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@atlasboscrispa.bsky.social

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Your local unreliable narrator. I drive the car, I take the picture, I post the history. All photos are my own unless #vintage 📸 I also share my wife's magnificent artwork✨💃🏻 @thebearfinessities.bsky.social 🔞 She/They/He🏳️‍⚧️ 32👵🏻 Married💖 Metro Detroit❄️

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 12d

Top Hats and Werewolves (b.1883)
Fenton, Genesee County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #victorian #queenanne #historic #village #fenton #genesee #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 20m

Also, drop your recommendations on cameras and film! I've been itching to get back into film photography but I don't have a camera... or film lmao

Might get a Cannon AE-1! Thoughts?

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 22m

Thanks for all the likes!

I had a lot of fun shooting in Ann Arbor, but I've been too busy to shoot more than one or two shots a day lately. I'm probably going to post a little less frequently while I spend some time working on my website and other new things to come!

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 6h

The Glazier Building (b.1906)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

The city's first skyscraper.

#photography #architecture #beauxarts #oldbuildings #skyscrapers #urban #urbangaze #mono #monochrome #classicmono #bnw #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 15h

Good Ol' #RichardsonianRomanesque !

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 17h

First Unitarian Church (b.1882)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

Designed by Donaldson & Meier

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #churches #unitarian #urban #urbangaze #mono #monochrome #classicmono #bnw #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 19h

Thanks! 😊

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 22h

Harris Hall (b.1886)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

Originally an open forum adjacent to the University of Michigan campus for academics to discuss Darwin's new theory of evolution.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #UofM #urban #urbangaze #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

First United Methodist Church (f.1827)(b.1939)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #churches #methodist #UofM #urban #urbangaze #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Jacob Hoffstetter House (b.1887)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#vintage #picture c.1950's/60's?

#architecture #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #queenanne #UofM #urban #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Jacob Hoffstetter House (b.1887)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

Home of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity of the University of Michigan 1888-1894.

#photography #architecture #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #queenanne #UofM #urban #urbangaze #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

That stone is beautiful!

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! ☺️

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

A post card of Wirt C. Rowland's #ArtDeco Guardian Building (b.1929) in downtown Detroit.

Also, some shots I took last year while on a tour of it with my wife. This place is covered in beautiful #mosaics and #stainedglass. Definitely my favorite #skyscraper in the city!

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

That's awesome! My dad moved out into a rural township and found a vintage aerial of the house while cleaning out the garage. I love the preservation of architecture in small towns!

Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Bell Ann Arbor Central Office (b.1925)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

Designed by Wirt C. Rowland, the architect of the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit.

#photography #architecture #romanesque #oldbuildings #telecom #UofM #urban #urbangaze #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! When I can, I like to match my shots with old pictures I find. History's everywhere ya look!

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Old Engine House (b.1882)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#vintage #picture c.1907

#oldbuildings #enginehouse #firefighters #urban #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Old Engine House (b.1882)
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County Michigan.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #enginehouse #firefighters #urban #urbangaze #mono #monochrome #classicmono #bnw #annarbor #washtenaw #michigan

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Atlas @atlasboscrispa.bsky.social · 1d

Fractional District No.1 Schoolhouse (b.1870)
Farmington Hills, Oakland County Michigan.

Built on the site of an 1850 schoolhouse which burnt down.

#photography #architecture #oldbuildings #schoolhouses #historic #suburban #midwest #farmingtonhills #oakland #michigan