Escapism

Mulliken's founding story--I sketched it in yesterday's commentary--includes a claim that the Masonic Temple was moved to our town from Hoytville. These days the temple's an unattractive, nearly windowless hulk that's downtown's largest building. But I find its fire escape a tempting photographic target, and you'll see it again in the project outtakes.

Eventually I just decided the escape would be the last 366 Snaps photo. And so it was.

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Last March 8's photos were all shot from Mulliken's downtown park. It's an interesting set, as I was playing with depth of focus, framing, and camera angles using a really capable camera/lens combination. A couple ideas would eventually find their way into the daily project, but most were failures.

In the end, I went with a novelty shot of the signs in the recycling center.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 12
Title of "roll:" Downtown Mulliken
Other photos taken on 3/8/2012: none.

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Source: I first learned about the Masonic Temple's evident migration from Hoytville while reading a story about Roxand Township in the October 8, 1991, Lansing State Journal. I'm skeptical.

A friend who grew up north of town tells me that before they wrapped the temple in aluminum it was an attractive place. I believe her.