Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don -- I love your description of how and why Atlanta developed! Drunken cow paths! Great stuff. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 9 mishmash, construction, barbershop, and 21SA vignetting > Robert, > If you are an intelligent or ambitious person in the South then there are > only a few places to go: greater D.C., Raleigh/Durham, Atlanta, Miami, > Nashville. So, Atlanta goes to almost 5 million but gets caught up in the > green guilt trip and doesn't build the infrastructure that exists in the > Northeast to support the population growth. Also, Atlanta has not been > blessed by any leader with vision as it concerns city planning so you get > random growth that benefits developers with little thought about how it > all > fits together. D.C. had a master plan, Dallas has a master plan, Atlanta > is > laid out on paths that drunken cows followed two hundred years ago. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > On 3/4/07, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> >> Don, >> >> My daughter lives in Alpharetta, and I have been down there frequently, >> but >> I haven't driven around Atlanta for quite a while. My impression has >> always been that the whole Atlanta area is growing too fast; that even >> though I75 is 8 lanes in each direction, it still gets clogged every rush >> hour, and that suburbs have been built way too far from the city. I >> have >> never understood the attraction of Atlanta that has drawn so many people >> -- >> is it just jobs? >> >> Robert >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:15 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 9 mishmash, construction, >> barbershop, and 21SA vignetting >> >> >> > Robert, >> > Yes, contrary to some parts of the country, building at all levels >> > continues >> > in Atlanta. In my neck of the woods it has more to do with the >> > terrible >> > traffic jams. We have added a million more folks and no additional >> > ways >> > for >> > them to get anywhere. So, we add 1000 folks to an empty lot but do not >> > add >> > mass transit, wider streets, offices near by, or even intelligent >> traffic >> > light control. At least I can walk to work. >> > >> > Don >> > don.dory@gmail.com >> > >> > On 3/4/07, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> Don -- Very nice shots, enjoyed them. Are you trying to tell us that >> >> Atlanta is still in a building boom? Robert >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> >> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> >> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:08 AM >> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG Don's PAW week 9 mishmash, construction, >> barbershop, >> >> and 21SA vignetting >> >> >> >> >> >> > Two months down and the start of a new month. I got out a wee bit >> more >> >> > this >> >> > week so you get a little wider view of Buckhead, GA. The first >> >> > image >> >> > is >> >> a >> >> > stonemason working on the back door of one of the large homes going >> up >> >> > next >> >> > door: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week9a.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > Second, they were sheet rocking this week and the first image is of >> one >> >> of >> >> > the finishers looking up 7 meters to the top of the ceiling: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9b.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > Third, this finisher was using a mud box to run nail lines on the >> >> ceiling >> >> > of >> >> > the first downstairs family room as opposed to the second downstairs >> >> > family >> >> > room as opposed to the formal living room: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9c.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > Now changing up a bit, this next image was taken in a downpour to >> show >> >> the >> >> > vignetting of the 21 SA on an M8. I think the corners add to the >> >> > image: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW-week-9d.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > As a side note, in addition to the large homes going in next door, >> >> > there >> >> > is >> >> > a whole series of high rise condo units going in two to three blocks >> >> from >> >> > my >> >> > little island of forest. >> >> > >> >> > Next, back in Tommy's Barber shop. Long time saloon members will >> >> remember >> >> > that I have been doing a long running series here. The next image >> >> > is >> >> > Cecilia taking a break from the morning hair rush. Cecilia does >> >> > very >> >> well >> >> > in what is a pretty conservative old line barber shop. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9f.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > Last for this week is Sulieman who also works in Tommy's. He is a >> >> > hardworking entrepreneur who is still polishing shoes. In fact, he >> >> > gave >> >> > me >> >> > a hard time about the low tip I gave him. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW+2007/PAW+Week+9/PAW+week+9e.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> > Thank you for taking a look. Next week promises to be as long as I >> >> > will >> >> > be >> >> > at PMA and hopefully will have lots of interesting images. >> >> > >> >> > Don >> >> > don.dory@gmail.com >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Leica Users Group. >> >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >