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Prosperity comes and goes. In 2015, Mt. Vernon's residential districts appear neat and tidy, but the core business district shows signs of distress typical of communities whose downtown traffic count declined in the 1950s when the expressways bypassed established commuter routes. Some evidence of past commercial activity is found in the trade cards found in  the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection - 1885 . If the seas continue to rise, Mt. Vernon may be ideally situated to prosper as wealth migrates inland. Smart investors take note! (I suspect they already are.) alterations On the Google Street View above, note that the  lintels  were originally designed for larger center windows. While the story of this building, crowned with the inscription "Edw L. Phipps 1905" is not complete, from the Google Books resource below and other Google Search results the personality of Edward L. Phipps emerges: Title Westchester County Magazine , Volumes 7-8, ...

#NewYorkCity updated 21 March 2017 The Only Way ( Google Street View , January 2013) Sometimes you can get a lot of mileage from the same Google Street View. I liked the angles on the former Universal Fashion Company building (40 E. 12th Street) and came up with three interpretations I thought you might enjoy. The process of discovery continues.... The Ledge Your Escape >click on the images for full screen< A Neighbor's View Google Street View, Sept 2014 (The original view is on page 40 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection .) New York City has done well preserving its historical architecture. Many remnants of the 19th century and even earlier survive. The following are samples of some of what I've found while searching for locations of businesses advertised by the trade cards in the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection - 1885 . 5 on 5 (from Google Street View , Sept 2014) In New York City, new buildings don't jus...

updated 27 January 2019 Stretch! Our family trips used to go through Hartford on our way to visit Earl J. Arnold in Waltham MA. In the 1950s, it was a prosperous city with a thriving insurance industry. In 2015, only one insurance company remains headquartered in Hartford, Phoenix. Due to the prosperity of the city, Hartford bulldozed much of its industrial history in the process of making room for new construction. This makes finding 19th century addresses difficult. Even if you don't find what you're seeking, what you do find here will be rewarding. Hartford has become a destination. Several angles present 114 Asylum Street, former home of the Hartford One-Price Clothing Company in good light in these July 2015 Google Street View derivations : a century contrast distinction Asylum, it turns out, is quite the Hartford address! Seeking Asylum Google Street View of the Goodwin Hotel building, June 2011 found while looking for the Domestic Sewin...

updated 25 October 2015 Wandering around looking for traces of Myers, Tice & Co., cigar makers, for page 56 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection - 1885 , I found the classy Dubuque City Hall. punctuation ( Google Street View, September 2013 ) Around the corner Google Street View unconsciously caught the interplay of shadow and reflection of City Hall spire on a neighboring building. playful invitation layers Google Street View of a special Dubuque landmark Gaming the light is what photographers do. Many play with photoshop. I play with Street View and Picasa. Join the fun! Come out and play!

The Wells-Richardson building is refurbished and looking pretty spiffy. Looking directly at it in Street View gives one the standard, ordinary view of the facade. Now there's a typical view!  Many would take that home and say that's good enough. It is. But, if you rotated Google Street View just a bit, you would find a remarkable, suitable-for-framing view of the same building from the other side of the street. It also contains what has become a favorite feature of my derivative works, a streetlight. Here's what I found. Click the image for a full-size view. Leaf peepers will appreciate the time of year. This just has to be Vermont! The original appears on page 59 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection . rear view mirror

updated 7 June 2016 Boston. It's been 60 years since I visited there in person. I remember the science museum, the trolleys and trolley busses, but not much else about Boston, so it's nice to be able to return via Google Street View. Those young eyes of mine never saw anything like this! "at liberty" Google Street View  rarely captures wildlife. ...or maybe we just never see it... The Herring Gull celebrates Boston's maritime character. From page 32 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection. The colors were warmed using Google Picasa. Second Summer from Google Street View While revising page 50 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection - 1885 , I took another look in the vicinity of 105 Summer St. in September 2014. ( click photo for full effect ) This Boston neighborhood seems to be a particularly good place for some great reflections. One wonders how many of these light shows were anticipated by architects. I see the sight...