Ladee's Travels

In 2015 I traveled the Danube with Rob and Tracey from New Zealand and they started my habit of photographing (and comparing) business signs that are attached to the front of the building.  Here are some that I saw in Miami.  The first two photographs are of the decorations along the street.  Someone sure does take some time to do this. And this ends my photographs from my weekend trip to Globe/Miami.

The buildings are very colorful and I find the cats painted on walls and planters to be a delight.  Here are more views of the shops as we walked down the street.  This house on the hill with the tire walls caught our attention.

We parked the car and started our downtown tour on Sullivan Street.  This is the part that I am most familiar with.  My Soda Fountain shop is here and I like to get an ice cream cone and support the local economy.  There are several bars but antique stores seem to be the biggest draw.  Some of the buildings are starting to relive their glory days and some are waiting for someone to claim them and rebuild. Maps

Miami is a classic Western copper boom-town.  It is 9 square miles and, as of the 2010 census, has a population of 1,837.  Copper mining accounts for the largest number of jobs.  Freeport-McMoRan employs about 600 people at the Miami operation.   These photographs are taken from Rt. 60, which runs on the outskirts of the town.  The "downtown" area is in the process of renovation and we are on our way to inspect the progress since the last visit. See the older posts on Miami here. Maps

A town wide project to paint cats throughout.                 Miami-based artist Marianne Collins remembers getting up around 5:30 a.m. and painting until it got too hot each day for months on storefronts, doorways, planters, and trash bins around Miami's historic downtown. Her objective? To line the streets with 121 original painted cats and other creatures. (Source: http://www.globemiamitimes.com/cats-of-miami/ ) We had a fun time finding a few of the 121 cats.