I found this old photo of Hamilton Street looking north from Court Street. The building on the corner is where the parking ramp is now. It seems so strange to see all the building along the east side of the street since it’s mostly parking lot now. I am not sure when this photo was
Checkin’ out The Gallery Art for Saginaw in the Bancroft building on the corner of Genesee and Water streets. The gallery gives a portion of its proceeds back to Saginaw youth art programs. if you wanna know more check out their website HERE I hope you will sign up for email updates. [fbcomments]
It’s that time of year again, the day we are all a little bit Irish and die the river green, well at least in photoshop. P.S. sorry I have not posted anything lately, I have been fighting a cold and flu but I am feeling much better now and hope to be back to full
On my quest to find forgotten towns in Saginaw County I found the town of Fosters on the map in north-east Taymouth township, between Bridgeport and Birch Run. I took a trip out there to Busch road and came to a large community of houses. I have never heard of anyone refer to the area
In 1835 Dr. Daniel H. Fitzhugh visited the prairie area along the Saginaw river north of East Saginaw. He fell in love with the area and purchased a tract of land about where the Consumer’s Energy plant is north of the bridge. A few years later in 1848 the Johnson brothers, Daniel and Soloman, came
I was going thru some old photographs and I found a bunch of photos that I had taken of a snow sculpture contest in Saginaw back in the mid 90’s. most of the photos were of the snow sculptures that have melted in the Michigan sunshine so many years ago but I did take this
I took some photos of Kempton Elementary School on Davenport street and a few days later I was at the Castle Museum looking at their Becoming Modern exhibit, showcasing some of the modern architecture in Saginaw, and there I saw a model of Kempton Elementary School. I recognized it right away because of the arched covered walkway
I figure since today is the day they give out awards to the movies that I have not watched, and probably never will since they ain’t my kinda movies, I thought I would post a pic of the old Quad. While the new theater is nice, I saw a lot of great movies in the old
Nothing remains today of the old town of Frost in Thomas Township, on the Swan Creek at the intersection of Frost and Lone roads, a mile and a half west of the Tittibawassee River. in the late 1800’s Frost was a thriving community with several stores a blacksmith shop and a post office. Looking at the
I was roaming around downtown Saginaw this weekend, in the beautiful February sunshine, and with the Leo Kahan building gone, there is a big empty wall on the building that is left standing on the corner of Washington and Genesee. I thought it would be a nice place for a mural so I virtually vandalized it
