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Re: [OM] Downtown Oakland Iowa

Subject: Re: [OM] Downtown Oakland Iowa
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:07:06 -0400
Nice, all. I disagree with Chuck about Oakland Medical Center. It is striking. 
The contrast makes it. I like the Rusk Building, too, but the sky looks just a 
bit much to these old eyes.

Wouldn’t change it, though.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal

On Mar 29, 2015, at 12:31 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It was a decent road-trip day. The daughters were involved in music
> competitions in two different cities. We started out in Atlantic, Iowa
> for the solo competitions, and then in Bellevue (Omaha), Nebraska for
> the Drumline competition. One the way from one to the other, we passed
> through Oakland, Iowa.
> 
> I took a few minutes to walk this OLD downtown area and get some
> photographs. Everything was shot handheld with the Olympus E-3 and
> 14-42 zoom. Downtown Oakland is one of those unusual survivors of
> time. Not only was it not decimated by fire or tornado, but it never
> really saw any significant "modernization" through the years. It's not
> that Oakland is a dead down--far from it, but it has moved onward
> along the highway where the above average household income of the
> residents get to spend their money. Oakland is within the commute
> circle for Omaha and Counsel Bluffs, so it has transformed into a form
> of bedroom community. Yet, the old downtown still survives.
> 
> A multi-frame panoramic image showing the main two streets:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16747
> 
> The Rusk Building and Sky:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16750
> 
> Bent Light Over Door of the Risk Building:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16753
> 
> Oakland Medical Center:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16759
> 
> Oakland Savings Bank:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16762
> 
> Photographer in the Window:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16756
> 
> Final Flight:
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16765
> 
> -- 
> Ken Norton
> ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.zone-10.com
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