Monthly Archives: October 2009

Monthly Archives: October 2009

Halloween Haunts

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Sherman Cahal in Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast | 1 Comment

It’s almost Halloween. Here are my favorite haunts that you should check out (some legal, some not)!

Remants of my childhood

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest, Southeast | Leave a comment

From the still-active AK Steel Ashland Works to cement companies, everything that I recalled or explored in the past that provided my original inspiration for this site are being demolished or restored. Granted that in the ten years that this site has been online, things are bound to change, but the speed and manner that it is being done is quite startling.

What’s even sadder is that these once industrial mammoths, that once employed thousands in the region, are not being replaced with anything of value. Strip malls replaced a coke plant near Portsmouth, Ohio. Vacant lots and junk yards replaced an iron foundry in Ironton, Ohio. And polluted, deserted lots replaced the world’s largest hot strip in Ashland, Kentucky.

Maybe one day, we can regain our status as an industrial powerhouse.

Miami Chapel United Brethren Church

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | 2 Comments

The Miami Chapel United Brethren Church is located on Miami Chapel Road approximately one mile southwest of downtown Dayton, Ohio.

A trip into West Virginia

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Sherman Cahal in Mid-Atlantic | Leave a comment

I recently had to travel out to Charlottesville, Virginia for a conference and decided to swing by two large historical sites in West Virginia: Weston State Hospital and Sweet Springs Resort. I will be returning to these for more photographs in the future, so stay tuned. Weston State Hospital Weston State Hospital is now known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, and is open for tours. You can find more Weston State Hospital photographs after the jump. Sweet Springs Resort Originally … →

Lost Worlds

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Sherman Cahal in Midwest | Leave a comment

From the October 2009 issue of the Cincinnati Magazine: Lost Worlds “Whether it’s disused factory buildings sitting vacant all across Hamilton County or the destruction wrought by the riots of the late 1960s on inner-city neighborhoods, there is still something to be gained from focusing an artistic eye on such losses. Leave it to The Betts House’s Exploring Cincinnati exhibit to document the effects of cultural shifts and urban sprawl. The show features large-scale images by local photographers Sherman Cahal, … →