Google unveiled Streetview for Detroit this week. Here is a view of the bookstore at Wayne State.
I will have a lot to say about this, but here are some initial personal reactions.
I find it interesting and compelling to walk through neighborhoods I know, but also a little disconcerting to know someone has taken pictures of, say, the house I grew up in, although my current residence is missing by only about 1/4 mile.
A weird function of this app is that when you “walk” down the street, you may see a person but if you walk forward, the person disappears or moves in a strange way. Try it at a crosswalk, like the one above.
I am also obsessed for some reason to find out when these pics were taken. I may try to drive by like a bank or something with the date on it. So far, I have gathered that it is probably late summer/early fall. I found my car at my friend Kev’s house, which doesn’t say much but that it was probably Sunday morning, which I think is a likely time for me to be there. There are a lot of students on WSU campus and they are mostly wearing pants and short sleeves with no coats, which tells me it is Fall semester. This mail carrier, however, is wearing shorts:
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Gas cost $3.17 that day at the corner of Forest and Woodward. There was no Tigers or Lions games that day. More later as I explore and think about this.
