[Leica] IMG: Wayback Photo and Update

[Don Dory]

Ah, what the good car people would do with a relatively unrusted 55 Chevy;
maybe a 56.  It's amazing how far we have progressed regarding much of our
urban landscape after the EPA was passed among many other laws.

Don

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> To get to a medical facility, I travel on Commerce Street, which runs
> along the Milwaukee River north of downtown.  In 1970 it was an
> industrial area, and it provided me with subjects for a picture story
> on pollution. This was a few months after the 1st Earth Day.  Back
> then I found this derelict Chevrolet near the Humboldt Boulevard
> bridge over the river, and today stopped to capture the same view 56
> years later.  The new picture is more of a wide shot, but can be
> enlarged to show the (replacement) Humboldt bridge in the distance.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Time+Lapse/Commerce_+St_1970_AMR.jpg.html
> >
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Time+Lapse/Commerce_St_2026_AMR.jpg.html
> >
>
> The river has been cleaned up and is now lined by condos.
> --
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer, Emeritus
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amagayneroshak at gmail.com
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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Don
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