jfre81 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Don't know why I haven't posted this earlier. Anywho, you could say a frequent pastime for me is going around taking pictures of stuff. Trying to fight that whole "fattest city" thing you know. If you care, I'm using a cheap Nikon Coolpix 4.0 megapixel digital. Maybe one day I'll have something a little better. On this run (this was on February 26, 2008) it got pretty dark on me as I got into downtown. I did my best... Starting from around Dunlavy on Westheimer... What you see in the shots above and below are separated by a street and a matter of feet. I love Houston. It's getting dark, so the camera's about to have to call it a night... There are more shots, but this is the limit for this post. I might put the rest later. Copyleft 2008 BrewsterMcCloud/jfre81 Use freely; just credit me and don't go saying you took them yourself. That would be lame. Not that these are good enough to make money off of, but if you want to try, let me know so I can try too. Have a good one everyone, and be careful out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The very shots I would have taken. Even Big Head On Main Street.I'm going to forward these pictures, giving you credit. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. I'd forgotten how literally colorful Montrose is. And you can definitely see a change in the photos once you move into Midtown and on to downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Thanks for the great pics. These are sights I see all the time from the car, but I really enjoyed the pedestrian perspective. You are are stronger person than me--I would have never made it past Poison Girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Even got #Numbers in the snap shots and couldn't help but get the XXX joint across the street. Well, this is what lower Westheimer is all about, or was, with ancroaching development who knows what is around the corner. Save the Victorians that remain! Yelp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 And you can definitely see a change in the photos once you move into Midtown and on to downtown.This was pretty much what I tried to accomplish here, if indeed I tried to accomplish anything besides exercising and exploring.What y'all see is only half the walk, because it got dark. Shortly after taking the shot of BHOMS I took the rail from Bell to McGowen because I had only been asked for change/cigarettes twice through the whole thing and I didn't want to ruin a good thing by walking in front of the Greyhound station after dark....I got off, explored more Midtown on the way back to where I started from because I had the car parked over there.Mind you that this was in February and it wasn't nearly as hot, but that's not been known to stop me...I've got two or three more of these I'm going to post here soon, since people seem to like. I appreciate it much, and helps make this stuff more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 nice shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampLogan1917 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I especially like the lighting in the last image of your post BrewsterMcCloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff8201 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Out of curiosity, BrewsterMcCloud, how long did it take you to make that walk? I definitely wanna take that trek sometime, but when its warmer again and the days are longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Out of curiosity, BrewsterMcCloud, how long did it take you to make that walk? I definitely wanna take that trek sometime, but when its warmer again and the days are longer. I did that walk in mid-February last year. Wasn't the cold that bothered me, but that I had limited light when I approached about six. I guess I took about two hours or so, but I was stopping a lot. I walked all the way back to where I started after dark, but I wasn't taking pictures. My camera doesn't like the dark much. Sorry to take forever to respond to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thanks for the great pics. These are sights I see all the time from the car, but I really enjoyed the pedestrian perspective. You are are stronger person than me--I would have never made it past Poison Girl. Looks like it was too early and they were closed, luckily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Speaking of walking, there is a guy who does an article periodically for the Houston Press where he walks an area of Houston, usually a pretty big all-day walk. His name escapes me and Google is not finding it, but he's done a lot of different areas.Edit: Just remembered his name, John Lomax. The article series is called Sole of Houston.Westheimer walk Part 1: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/20...ohn_lomax_a.phpPart 2: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/20...f_john_loma.phpAll the other walks, there are many: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/sole_of_houston/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Cool. Isn't he also the HP music writer (or one of them)?Anyway, so much for this "OMG HOUSTON ISNT WALKABLE" horse hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 yeah, the Montrose area still seems to have personality. i LOVE what they are doing in NOHO (LA), but one by one the quirky cafes, restaurants and bawdy storefronts are being replaced by sleek glass and polish. It definately has taken the grit out of NoHo. i PRAY to the urban gods this doesn't happen to Montrose........EVER! m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hey...that Flashback store is still there...they had a Kip's Big Boy in the window once...and there is a rocketship gumball machine like the one that sat in the Sage (Gulf Frwy) store (by the restaurant stairs), definitely a 60's thing. You can even see it in the photo. Thnx Brewster. That Hugos Restaurant looks nice. There was a house that sat where the Westheimer St. curves towards South Main, had a 3rd story that looked like a later addition "artist loft"...was always fascinated with that. Sat atop an older house, wanna say a cape cod style house. Does anyone else remember it? It would have faced Westheimer, sat looking west, straight down Westheimer. That pet store around there was nice, remember llamas & peacocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfre81 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Oh yeah...four or five days after Ike I did part of this walk again, surveying the damage. I only went to Gray in Midtown but I started at S. Shepherd rather than around Dunlavy. I should get that together and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laanba Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 This is so much fun. I definitely think I need to do something like this for some photo projects. Set out a section of town and go walking. Lord knows I need the exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I believe at least two businesses in your shots have since closed (Felix Mexican Restaurant and Adult DVD). I also didn't noticed that "That 70's Shop" had moved from the Alabama location. I thought they had just closed shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidehouston Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Those are some great shots. I think the first ones are a good example to show people that always think of Houston is a pretty stale city. Montrose always has some cool stuff going on I hope it stays that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Julio Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 40 years from now, we'll look back to this thread as "historic photos of Old Houston." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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