Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: bricks

  • On Bloomington’s brick streets

    Lovely older homes in a Bloomington, Indiana, neighborhood with century-old brick streets.

  • Illinois US 50: Crossing the Wabash River from Indiana

    Beginning the report on my 2009 quick visit to US 50 in Illinois. Part 1: entering Illinois from Indiana.

  • single frame: Forest land

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  • Photo: Peacock Road, a part of the National Road in Ohio

  • St. James’ GateNikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI NikkorKodak T-Max 4002016 We went to the Guinness Storehouse while we were in Dublin. Meh.

  • The Bungalow, Inc. Kodak VR35 K40 Fujicolor 200 (I think) 2011 Of late I’ve been either busy, or ill, or busy and ill. It’s left little energy for photography. So to feed the blog I’ve been trawling through my photo archive for ones that please me. My mom bought me my first Kodak VR35 K40…

  • Captured: Contemplating the abandoned National Road

    I can hardly believe that my old friend Michael and I made this trip nine years ago along the abandoned National Road (US 40) in Illinois. I wrote about the trip on my old static-HTML site here. It looks like I won’t get any road trips in this summer. I sometimes feel a little bummed about…

  • Captured: Main Street, South Bend

    You can still find many rumbly brick streets in the old parts of South Bend. This lonely block of Main Street connects Leeper Park to Memorial Hospital. It once ran south into downtown, but the hospital long ago oozed across the road. Hospitals have a way of doing that. My brother once lived on this…

  • Johnson County Courthouse Kodak EasyShare Z730 Zoom 2008 That digital Kodak was born to take photos of brick buildings against blue skies!

  • Indianapolis Athletic Club Nikon N90s, 50mm f/1.8 AF Nikkor Arista Premium 400 I added a touch of sepia toning to this. I don’t normally do that sort of thing, but this photo seemed to be asking for it.

  • Looking up Nikon N90s, 50mm f/1.8 AI Nikkor Arista Premium 400

  • Golden bricks Apple iPhone 5 2015