PTN Street Walk: Roanoke, VA with 35 SPn

[farlymac]

Another forum I'm on called for a photo challenge, so I did my walk around Roanoke, VA with an Olympus 35 SPn, and Ilford FP4 Plus 125 with orange filter.

Landmark Building by br1078phot, on Flickr
One of our Senators has an office in this building, though he only comes to town about once a year.

Cornered by br1078phot, on Flickr
Remains of a cooling mechanical rack.

Shoe Sign by br1078phot, on Flickr
The business closed up many years ago, but the sign lives on.

Morning Patrol by br1078phot, on Flickr
Parking Enforcement hunting down scofflaws.

Commuting In Style by br1078phot, on Flickr
Don't know how he keeps it so clean.

Out Of Time by br1078phot, on Flickr
Timing is everything.

Mitchell’s by br1078phot, on Flickr
Another long gone business.

Lots Of Luck by br1078phot, on Flickr
Interesting building address.

Morning Creeping in by br1078phot, on Flickr
Gotta love those glazed bricks.

Masons by br1078phot, on Flickr
Former meeting hall, now used for storage.

PF

 

[Paulbe]

Phil--excellent series! I traveled to Roanoke frequently in the early 80s--loved it! Very nice town. Visits to the N+W shops were always fun..probably can't do that anymore...thanks again for the pix. What is the other forum you're on?
Paul

 

[gb hill]

Nice series about Roanoke. Good timing on that hearst, love that. I was up there Thursday but working. One stop then it was back toward Greensboro.

 

[raid]

Thank you for these inages of Roanoke. It was the closest "large city" to Blacksburg where Virgina Tech is located (Go Hokies!). Roanoke used to be a major railroad hub in this part of the USA. I enjoyed taking the scenic route from Blacksburg to Roanoke, with rolling hills and farms and small streams. I started getting deeper into photography then and there.

 

[shadowfox]

Nice ones, Phil.
Cornered and Out of Time especially so.

 

[farlymac]

Phil--excellent series! I traveled to Roanoke frequently in the early 80s--loved it! Very nice town. Visits to the N+W shops were always fun..probably can't do that anymore...thanks again for the pix. What is the other forum you're on?
Paul

http://photographytoday.net/forums/

Created and populated mostly by members of NelsonFoto Forum when they thought it was going down.

PF

 

[farlymac]

Nice series about Roanoke. Good timing on that hearst, love that. I was up there Thursday but working. One stop then it was back toward Greensboro.

Thanks, Greg. I was looking out to make sure some bus wasn't going to block my view, and saw the hearse coming along just at the right moment.

PF

 

[farlymac]

Thank you for these inages of Roanoke. It was the closest "large city" to Blacksburg where Virgina Tech is located (Go Hokies!). Roanoke used to be a major railroad hub in this part of the USA. I enjoyed taking the scenic route from Blacksburg to Roanoke, with rolling hills and farms and small streams. I started getting deeper into photography then and there.

Thanks, Raid. I knew when I moved here that sooner or later I would get back into photography big time.

PF

 

[farlymac]

Thanks, Will.

PF