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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: haefnerphoto on March 11, 2010, 06:25:13 pm

Title: Architecturally significant (but different) location between Detroit and Washington DC
Post by: haefnerphoto on March 11, 2010, 06:25:13 pm

I'll be leaving Detroit for Washington DC the middle of next week and will have time to shoot on the return trip, any suggestions?

Title: Architecturally significant (but different) location between Detroit and Washington DC
Post by: JoeKitchen on March 11, 2010, 08:21:10 pm

Downtown Philly has some good places.  Like Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the New Comcast Center, not to mention we probably have more colleges in the Philly area then any other city.  You could also go northwest of the city and see Valley Forge, although that is more landscape, but nice.  Too bad you will not be leaving 2 or 3 weeks later for that is when the blossoms start to come out.

Title: Architecturally significant (but different) location between Detroit and Washington DC
Post by: Mark_Tuttle on March 11, 2010, 10:12:47 pm

If you want to go a bit out of the way you could go to Columbus, Indiana (but hey, you're a savy guy and have probably hit it already).

http://www.columbus.in.us/listings/index.cfm?catId=336 (http://www.columbus.in.us/listings/index.cfm?catId=336)

Title: Architecturally significant (but different) location between Detroit and Washington DC
Post by: william on March 11, 2010, 11:07:21 pm

I second the suggestion of Philly (I live there). However, I'd also suggest Cleveland (I'm from there). In terms of architectural significance, there's the Frank Gehry building on the campus of Case Western Reserve, and the new addition to the Cleveland Art Museum (also on Case's campus) is quite nice visually. There's also the Shaker Lakes area of Shaker Hts, which has some wonderful homes. And the Warehouse District downtown has some great buildings. Also worth shooting if you're into industrial architecture is the old industrial portion (not the entertainment district) of the Flats area downtown.

Quote from: JoeKitchen

Downtown Philly has some good places.  Like Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the New Comcast Center, not to mention we probably have more colleges in the Philly area then any other city.  You could also go northwest of the city and see Valley Forge, although that is more landscape, but nice.  Too bad you will not be leaving 2 or 3 weeks later for that is when the blossoms start to come out.

Title: Architecturally significant (but different) location between Detroit and Washington DC
Post by: haefnerphoto on March 12, 2010, 10:18:57 am

Guys, Thanks for the suggestions.  I'd heard of Columbus but I've never visited, I'll need to do some research on both Philadelphia  and Cleveland.  How about West Virginia, is there anything of interest there?  Jim