WASHINGTON ST.

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN // SUMMER 2015

NEW
BALTIMORE

lake water. parking lots. fishflies.
everybody knows somebody.

EST. OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER 2015

★ NOT DETROIT.
NOT UP NORTH.
RIGHT HERE.

01 new baltimore / michigan lake st. clair

THE PLACE

SMALL CITY.
BIG FUCKING
SOCIAL CIRCLE.

New Baltimore sits up against Anchor Bay like it has somewhere better to be. It doesn't. That's the point.

Washington Street, Front Street, M-29, Burke Park, the lake, the party store, the college parking lot, somebody's basement. You don't really leave. You just move around.

In 2015, everybody has a phone, everybody has Snapchat, and somehow everybody still knows everybody else's business.

POPULATION ENOUGH to run into somebody you know at Meijer

LOCAL TIME ALWAYS LATE unless you're meeting at the lake

EMERGENCY FISHFLY pop pop pop pop pop

THE ROAD

M-29

Two lanes. Lake glimpses. Old businesses. Residential driveways. Neon at night. The long way home when nobody wants to go home yet.

DRIVE UNTIL THE CONVERSATION
GETS GOOD. THEN KEEP DRIVING.

WASHINGTON / FRONT

DOWNTOWN
IS WHERE
EVERYBODY
COLLIDES.

Old buildings, newer businesses, sidewalks that have seen some shit, and enough foot traffic to make pretending you didn't see somebody nearly impossible.

Washington Street is the spine. Front Street drops you toward the water. Everything branches off from there.

New Baltimore downtown — WASHINGTON STREET NEW BALTIMORE, MI

New Baltimore street — somewhere downtown

THE WATER

ANCHOR BAY

42°40′N
LAKE ST. CLAIR

MEET AT THE LAKE. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE.

ANCHOR BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ABCC

Two stories. Commuters. Twenty-person classes. Parking lot social hierarchy.

Anchor Bay Community College — ANCHOR BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CLASS SIZE 15–30

DORMS NOPE

FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FUCK THAT

ACTUAL CAMPUS LIFE THE PARKING LOT

ABCC / FRESHMAN / AGE 19

ROMAN
SCHOLL

popular enough to know everybody.
curious enough to bother you anyway.

FILE NO. 08-08-95 STATUS COMMUNITY FIXTURE HEIGHT 5'6"

Roman laughing — probably making somebody laugh

Roman leaning over a desk — class is happening technically

LIKES: girls / sports / food / expensive clothes / attention

HATES: being ignored

PHONE: iPhone 6

THE INTERNET, BEFORE EVERYTHING GOT WEIRD

ONLINE
IN 2015.

Snapchat was for pictures. Instagram was for pictures. Twitter was for saying something stupid and hoping nobody important saw it.

Terrible selfie — terrible selfie / uploaded anyway

Cracked phone — cracked iPhone / still works

AUX cord — AUX CORD = CONTROL OF THE CAR

SNAPCHAT INSTAGRAM TWITTER TUMBLR VINE FACEBOOK KIK

LATE JUNE // FIVE DAYS // EVERYBODY SHOWS UP

BAY-RAMA

Fishflies. Carnival lights. Fried food. Music. Fireworks. Somebody's parents are somewhere nearby pretending not to watch.

BAY-RAMA FISHFLY FESTIVAL 2015

THE MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ANIMAL

FISHFLIES ™

They show up. Everybody deals with it. Nobody needs a fucking documentary about how gross they are.

Fishfly with cigarette — smoking section

Fishfly with spoon — why does it have a spoon

Dramatic fishfly portrait — PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN

POP POP POP POP

SUMMER IN NEW BALTIMORE

NOTHING
SPECIAL.
EVERYTHING.

Cut grass. Hot asphalt. Wet pavement. Boats. Somebody's music playing from an open car door. Cheap food. Expensive sneakers. Kids running around. A lake that looks different every night.

Fishfly sparklers — fishflies + sparklers

NEW BALTIMORE, MICHIGAN

YOU DON'T
REALLY LEAVE.

You drive around. You go to the lake. You sit in somebody's basement. You end up at Bay-Rama. You run into somebody you know.

2015

NEW BALTIMORE

SMALL CITY. BIG FUCKING SOCIAL CIRCLE.