May 2012 – Page 2 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Steel Making- Braddock PA

Edgar Thomson Plant United States Steel Mon Valley Works in Braddock, PA Shot less than two weeks ago

How does color or lack of it affect a photograph? What about cropping?

The five photos below are all from one master image.

Discovered the folklore of Joe Magarac, a legendary steel worker from Croatia tried to find online if that statue of a steelworker is supposed to be legendary Joe Magarac. Check out the article Folklore or Fakelore?

And I found a cool driving tour of the mills video from 1988

or see the Steel making process in this video

May 21, 2012May 20, 2012 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: architecture, Braddock, Croatia, Edgar Thomson Plant, Joe Magarac, Mon Valley Works, Pittsburgh, sculpture, Steel Industry, steelworker, travel, United States Steel 8 Comments

Demolition in Swissvale

Driving back from Braddock, I saw people on the sidewalk with cameras in hand.

Then I saw the demolition of a house taking place.

I turned a corner and parked and got out and took a few pictures.

I thought the first one the best as it showed most of the scene. But the progressive close-ups complete the story.

My son’s in-laws grew up in this part of Pittsburgh. I heard that the house had been empty for ten years.

It was sad to see it demolished even though it must have been in bad shape. Y0u wonder who lived there.

What happened that it became abandoned. You know there is a story.

House Demolition in Swissvale — I saw a green plastic basket in the rubble

*And I looked up the CASE excavator model # and it says it is 37, 700 pounds operating weight.

May 20, 2012May 19, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Amo's Dairy King, architecture, Braddock Avenue, CASE excavator, demolition, home, house, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, Rankin Bridge, Swissvale 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Making hearts with hands.

We’re working on decorations for the Spring concert next week, drawing friends.

The theme is friendship. I’ll make a photo for each student in this third grade and thought that maybe notecards would be nice, too. Several were absent today so it was easier to fit everyone in.

How they helped me out this afternoon after the weekly photo challenge was posted: Hands. We had a lot of fun. I told them the problem of creating a heart with all of their hands. This is how they experimented with me.

They were very excited to help and try to accomplish the objective. Working together and all being part of something was a good exercise in friendship. The only part I was directing was reminding them to not let their heads get in the way so I could see their hands from the chair where I was standing. All students were engaged in learning.

May 19, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: art, childhood, community, creativity, friendship, photography, postaday, school, spring concert, third grade, travel, weekly photo challenge: hands 40 Comments

City Alley View

And the close-up cropped version

May 18, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Art, Light in the City, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: alley, architecture, art, artwork, available light, city, city scene, downtown Pittsburgh, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, travel, woman 12 Comments

Note to Self: Leave Home Ten Minutes Earlier

Two school buses and a garbage truck stopped on the narrow street as I made my way to school. A standstill, brake lights on. Do you worry? No, you photograph the scene. Write a note to self.

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, What I Saw on the Way to SchoolTags: architecture, arlington, car, city street, early morning, garbage truck, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, school, school bus, traffic jam, transportation, travel 9 Comments

Tie-Dye With a New Generation

Eighth graders in the art room.

Rubber bands and string. Buckets of color. Vinyl gloves.

Bought more shirts tonight to take to school to try again.

They’ve got the hang of it. The practice.

I tell them – no design turns out exactly as planned.

Friday morning in the hallway a blur of t-shirts walked by.

I felt satisfied.

Did you ever tie-dye anything in your life?

May 16, 2012May 19, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: art, art room, artroom, craft, design, do it yourself, fabric, fashion, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, school, t shirt, tie-dye 16 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

One photo, spot on, would be just right. I usually have no problem choosing one image.

Until almost midnight on Monday night. Blue.

Yes, that is a leather bodice. NYC shop window. I was focusing on the shoes but the blue dress caught my eye when I was looking for a blue photo.

May 15, 2012May 28, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: architecture, Bedford PA, Beverly's Touch of Class, Blue Velvet, Dinette, Empire State, fashion, Furniture, leather, Leather bodice, Millvale PA, New York City, photography, retro, storefront, travel, vintage, weekly photo challenge 25 Comments

Korean BBQ at Kim’s Restaurant in North Philly- Guest Post

You know how happy I am to hear from my grown up kids.

They’re busy with their lives (and families of their own) but when the little ding sounds on the phone, I am like Pavlov’s dog and I salivate with expectation to see what tasty morsel they have sent over the net. I love the updates, the communication, the pics.

When Mark was on business in Philadelphia last week, he met up with his high school friend, Prem, and the two of them enjoyed an authentic Korean BBQ at Kim’s. Mark said it was delicious.

Here is what he sent over the phone.

I enjoyed seeing what they are eating and I like the one he took of himself and his friend at the table.

May 14, 2012May 13, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, Guest BlogTags: Authentic Korean BBQ, barbecue, business, eating, family, food, high school, iPhone, Kim's Restaurant, North Philly restaurant, Philadelphia, photography, son, travel 9 Comments

They Sat on a Davenport

with antimacassars…….

Marian VanSickle married Roy Joseph Hendricks August 1939 in Durand, Illinois

This is not their wedding photo but they look like newlyweds to me.

May 13, 2012May 13, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, FamilyTags: childhood, davenport, memories, mom, mother, Mother's Day, parents, postaday, tribute, vintage 21 Comments

And the Opening at UnSmoke Artspace

The third day. The actual opening. The third in a series of posts highlighting emerging artists and their exhibition.

It was a great night at UnSmoke Artspace, Braddock PA. Seems to make sense to show the successful and well attended exhibition after two days of hardwork and preparation.

Everyone was waiting and waiting for the plank to break as Aaron drilled and drilled for more than four and a half hours. You can see him fall in the blurry photo and applause broke out!

Congratulations to Aaron Meyers and Justin Sorensen on (Voice of rational being)

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May 12, 2012May 12, 2012 by Ruth Categories: ArtTags: architecture, art, art opening, artshow, artwork, Braddock PA, postaday, sculpture, UnSmoke Artspace 8 Comments

Month: May 2012

Steel Making- Braddock PA

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Demolition in Swissvale

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City Alley View

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Note to Self: Leave Home Ten Minutes Earlier

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Tie-Dye With a New Generation

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