Some new photos from Fort Wayne

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Back in August, I made this portrait of Jack Francis in his antique store in Wabash, Indiana. He retired and closed his store at the beginning of October, due to poor health. He didn't tell me his age, but he did say he was a World War II veteran, so he must be around 90 years old!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This pile of wooden beams, siding boards, and metal roofing material is what remains of a demolished barn in Huntington County, Indiana. It is next to an abandoned farmhouse at the southeast corner of State Road 3 (County Road 400E) and County Road 500S.

 

[agfa100]

Glad to see you back

Glad to see you back

Chris, glad you are back I was wondering where you were when I did not see any posts. Always liked looking at your pictures...there is always something about them....

wbill

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I'm in the middle of moving, so I haven't shot anything new recently, but I found some photos in my archives that I forgot I had shot in Santa Fe, soon after I moved there in the summer of 2006. This 1941 Chevrolet Pickup Truck was sitting on Saint Francis Drive in Santa Fe. This is the vent on the side of the hood.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Another photo of the old Chevy truck I photographed in Santa Fe in 2006.

 

[farlymac]

Great truck photos, Chris. Moving is so much fun. I used to do it at the end of the lease for quite a few years running, but as the amount of stuff to move began to grow, I started staying in one place for multiple years. It's a real chore if there's more than a van full. Good luck, and don't pull any back muscles.

PF

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Finally shot something new. This house is on Pennsylvania Street in Fort Wayne's inner-city. This neighborhood is mostly old people, a quiet place despite the high crime rates in some of the nearby areas.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Another new one from my archives. This giant concrete turtle watches the traffic from his place at the intersection of Main Street (US-33) and Line Street in the small town of Churubusco, Indiana. The turtle represents the "Beast of Busco", a giant turtle that a local farmer claimed to have seen in his pond in the early 20th Century. The turtle, named Oscar by locals, was never found. In some accounts, Oscar was claimed to weigh 500lb, and in others it was claimed that he was as big as a small car!

Today, Churubusco has embraced the legend of the giant turtle. The signs on the highway that welcome people to Churubusco proclaim the town to be "Turtle Town USA", and the town has an annual "Turtle Days Festival."

I photographed it last summer.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Another new one dug up in the archives. This is my grandfather, Charles Crawford, in 2004...ten years ago.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Here's one I shot this summer. This is just outside Fort Wayne.

 

[Doug]

I like your neighborhood photos, Chris, and do somewhat similar in my town. Things change unexpectedly, or unexpectedly don't change! 🙂
The last one above is notable partly for having the flag hung incorrectly, wrong side out.

 

[froyd]

Finally shot something new. This house is on Pennsylvania Street in Fort Wayne's inner-city. This neighborhood is mostly old people, a quiet place despite the high crime rates in some of the nearby areas.

Love this one, Chris. The framing is very precise. Cropped in camera?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Love this one, Chris. The framing is very precise. Cropped in camera?

Mostly. I did a slight correction in Lightroom because I shot it handheld and the camera was slightly off-level. Aside from fixing that, it was not cropped in postprocess.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This old water tower stands on the heavily industrialized east side of Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was painted to commemorate the last time that Fort Wayne had been named an "All-America City", in 2009. Fort Wayne also won the award in 1982 and 1998.

The water tower stands west of South Coliseum Boulevard, just north of New Haven Avenue. It has a twin on Fort Wayne's west side. That one, on Brooklyn Avenue, has been maintained in much better condition, and was repainted a few years ago. I don't think that either of them are still in use by the city water utility.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This building, known as Schultz Hall, was built in 1908 as a dormitory for students at Fort Wayne Bible College. In the 1990s, the school became part of Taylor University, a Christian college whose main campus is in Upland, Indiana.

In 2005, a student set fire to the building, severely damaging the inside of the building. The building was boarded up and the students who lived there moved to other housing. In 2009, Taylor University decided to close down the Fort Wayne campus. Schultz Hall still sits abandoned, as it has since it burned 9 years before I photographed it.

Most of the former Fort Wayne Bible College/Taylor campus is on Rudisill Boulevard on Fort Wayne's south side. Schultz Hall is on South Wayne Avenue, just north of Rudisill.

I photographed it this afternoon.

 

[farlymac]

This building, known as Schultz Hall, was built in 1908 as a dormitory for students at Fort Wayne Bible College. In the 1990s, the school became part of Taylor University, a Christian college whose main campus is in Upland, Indiana.

In 2005, a student set fire to the building, severely damaging the inside of the building. The building was boarded up and the students who lived there moved to other housing. In 2009, Taylor University decided to close down the Fort Wayne campus. Schultz Hall still sits abandoned, as it has since it burned 9 years before I photographed it.

Most of the former Fort Wayne Bible College/Taylor campus is on Rudisill Boulevard on Fort Wayne's south side. Schultz Hall is on South Wayne Avenue, just north of Rudisill.

I photographed it this afternoon.

That would make a grand apartment building.

PF

 

[jsrockit]

Another new one dug up in the archives. This is my grandfather, Charles Crawford, in 2004...ten years ago.

Beautiful.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This sign was hanging in a science teacher's classroom at one of the middle schools I teach at. I thought the use of texting-language funny for something encouraging students to study!

 

[Chris101]

This sign was hanging in a science teacher's classroom at one of the middle schools I teach at. I thought the use of texting-language funny for something encouraging students to study!

High school science teachers LOVE the word play. I remember a sign in my high school chemistry room: LABORatory, not labORATORY.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This afternoon, we got our first big snowstorm of the year. This is a view looking northwest on Winchester Road, just north of the county line in rural southeast Allen County.

The brick building visible in the distance is the abandoned Marion Township Number 10 Schoolhouse. The one-room school was built in 1894.