Trash Day

Trash day

Little Canada

Spring 2013

Haven't seen real metal trash cans in forever. Sure a few skinny jeans wearing retro Hipster wanna be cats here and there will rock a pair of "vintage" trash cans just to be cool. But they never really use them. They sit on the porch looking cool. Announcing to the world their retro-ness and uber coolness. But not these. These smell like yesterdays dreams. Like whiskey breakfasts and boiled cabbage. These are used. Every day. Not to be cool. But because they work. Winter after winter. They do the trick. Rugged. Real.

Line up.

Little Canada

Little Canada

Lewiston, ME

Spring 2013

Condemned.  Neglected. Boarded up. Dismissed. Written off. Take the loss. Collect the insurance. Pass go. Walk on. Left behind but not forgotten. Where we come from. Where we've been. But not where we're going. Then again.

 Unfit.

Triple.

Double.

Block.

One Way.

Row.

L-Town

L-Town

Spring 2013

Lisbon Street environs, thereabout.

 Wired.

Variety.

B-I-N-G-O.

Mog.

Storm

Storm

Spring 2013

Gray Dawn.

Bricked.

Bridge.

Coors.

Security

Security

Downtown Mill District

Spring 2013

Dark. Gloomy. Industrial. Shadows hiding ghosts telling stories in the corners. Downtown.

Notice.

Petit Ellis

Petit Ellis

Grand Trunk Depot

Lincoln Street, Lewiston

Spring 2013

Originally constructed in 1874 at the end of a 5-mile spur, the Grand Trunk Depot had fallen into decay after four decades of abandonment. It was known to locals as Little Ellis Island for the huge number of French-Canadian immigrants that came to the promise of America through its doors. Between 1840 and 1930 almost 1 million Quebecois nationals migrated to the United States in search of work. The Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada played a huge role in shifting the populace south and eventually west. Over 80% of the French-Canadians who settled in the twin cities came through the Grand Trunk. It is seldom that a cultural identity can be traced back to a single building. A single humble brick building that ties together the identities of an entire urban area. 

 

Portland                      Montreal

 Boston                          Toronto 

 New York                      Buffalo

 Philadelphia                   Detroit

 Quebec                         Chicago

 And Points                         Ohio

Winter Swell

Winter Swell

Higgins Beach, Down East

March 2013

March is here. And with it, late winter Atlantic storms. Swells. Depressions. Waves. True to form. Breaking hard. March is here. The best month for surf in southern Maine. 

Low. 

 

 

 Flats.

Tide.

Higgins

Higgins

Down East

Spring-ish, 2013

Cottage.

Pocket.

Blizzard

Blizzard

Maine 

2013

Frosted.