The picture above was taken by Charles Cushman in 1949. Charles was a renowned photographer who took many pictures in the U.S. and in the rest of the world. Today the University of Indiana has his photos available online. One of Cushman's legacy's is his collection of photos he took of Maxwell Street. If you see a photo of pre-demolition Maxwell street it more than likely to be Cushman's work. Many current amateur photographers are re-creating the scenes that Cushman had shot, as I went through his collection of photos I found three that were taken in the Bridgeport neighboorhood.
The photo below of the intersection of 32nd and Lowe was taken the last weekend of February 2008. It is my recreation of one of the three photos that Cushman took. Both photos contain a large cylinder that is cemented in the ground. Today there are several intersections that people have placed similar "crash" barriers into the sidewalk. Cushman's photo shows this cylinder is painted a sort of grey color, today it is rusty. I hope to recreate the other two photos in the near future.
2 comments:
You can certainly see the bones of the structures are still the same!
I wonder why they covered the masonry with cheap looking aluminum siding
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