City - Cleveland OH - Open house 1913 - Side by Side Acrylic Print

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Colorized photo from 1913, Nov 11
Original Title: Cleveland storm damage
Location: Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio

The formula for comedy is: Tragedy plus Time. And this is pretty funny.

There was a huge blizzard where the winds clocked at 80mph for a full minute. And it just tore this wall off. I think the wall was sticking up past the roof line, like a false front building, and the wind caught it.

I'm not sure why people in the past were stupider than they are now, maybe they are the same amount stupid, putting themselves in harms way just to get the shot. But I mean come on... there is a broken wall just feet from them, any of that could collapse, as long as I get in the paper, that's all that matters.

For colors, I wanted the rooms to pop out. So I gave them each a sort of pink to yellow, girly colors. (This is a hotel, still though each room is different for some reason). The outside colors I wanted more earth tone and muted, so the inside...

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