City - Amsterdam NY - Life begins 1941 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - Amsterdam NY - Life begins 1941 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1941 Oct
Original Title: Amsterdam New York
Location: 133 East Main Street, Amsterdam, NY
This is Amsterdam NY. A small town that has pretty much no buildings left in it. So its a total bummer that I can't use anything as a reference. The church exists, it used to be red brick when it was first built, then they refaced it and it became a tan brick.
Seems they replaced the roof and removed those spires as well since this was taken. The roof has simplified, it looks less like a castle. If it wasn't for that church, you would never know anything ever existed on this block. Its mostly parking now.
I think this was taken between rain drops and it was getting brighter. Still though, rain evokes a certain emotion, and I like to brighten things up and light lamps and signs. Which is what I did here. Adding street light glow, and neon, adds a lot of depth and impact. Especially if you have memories of this location.
Did you know there are like 5000 Strand theaters? Looking for colors, it was really hard to find. I went with a simple scheme of red, orange and yellow, which I think works fine here.
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December 12th, 2016
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