We often go downtown for Dragons baseball games and eating in nearby restaurants.
After living near Dayton for almost seven years, we still don’t feel familiar with the area and it was fun to explore a little bit.
My daughter is taking a photography class with CCP at a local university. One of her assignments is a roll of black and white film of downtown city buildings. We drove to Dayton and got some pretty neat photos and had a fun time walking around.
I snapped a few similar photos with my Google Pixel phone camera for reference.
It’s sad to see how desolate and empty the city is. Dayton is full of history, but it’s rundown and many businesses and industry have left to other states or countries in the past decade. The Arcade is getting rebuilt and it’s not open to the public every day so we didn’t get to see it.
Dayton experienced a dramatic rise in the early 20th century, but de facto racial segregation, a poorly educated labor force, and failed revitalization projects precipitated its decline through the turn of the 21st century.
Adam Millsap
We walked a little over three miles from Sinclair to Oregon district, in a rough square to get some interesting shaped buildings, reflections, and shadow/light combinations.
The weather was gorgeous: sunny, cloudless, 61.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its unique architecture.
The Old Montgomery County Courthouse was built in 1847.
The Conover Building, also known as Wright Stop Plaza.
I love the contrast of colors and shapes with this Dayton RTA Wright Stop Station.
I love this view of the Conover Building with the other two buildings. They remind me of a child’s shapes puzzle.
There are fun murals on the sides of buildings.
Sir Winston Churchill Mural at the corner of Jefferson and 2nd.
I love the detail on this little cardinal!
Such a lovely painting and quotes on the side of the library.
We loved the Wagtown Dog Trail pawprints.
Liberty Tower was the tallest building in Dayton from 1931 to 1969.
My daughter easily filled up a 36 exposure roll of film on our walk and I can’t wait to see the results!
Dayton, Ohio, is known as the Birthplace of Aviation. Dayton is known as the home of many inventions. Some of most famous are aviation, the cash register, the hydraulic jump to prevent flooding, code-breaking machines that helped end World War II and the pop top. The Dayton Peace Accords signed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1995, ended the Bosnian War.
You might also like:
- Dayton MetroParks
- Wright Brothers Unit Study
- National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
- Dayton Art Institute
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
- SunWatch Indian Village and Archaeological Park
- Fort Ancient Archaeology Park
- Newport Aquarium
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Cincinnati Art Museum
Wow! What amazing pictures! I took a humanities class in college that had an architecture unit and for an assignment we had to walk around town and make notes of the architectural styles we saw. (I’m sure if cell phones existed then, we would have had to take pictures. ha) I will never forget how amazed I was at what I discovered by simply looking UP! I’d walked past some of these buildings regularly and never NOTICED them. These paintings are so lovely, and I like the details on the Wright Stop Station, too. Thanks for sharing this post at the Will Blog for Comments #15 linkup.
I took a random class as an elective and I still think about it: music appreciation. I learned so much and was exposed to so many genres and composers. I was required to attend live performances and write about them. It was such a fun class. I think the point of education is to make us think and notice and observe outside of our norms.
Whoop whoop, what an amazing selection, well done, love your walk.
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You got some really lovely photos! I hope your daughter did too; that sounds like a fun assignment.
These buildings are gorgeous and your pictures of them were amazing! I especially loved the Catholic church.
What beautiful architecture!
Thank you for showing me
Beautiful frames!
Stunning photos!
Love the architecture of the buildings.
You got some great photos, Jennifer. It will be fun for you to compare them to your daughter’s black and whites. I found your blog on the #WWWhimsey link-up. It’s nice to “meet” you.
~Christie
Wow! Stunning photos!
Love the architecture and the pics of street-art!
Greetings from Germany :)
wonderful photo walk with your daughter. very successful.
Hi, Jennifer. These images are very interesting. So much to see! And for your daughter to fill up a 36 exposure roll of film, that is amazing. Not very many people shoot with film these days. Is she taking a photography class?
Thank you for linking up at Gma’sPhoto Tongue Tied Link party. What camera did you use, if edited, what software or apps used to make the edits.
Take care and best wishes.
These are awesome photos. Good job.
Beautiful photos with gorgeous clear blue sky! Thank you for linking your post up with #WWWhimsy Have a wonderful weekend.
Jennifer, the architecture is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations, Jennifer! This post was one of the most-visited at the Will Blog for Comments #15 linkup! It will be spotlighted during linkup #16 (which will last almost 2 weeks due to the Thanksgiving holiday). You’re welcome to save the “This post was a featured favorite” image there to add to your post here and celebrate with your readers, if you like. See you next week!
Thank you Jennifer for linking up with #weekendcoffeeshare. I enjoyed this virtual walk and your beautiful photos.
I’ve never been to Dayton. Looks like it has some really interesting architecture!
Great photos! Thank you for taking us along for the walk. Thank you for sharing your post with us at The Crazy Little Love Birds link party #14.
Such beautiful architecture. I miss buildings that appear to be as much of an art piece as it is a structure. Thank you for sharing at Tell It To Me Tuesday, I hope to see you again this week!
I used to love going on photo adventures with my daughters when they took photography classes. So fun. That church is so pretty. LOVE that cardinal. THank you for the walking tour. I was thinking “is this Dayton, Ohio”, then got to the bottom of the post. I enjoyed this. Both my parents were born and raised in Northern Ohio, but moved when I was in 4th grade.
Jen, your photos are stunning! Love them.
I appreciate you sharing your photo walk with Sweet Tea & Friends this month dear friend.