I found this old photo of the corner of Court and Hamilton streets in Old Town. It’s looking north down Hamilton and it looks so strange seeing buildings on the east side of the street, most of them are gone, and the corner building is a parking ramp now. judging from the cars in the photo
I like this colorful lion on Wally’s Sandwich Shop that keeps an eye on people entering downtown from the south on Washington Ave. The sun was shining on him, I am not sure what his name is, maybe Wally, but I had to stop and get another pic.
The story of Crow Island goes way back to the treaty of 1819, with the Chippewa Chief Kawkawisou, or as the white settlers referred to him “The Crow”. The Indian chief was given 640 acres on the east side of the Saginaw River, and the island opposite Zillwauke and called Crow Island. In 1864 the
This is the old firehouse on Bay Road near Court Street. It’s been empty for a while after a few different restaurants occupied the old firehouse, but eventually closed. I have tried to find some old photos of it when it was a fire station, but I have not found any. I know I ain’t as
I took this photo about 5 years ago of the sunflowers on Washington Ave near Genesee. Things sure have changed since then, there was a garden on this lot, and the Imagine Mural was painted on the wall in the Background. After the renovations to the Bancroft the garden was replaced with a parking lot, then the
Now that the days are getting cooler and I see a few trees with a hint of color I am getting exited to go out and take some Autumn color photos. I took this pic last year in Taymouth Township. It seems like the fall colors come and go so fast and I like to
I found this old photo in the Saginaw Public Library archives of the Michigan Theater. It was a little before my time, so I don’t have any memories of it, but doing a little research I found the 1216 seat theater was built in the late 1930’s at 1107 E. Genesee and owned by W. A.
The old service station on Washington Ave south of downtown that Eric R Schantz painted several years ago is still looking great. I took a lot of photos of it after he painted it, but I have not really stopped a looked at it in a while. It’s surprises me that it has not been ”
A few years ago I drove down Remington and I saw some heavy equipment next to the Cottage Bakery across from the old North School on Bond street. I stopped and took a pic of it, (the backhoe was just to the right of the building) and I am thinking it was the last photo of
I took a photo of this old barn, on Midland Road near Gratiot, a few years ago, back when I started Pure Saginaw. Driving past there recently, the barn is no longer there, and it’s just a field. I remember when I was a kid there were a lot of barns and farms around Saginaw, especially
