Day 126/365

     Today I mainly covered the demolition of the old Plaza Hotel in downtown Saginaw. I've never actually seen a building being demolished before, so I thought it was interesting to see for the first time. It went slower than I thought it would; they started with the wrecking ball and bulldozer today and have only got maybe one fifth of it down. The paper will probably be going back to get pictures throughout the week as more of it comes down, but I'll be in Bay City for work tomorrow through Friday so by the time I go by there next it could very well be leveled, (most of the debris will probably be there though, the construction workers thought it would take about a week to tear the building down, and about a month to clear everything out). If you'd like to see any more of my photos from the demolition site, there's an MLive gallery set up here.

Day 103/365

     Today's post is a closeup of a light fixture in the old Plaza Hotel here in Saginaw, Michigan. I was assigned to cover the clearing-out of the hotel today, since it's set to be demolished sometime within the next month. It was surreal being in the hotel today; it seemed like the last people to be in it had just dropped everything and left in a hurry. There was still water in the pool, martini glasses sitting on the bar, and other things like that. If you're interested in seeing the photos that got into the published story, or would like to read the article that went with them, you find all of that here. Barring any crazy amount of breaking news this weekend: I have tomorrow and Sunday off, which will be spent moving my things into my apartment at last... and probably catching up on the sleep I've missed out on these past three weeks between road-tripping and starting my internship!