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Summer Trip Series: Boston, Day 2

Phil Armstrong August 21, 2024

For the summer of 2024, Ashley and I decided to explore some of New England. This is day 2 of our trip.

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Summer Trip Series: Boston, Day 1

Phil Armstrong August 16, 2024

For the summer of 2024, Ashley and I decided to explore some of New England since visiting NYC and Philadelphia in previous years. Having friends who’ve visited and recommended that part of the country as recently as February, we wanted to see and experience it for ourselves. We started our trip in Boston. This is Day 1.

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Tiki Nite: A Retro-Inspired Intro

Phil Armstrong July 28, 2024

I took an old camcorder to a recent party at Travis and Allie’s house, and we recorded a silly 90s-inspired intro to a sitcom that doesn’t exist called “Tiki Nite” that shares a skeleton with the intro to Full House. We had fun making it, and I had an even better time putting it together piece by piece.

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The Carnegie Library that Middletown Forgot

Phil Armstrong July 11, 2023

When Middletown was given $25,000 in the early 20th century to build and run one of Andrew Carnegie's libraries, the corner of First Avenue and Curtis Street changed forever. Though it's abandoned today, it's looking for a new owner.

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A streetlight in Gary, IN stands on a corner next to a crumbling home. Blight like this is a relatively common sight depending on the block.

The City of the Century Was Forged In Steel Before Many Deserted It

Phil Armstrong July 10, 2023

Gary, once an attractive destination for those chasing the American Dream, descended from being in the top five biggest cities in Indiana with a booming economy to a place with substantially fewer people and a surplus of abandoned buildings. So how did the American city with so much to offer ultimately become a shell of what it once was?

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Loving & Hating Ilford HP5 Plus

Phil Armstrong September 17, 2021

While I've played with a variety of 35mm film stocks over the last few years, I don't think any of them mirror my love/hate relationship with analog photography better than Ilford HP5 Plus.

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A Trip to Vegas: The Final Day

Phil Armstrong September 9, 2021

This trip had the right balance of city life, rural life, and natural beauty to introduce me to living in the West. We'd driven hundreds of miles, walked thousands of steps, visited three states, and saw everything from Vegas casinos to abandoned buildings in the desert. My itch to travel, ever-insatiable as it may be, had been sufficiently scratched for the time being.

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A Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3

Phil Armstrong September 7, 2021

Day three of our trip began with a drive in the rental east out of Las Vegas. The plan for the morning was to explore western landscapes and bodies of water I'd never seen before, including a national landmark that I've always wanted to see.

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A Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2

Phil Armstrong July 29, 2021

I woke up in the Rio on July 23rd refreshed and ready for the day's planned journey into the Mojave Desert. Having never been to that section of Western America before, it was exciting to load up the rental car with our camera gear to chart new (to me) territory.

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A Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1

Phil Armstrong July 27, 2021

It wasn't until the last several years that I began to seriously consider taking a trip to Las Vegas. After listening to a 99pi episode about how the city teeters on the bleeding edge of emerging architectural styles before they become popular, I wanted to see it for myself.

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Small Thoughts & Little Things, Compiled: Volume 2

Phil Armstrong June 25, 2021

A collection of interests and recent experiences that don’t require full blog posts. Just small thoughts & little things, compiled. (Volume 2)

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Tenement Life North of Liberty Walking Tour

Phil Armstrong June 15, 2021

To grow my understanding of Cincinnati's history, I went on the Tenement Life North of Liberty Walking Tour given by volunteers of the OTR Museum. The tour explores the history of how people lived in the late-1800s and early-1900s in Over-the-Rhine—specifically the way they lived north of Liberty Street.

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The building is recognizable by its colorful mural by Danny Gamble. ADDRESS: 3715 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45209

Indian Barbeque, Comfort Hawaiian, Authentic Creole, and More Inside the New and Upcoming Oakley Kitchen

Phil Armstrong June 11, 2021

What's Oakley Kitchen? Simply put, it's a place where you can get an excellent variety of high-quality food in a single place.

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Small Thoughts & Little Things, Compiled: Volume 1

Phil Armstrong June 6, 2021

A collection of interests and recent experiences that don’t require full blog posts. Just small thoughts & little things, compiled. (Volume 1)

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Exploring One of the Last Remnants of a Well-Known Ohio Ghost Town

Phil Armstrong May 27, 2021

For years I've had 'travel to the Moonville Tunnel' on my bucket list. I found it in the forest and photographed it.

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The new John R. Green Lofts at the corner of 6th and Bakewell Streets in Covington, KY. Designed by M+A Architects.

A Tour of the John R. Green Lofts

Phil Armstrong May 17, 2021

I checked out the new John R. Green Lofts in Covington. They’re nice and the rooftop has a tremendous panoramic view.

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A Standing Ovation For Newport's New Premiere Music Venue

Phil Armstrong May 14, 2021

Ovation, the 25-acre mixed-use development planned by Corporex to transform the northwestern corner of Newport, has completed its first phase of construction with the addition of PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation—a music venue that promises big things for the river's edge. I wrote about it for UrbanCincy.com.

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An Old Friend?

Phil Armstrong May 10, 2021

As it concluded its warm-up, my eyes widened, my heart rate climbed, and I picked it up in both of my hands, drawing it closer to my face. Intent not to miss a single moment, I focused on the scratched up, tiny little LCD knowing in the next second I would be reacquainted with something familiar from my past.

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The view looking north east from right below the KMK Law Terrace.

Inside FC Cincinnati's New Soccer Stadium in the West End

Phil Armstrong May 3, 2021

A walkthrough of FC Cincinnati's New TQL Stadium located in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati. This is where the MLS team will play soccer when the games are at home. These photos were made prior to the team's first game.

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A Visit to Sacred Heart Church

Phil Armstrong April 28, 2021

As an avid walker, I pass by Sacred Heart often on my trips out with the dog. Though I’ve crossed its path countless times, I’ve never had the opportunity to go inside. That all changed earlier today when I got to photograph it.

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