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Wonder Bread
25/09/09 21:05
Having only moved to Buffalo in January of 2007, I’m still discovering little gems of the city. Perhaps I should keep these gems to myself, as I just drove by the Fillmore Ave Projects and noticed it’s fenced off and getting a facelift from some conglomerate that will either start construction or just keep a fence around it.
Upon the request of my pal Mark Warner I headed to the Walden Ave/Genessee St. district of Buffalo the other day while I was out shooing. It seems like an obvious idea, but it’s one of those things that you don’t think about. It’s easy to go to the major landmarks in a city, but it takes patience wandering around unfamiliar neighborhoods, sometimes sketchy, to find that shot.
For example: The Wonder Bread Factory. Had I not been recommended to visit the Walden/Genessee district, I wouldn’t have found this gem of a building:
From the little research I found on the building, it appears it was neglected since 2003. The Wonder Bread Factory employed just under 150 people and different bakeries working out of it while it was operational. For a time, and possibly even still, part of the building was used for storage for recycled electronics. I do have a call into the real estate brokerage to see if I can get a tour of the vacant building.
The point of this is there are many gems out there, especially in Buffalo. As creatives, we nee to be on the look out and go to areas we normally wouldn’t to find an atmosphere that is different to us. Too often we get comfortable and photograph the same buildings or the same models and thus get in a creative rut. We need to push ourselves to find different subject matter. I’m as guilty as the rest.
-Nb
Upon the request of my pal Mark Warner I headed to the Walden Ave/Genessee St. district of Buffalo the other day while I was out shooing. It seems like an obvious idea, but it’s one of those things that you don’t think about. It’s easy to go to the major landmarks in a city, but it takes patience wandering around unfamiliar neighborhoods, sometimes sketchy, to find that shot.
For example: The Wonder Bread Factory. Had I not been recommended to visit the Walden/Genessee district, I wouldn’t have found this gem of a building:
From the little research I found on the building, it appears it was neglected since 2003. The Wonder Bread Factory employed just under 150 people and different bakeries working out of it while it was operational. For a time, and possibly even still, part of the building was used for storage for recycled electronics. I do have a call into the real estate brokerage to see if I can get a tour of the vacant building.
The point of this is there are many gems out there, especially in Buffalo. As creatives, we nee to be on the look out and go to areas we normally wouldn’t to find an atmosphere that is different to us. Too often we get comfortable and photograph the same buildings or the same models and thus get in a creative rut. We need to push ourselves to find different subject matter. I’m as guilty as the rest.
-Nb
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