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maryjane
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MAY 24, 08:30 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by jonrev:
I did an outdoor exhibit the other night for a local art walk, selling prints. Most of my work is from photographing abandoned buildings, and the building I set up in front of is one of them - part of the gig is trying to advocate for its restoration.
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An interesting and stately looking old building. Is it in Waukegan Ill or in one of the other 'Waukegans'?
This one is about 10 miles from me "as the crow flies".
http://www.yourhoustonnews....94-c05aaabc5acf.html
I enjoyed my 5 month stay when I attended gas turbine school at Waukegan's Great Lakes Naval Training center in the late 70s.
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jonrev
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MAY 24, 03:15 PM
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^It's Waukegan, IL. The building dates back to 1925 and was originally a bank, then a Walgreens and professional offices. It's been vacant since 1985. I've been inside and it's gorgeous, the bank hall is still largely intact and has polished marble walls with a plaster ceiling. Walgreens did most of the damage, and the basement is a mess (the vault is still there from when it was a bank); but it's an easy restoration considering some of the other ruins I've been in.
Much has changed since you would have been there. Like many rust belt towns, its economy was hit hard by the loss of lakefront industry, and the opening of Belvidere and Lakehurst Malls decimated the downtown retail district (the latter is now gone, torn down 12 years ago). A former mayor's bonehead decision to break-up the city's car culture in the downtown area didn't help.
Today the city is trying to reinvent itself, and is finding a niche as a city for the arts. The Genesee Theatre was beautifully restored almost 12 years ago and draws big names, usually old rockers and comedians - sometimes movies. The Karcher Hotel has been restored into lofts exclusively for artists, and has a couple of galleries on the ground floor. They're trying to lure the George Lucas museum (that Chicago is losing due to bickering between City Hall and NIMBY's) to the lakefront, where OMC's plant used to be. There's the monthly ArtWauk which draws decent crowds, they convert vacant storefronts along Genesee Street into galleries in an attempt to draw potential tenants. It's a nice town - it has its issues, but it's hardly the cesspool people make it sound like, and is slowly on the rebound.
  [This message has been edited by jonrev (edited 05-24-2016).]
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maryjane
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MAY 26, 01:55 PM
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(just above my passenger side door--sometimes she comes into the yard to nibble around)
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blackrams
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MAY 26, 04:14 PM
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Nice Truck, doesn't appear to have too many scratches in the bed. Can I borrow it when you're done? ------------------
Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?
Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......
My Uncle Frank was a staunch Conservative and voted straight Republican until the day he died in Chicago. Since then he has voted Democrat. Shrug
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jonrev
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MAY 30, 05:00 AM
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Spent Saturday in the hospital...
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RayOtton
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MAY 30, 06:10 AM
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Yesterday we caught a batch of these with the grand kids-
Later that same day -
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williegoat
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MAY 30, 11:11 AM
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I love crab!!!
When I was very small and living in Pensacola, my father and uncle caught a bunch of crabs and when they showed them to me, I was so scared of them that I did not want to get near them.
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maryjane
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MAY 30, 11:23 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by RayOtton:
Yesterday we caught a batch of these with the grand kids-
Later that same day -
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I love boiled crabs, but to me, a lot of work for the little bit of meat in them. Lots of fun catching them tho.
(we have the same blue crab here on the Gulf Coast)
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RayOtton
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MAY 30, 02:37 PM
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Ah, it's not so bad. A dozen crabs takes about an hour to clean and yields roughly 3/4 of a pound of meat.
At $30 a pound that's a better rate than working at MacDonalds. ( for now )
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MAY 31, 08:57 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by jonrev:
Spent Saturday in the hospital...
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Cool.
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