Friday, March 4, 2011
Coffee
Stopping at Daz Bog coffee near the Granite Building and in the hotel helps keep up the momentum. Also, Tattered Cover before the trip back to Boulder.
Moving forward on the project
Have been photographing a lot in Denver, although dealing with sunlight and shadow. We may have to redo some of the views. Currently trying to cover all of Lawrence St., 14th to 19th. Saw a really interesting show on the local Comcast netw0rk last night about the D&F tower. Will look for views of the tower with the department store "wings," torn down in the 1950's.
We've done 90 photographs. Wynkoop and Wazee were fun; Lawrence and Arapahoe and Curtis more challenging since there are no landmarks to hang your hat on from the 30's and sometimes few from the 70's. The parking lots of the 70's are mostly filled in, it seems, sometimes with parking garages! I'm glad I waited till now to do the project since the contrast with 33 years ago is quite profound. There's been a lot of buildout.
Next time to photograph: Sunday, 3/6. Supposed to be warmer in Denver and partly cloudy (hah).
We've done 90 photographs. Wynkoop and Wazee were fun; Lawrence and Arapahoe and Curtis more challenging since there are no landmarks to hang your hat on from the 30's and sometimes few from the 70's. The parking lots of the 70's are mostly filled in, it seems, sometimes with parking garages! I'm glad I waited till now to do the project since the contrast with 33 years ago is quite profound. There's been a lot of buildout.
Next time to photograph: Sunday, 3/6. Supposed to be warmer in Denver and partly cloudy (hah).
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
More photography
I've been doing more photography on the project, but only on the days when the temperature is above 45 degrees! Call me a wimp, but my hands get cold and I start to lose momentum. Yesterday covered 18 corners on 18th and 19th streets, Market to Wynkoop.
Must find out who owns the Barteldes building and that strange second floor door that goes nowhere (but once went to the viaduct.) The viaduct is gone, and I have no vantage point for one of my photos that I took from the viaduct. Also noticed that the Tattered Cover building has one of those doors that also would have opened onto the viaduct. (across the street).
Must find out who owns the Barteldes building and that strange second floor door that goes nowhere (but once went to the viaduct.) The viaduct is gone, and I have no vantage point for one of my photos that I took from the viaduct. Also noticed that the Tattered Cover building has one of those doors that also would have opened onto the viaduct. (across the street).
Monday, October 18, 2010
Post office
Walked down to look at old Post Office, which I think is the building appearing in some of the photographs
Between 18th and 19th on Champa
Views shot on 10/16/10, between 2-3 pm
1. 999: Curtis and 18th?
2. 079
3. 075: Granite Tower
4. 080: looking toward Cable Building, Arapahoe and 18th
5. 057 : shot twice??
6. 095: Central Parking?
7. 058: Sakura
8. 086: is this really south?
9. 081: Cable building
10. 082
11. 087
12. 088: Cole Bros. Circus in 1937 image
13. Market and 16th view (test at 50 mm)
Between 18th and 19th on Champa
Views shot on 10/16/10, between 2-3 pm
1. 999: Curtis and 18th?
2. 079
3. 075: Granite Tower
4. 080: looking toward Cable Building, Arapahoe and 18th
5. 057 : shot twice??
6. 095: Central Parking?
7. 058: Sakura
8. 086: is this really south?
9. 081: Cable building
10. 082
11. 087
12. 088: Cole Bros. Circus in 1937 image
13. Market and 16th view (test at 50 mm)
Notes from 10/16/10
Photographed on 10/16/10 (Saturday afternoon)
Good light and beautiful day!
Notes on images:
1) Too much street in foreground with wide angle lens (continuing problem)
2) Test lens at 50 mm (Retina Reflex lens setting in 1978)
3) Bring handheld meter next time
4) Reshoot 079, 075, 080 in black and white
5) Old Colorado National Bank building--federal style (between Champa and Curtis on 17th)
Some photos (as above) shot in color; the rest on Plus-X
Good light and beautiful day!
Notes on images:
1) Too much street in foreground with wide angle lens (continuing problem)
2) Test lens at 50 mm (Retina Reflex lens setting in 1978)
3) Bring handheld meter next time
4) Reshoot 079, 075, 080 in black and white
5) Old Colorado National Bank building--federal style (between Champa and Curtis on 17th)
Some photos (as above) shot in color; the rest on Plus-X
Sunday, September 12, 2010
A major caveat!
The area of downtown Denver covered by this project is fairly complex, encompassing streets from Wynkoop to Arapahoe, 14th to 19th. Warehouses and seedy hotels to movie theaters, restaurants, department stores. Sometimes I forget! Wynkoop, Wazee, Blake are more "fun" to document than the almost-completely changed streets like Curtis and Lawrence.
Comments are welcome...
Comments are welcome...
Latest thoughts
As I begin to photograph the streets again, I have come up with a few additional ideas about where this project might go. I've been inspired by the Maria Rogers Oral History community at the Carnegie Branch of the Boulder Public Library. At our meeting yesterday, Susan Becker presented a lovely, five-minute video she created as part of the Digital Storytelling Workshop in Denver (http://www.vimeo.com/14557606). The video is about her family of origin and a tribute to them. It's deeply moving as well as inspiring. I hope to do one about my own family at some point.
Vimeo is a different program from youtube. Susan has been able to add some music from Philip Glass, for example, which cannot be done on youtube because of their robot crawler that identifies possible copyright violations.
Some folks have asked what I intend to do with this rephotographic project when all the photographs are completed. To start, I would like to augment with some oral history interviews, as I've noted elsewhere on the blog. Perhaps a few, perhaps more than a few, interviewing residents, developers, and folks who remember "the old days"--which could mean 1978.
I'd also like to produce a short video using Vimeo. Some Tom Waits, perhaps; he was very popular in the mid- to late-70's, and he did visit Denver at least once, stopping in at the Terminal Bar. The album, "Nighthawks at the Diner," would be appropriate. A stumbling block would be to obtain a license. I think it could set the mood very well. Dan and I reviewed other music ideas such as using Weather Report...appropriate for the late 70's.
I will also have to get permission from the Colorado Historical Society to use the old images.
More on all this later.
Vimeo is a different program from youtube. Susan has been able to add some music from Philip Glass, for example, which cannot be done on youtube because of their robot crawler that identifies possible copyright violations.
Some folks have asked what I intend to do with this rephotographic project when all the photographs are completed. To start, I would like to augment with some oral history interviews, as I've noted elsewhere on the blog. Perhaps a few, perhaps more than a few, interviewing residents, developers, and folks who remember "the old days"--which could mean 1978.
I'd also like to produce a short video using Vimeo. Some Tom Waits, perhaps; he was very popular in the mid- to late-70's, and he did visit Denver at least once, stopping in at the Terminal Bar. The album, "Nighthawks at the Diner," would be appropriate. A stumbling block would be to obtain a license. I think it could set the mood very well. Dan and I reviewed other music ideas such as using Weather Report...appropriate for the late 70's.
I will also have to get permission from the Colorado Historical Society to use the old images.
More on all this later.
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