Real Photos fromt he Streets of Dayton, Ohio 6-26-06

The blog will be down for the next few days, as I'll be doing a lot of this:

Happy Summertime folks!

Sincerely,

drexel dave

Real Photos from the Streets of Dayton, Ohio 06-21-06

on a few of the photos this time, I'm going to do something a bit different. In the course of shooting photographs for this blog (which are all taken from my car), I miss a lot of the subjects I intend to be shooting, but capture a lot of cool photos unintentionally.

my challenge to you: identify the place some of these unintential misses came from. No prizes (your prize is when I publish this blog - WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT)!

So without further adieu, the first three photos are published for you to guess where in the city they came from.

Mystery photo #1

Mystery photo #2

Mystery photo #3 (don't let the Sinclair sign fool you)

As has been stated previously, Dayton hosts
a large percentage of Montgomery County's handicapped
population, due to the quick access to medical care,
and inexpensive living. Here a woman wheels in front
of Kroger on Wayne Ave.

RTA Bus stop at Fourth and Main at
approximately two in the afternoon.

Man appears to be upchucking front of Gem City Records
after listening to the latest major record label releases.

Elderly woman crosses the street at Fourth and Ludlow.

Two fellas cross the street in front of the old Arcade Seafood on Ludlow.

While another fellow follows.

Occasionally you will spot a deer wandering around
downtown Dayton that has veered off of the Miami
River corridor, but mostly it's just lawyers
or their clients wandering around.

Cyclist prepares to cross the street in
front of the Dayton Convention Center.

American Tire Service on Wayne Ave.
If low-budget is your tire budget,
this is a good place to go as they've
got used tires ready to go.

The soon to be former Dayton Daily
News building on Fourth and Ludlow.

Democratic Headquarters on Wilkinson Street.

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Real Photos from the Streets of Yellow Springs, Ohio 06-19-06

Today, we take a short respite from the streets of Dayton, and instead, enjoy an afternoon of country music on the lawn of the Antioch College Golf Course...

One reason I get up every morning:
My eldest born, Hannah, age 14.

The other reason I get up every morning:
My youngest born, Hunter, age 11.

Frolicking through the grass carelessly
is a major league sport in Yellow Springs.

Kiddies praciting for their Benneton audition.

Yellow Springs has never been known for

its football teams, and tradition seems to be holding true.

Lil' gal enjoying the sounds of country strummin'.

Young couple with new arrival enjoy
an evening of music on the lawn.

Man and best friend.

Yellow Springs has a reputation for being, well, kinky.

One Way Rider sounds one way, damn good.

My favorite cat of the night on the left. Just the
mere sight of some people make you smile don't they?
Well, they do me.

me.

Real Photos from the Streets of Dayton, Ohio 06-19-06

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Wilford Brimley was on Fifth Street in the
Oregon District this week and was hightailing
it to the nearest restroom after a shot of Tequila
and Metamucil at the Trolley Stop.

The Dayton Gym Club serves lunch four times a week

and hosts the occasional train-wreck speed metal show.

The crew at the Family Video store on Wayne Ave.
woke up Saturday morning with a giant window
broken, and the store broke into overnight.

The Rutledge Art Gallery in downtown.

Watering the flowers at Riverscape.

We got a new puppy.

Cycling past the industrial ruins of yesteryear on Wayne Ave.

Brother catchin' a ride on James H. McGee.

Smokin' Joes BBQ on West Third Street - YUMMY!

The Ohio Loan Company on West Third and Broadway.

Quick Income Tax filing in the 'hood is
as essential to survival as spinner wheels.

Dude walking down James H. McGee near Gettysburg.

Real Photos from the Streets of Dayton, Ohio 06-15-06

Man at this house screams across the Wyoming
Wayne Street intersection at some skanky ol' woman.
I used to think his window was cool until he started
flying the stars and bars rebel flag.

During the first week I lived in d8n, I went to this salon
on Wyoming St. to get a haircut. Some old dude who was working
there offered to sell me some pills he said his buddies
stole from a pharmacy. He didn't even know me, and
started that conversation up from scratch.

I mean, do people in other cities get offered
oxycontin from complete strangers who admit
to it being stolen?

Appalachian brood settles down to another
evening of chilling on the porch on East Fifth Street
and Monmouth Ave.

Jazz Central on East Third Street is responsible
in large part for the live, original music scene
in D8N. When it was the Building Lounge, cutting-edge
punk rock bands like MOM and Toxic Reasons frequented
the bill.

Two young East enders in the back of a Dayton
City Police cruiser. With the help of Photoshop, we
can see who they are and know what they are about.

Working girl on East Third Street suffers from the
bootydoo epidemic. You got it, her belly stick out
further than her booty do.

Women like this who can squash you
like a bug inhabit much of East Dayton.

What was once a grand family home on a bustling
street is now a boarding house for chronic addicts
and disabled people.

Hivling Street off of East Fifth is a total wreck.

While only two blocks behind...

The beautiful Huffman Historic District.

And old gas station continues to fall prey to
the forces of nature on East Third Street.

The American Saloon is a blue-collar gay bar.

At Abracadabra costume shop on Fifth Street, you can
become who you want for the annual Oregon District Halloween bash.

The Liederkrantz Center on the corner of
Fifth and High Street is still going strong.

New life has sprung up at the Fifth and Hamilton Street
railroad tracks with the opening of the Fifth Street Grill.

Young east end couple practices the art of
male shirtlessness and tightly fitting female forms.

You can get $1 draft beers and $4 pitchers every
Monday and Thursday at the historic Trolley Stop,
one of my favorite D8N watering holes. Say hi to Jon
if you stop in, and tell him drexel dave sent you.

Dayton literary legend Harold Bonnet passed away last year.

But the bookstore he founded still stands and
is going strong on Fifth Street in the Oregon District.

And if you go inside, there is a treasure trove of
used books, comic books, magazines from the past...it's
just a fabulous store with a little bit of everything for everyone.

Dreadlocked hipster girl talks to the dude at the
porn shop on Fifth Street in the Oregon District.

Best Pizza in the Miami Valley, hands down.
The Dayton Pizza Factory on Wayne Ave.

China Buffet on Fifth Street near the Oregon District
is always good for food, and people watching.

At the Tumbleweed Connection in the Oregon District
You might spot a pooch waiting for a tequila slammer.

Stylist at derailed hair salon has the
modern day D8N gal look all wrapped up.

Big mama, little mama. Walking into
the Oregon District off of Wayne Ave.

Gettin' them babies exercised on Wyoming Street
just east of Patterson Kennedy Elementary School.

A couple takes a break from using the pay phone
and smoking a blunt on Wayne Ave.

Just some dude on a lonely afternoon near Warren Street.

Waiting for the RTA outside of
Miami Valley Hospital on Main Street.

A mullet serves many in d8n for life.

The official body builder physique of East Dayton.

Homeless outside of the Other Place shelter on
Patterson road near BHA.