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  David Meikle (david_meikle) Moderator Username: david_meikle Post Number: 162 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
Check out this view of the Detroit River looking east and past the Ambassador bridge.. Isn't it beautiful? Thanks to Lowell for the image. http://detroityes.com/index.ht ml | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 231 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
Riverside Park! That's where our father used to take us to see the fireworks. I haven't been there in years, as I see the new benches by the river. Quit impressive. Great shots, as usual, by the master of photography. | ||
acooolcat (acooolcat) 4-Laureate Username: acooolcat Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 210.200.105.226 |
Hi Sis - I used to live on the opposite side of the river, in Windsor. The river front there is dotted with benches and is home to a sculpture park. You can probably see some of it from Detroit; it's not too far. | ||
ralph (ralph) Moderator Username: ralph Post Number: 280 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.61 |
If anyone on the forum has not visited Lowell's DetroitYes website. I urge you to do so. ESPECIALLY all you Detroiters and former Detroters! I could get lost for days just marvelling at the wealth of Detroit pictures offered there. Thank you Lowell for keeping the City alive in my memory. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1134 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Now that's a nice shot. It looks quite similar to the view of the Verrazano Bridge here in N.Y.C. Very nice!!! | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 232 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
Graham - I have visited the riverfront in Windsor quite often. The very place where you are speaking of. I go site seeing, looking at historical marks. I love going over the Ambassador bridge. I've not been there since 911. I have a video documentary on the history of Windsor's connection to the underground railway. | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) Moderator Username: david_meikle Post Number: 165 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
How hot is it right now Sis? I've never been at height of Summer. Is it too much? 6 weeks to go and I don't care if I fry! | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 233 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
It is 66 degrees now. June will probably be in the 70-80s. But July is usually the hottest 80-90s. | ||
Lynn Bruce (lynn_bruce) 3-Pundit Username: lynn_bruce Post Number: 35 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.41.119.244 |
Very nice Lowell!! Those rascal zebra mussels may do a lot of damage to our fisheries and water intake pipes by cloging them but they're making our water a cancun turqoise color compared to the grey-green of my childhood. I took a ferryboat over to Peelee island in the middle of lake Erie and was just amazed at the clarity and beautiful blue color of the lake. Captain Lynn | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 234 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
The tour photos of Federal's and Wards on Greenfield and Grandriver brought back lots of memories. Lowell, you've been around a long time. I still have a TV I purchased from Wards in 1983. It outlasted my 35inch I purchased 8 years ago. Now, looking at the photos of the Wards' building brings to mind, Gino Washington.  I didn't know Wonderland Mall was closing, going further west. | ||
ralph (ralph) Moderator Username: ralph Post Number: 283 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.61 |
It was out of that very Ward's store that I came out to a flat tire one very cold, clear Winter day. Without gloves I started to change the tire. That turned into a rather painful experience where I was very close to frost bite. My brother would ask me later why I didn't go back into Ward's and buy a pair of gloves before changing the tire. Hmmmm...Duhhh | ||
SisDetroit (sis) 5-Doyen Username: sis Post Number: 235 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.42.211.240 |
LOL Ralph, your brother was smart. Didn't they have a automotive service department? Being a female, I don't know what I would do without Sears & Wards automotive service, and AAA. | ||
Gary (gary) 3-Pundit Username: gary Post Number: 38 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.5 |
David...great photo. In fact that entire current spring tour on DetroitYes is very good. That's a good one, Ralph. BTW, I had my car worked on at that same Montgomery Wards service center once in an emergency. They did a lousy job on the repairs, you were probably better off changing that tire yourself rather than letting those morons in the garage get their hands on your car. | ||
douglasm (douglasm) 4-Laureate Username: douglasm Post Number: 81 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.113.12.67 |
There's a very nice little website with a user adjustable camera sponsored by the Great Lakes Marine Institute at the Dossin's Great Lake Museum on Belle Isle. It looks on the river north, south, and across to Windsor, the bridge, and the Detroit Skyline. I go there to get my lake freighter fix. www.glmi.org/webcam doug |
