It's all psychological. The widening of the freeway makes it seem like it was built for sonic aircraft speeds in your car.

[Ka3kab]

And that's near where I got a speeding ticket once.

I hate Mt. Morris

Hey, that's where I lived until I was 14. Oh yeah, I got a speeding ticket there once also. Never mind, I hate Mt. Morris too. At least the po-lease.

[dtown]

my uncle lives in Mt. Morris

[ZachariahDaMan]

My grandparents live right outside of Mt. Morris. They say that the crime there is going up because of it's location being close to Flint.

[dtown]

I think its more because it right next to Beecher.

[Flinttown]

I think its more because it right next to Beecher.

Yes...that sounds more like it. Last I knew Beecher was either the poorest or second poorest school district in the state. I was through there the other day and it is a mess.

[Ka3kab]

My Grandma still lives in Beecher, she refuses to sell the house. The last time I was there (May 18th) it was looking just as bad as ever.

[wolverine]

my uncle lives in Mt. Morris

That doesnt mean I hate your uncle LOL.

I guess Im going to add Mt. Morris to my Michigans most wack cities list. Right up there with Midlandia

BTW, firefox wont let me type apostrophies again.

[dtown]

i dont know, i was in Mt.Morris the other day, and the downtown didnt look that bad, i mean it wasnt great, but it wasnt bad.

but i'll take good ole Davison over it any day. , or Flint for that matter

[wolverine]

Man, I've been so busy with work lately, I haven't had time to post more photos in this thread lately. Maybe I'll try a few before work tomorrow.

[dtown]

sounds good to me. some saginaw photos would be nifty.

[wolverine]

Washington Blvd in Saginaw

SBC Building in Saginaw.

[dtown]

cool pics wolverine. Its about time, lol.

[Ka3kab]

I like the SBC, AT&T or Michigan Bell buildings, or whatever they call them these days, that I have seen throughout Michigan. And it's not just bias because that's where my Dad works. They just seem to have kept them up well and the architecture of most of them is pretty interesting. BTW, the one's I have seen are Detroit and Grand Rapids. The one's I have been in are Flint, Saginaw and Traverse City.

[dtown]

yeah, the ones ive seen are pretty good looking. Do you have a pic of the TC one? Ive never seen that one.

[dnast]

I agree about the SBC buildings.

And nice photos as usual, Wolverine.

[RustTown]

I like Michigan Bell Building's, too. I like most telephone buildings. Not to hijack, but here's Lansing original one (they built a huge Brutalist-styled addition onto the back of it in the 60's):

Here's the monster addition (180-200 feet tall) they built on to the back of it on Washington Square

Here's Jackson's SBC Building

I know Dnast has some of Flint's.

[wolverine]

Here's Ann Arbors! There's a bigger building attached to the older part, but I don't have pictures

[dtown]

yeah, tose are nice, exept that Lansing addition. I have yet to see a nice looking building built in the 60's, why those brutalist buildings were built so often is beyond me.