American Road Trip: New York to LA from Zero to 85 (454 artworks)

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American Road Trip 2022

New York to Los Angeles
before, during and after the COVID lockdown

What one sees along U.S.A.’s flyover country byways snapped from a fixed
position above roadway or railway going zero to 85 mph

(hardly ever doing more than that…)

Through 19 States
with Stops on the Streets of:

New York City
Kutztown
Kempton
Columbus
Dayton
Chicago
Kansas City
Lawrence
Omaha
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Hays
Fort Carson
Boulder
Denver
Estes Park
Nederland
Empire
Idaho Springs
Winter Park
Aspen
Telluride
Santa Fe
Madrid
Navajo Nation
Las Vegas
Los Angeles

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Warning!
There are 461 artworks in this exhibition with thousands of images worth of information
about what it’s like to live and travel along the farm to market American road, and it would
take a bottle of wine’s worth of time to properly go along for the ride.   It’s a BIG exhibit,
cause it’s a BIG country, so pop a cork and hang on for dear life – – –
New York to LA with Gary Mark Smith
before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020.

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Brooklyn

 

 

 

Queens

 

 

 

New York, New York
(population 8,804,190 – – founded 1624 – – elevation: sea level)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manhattan 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Coney Island 

 

 

 

Washington Square

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queens, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kutztown, Pennsylvania
(population 5,080 – – founded 1779 – – elevation 400 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Street, Kutztown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kempton, Pennsylvania
(population 169 – – founded 1874 – – elevation 427 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus, Ohio
(population 905,748 – – founded 1812 – – elevation 902 ft.)

 

 

 

Dayton, Ohio
(population 137,644 – – founded 1796 – – elevation: 738 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois
(population 2,746,388 – – founded 1780 – – elevation 597 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Theatre, State Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City, Missouri
(population 508.090 – – founded 1850 – – elevation 910 ft.)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

18th & Vine

 

Troost Avenue BLM Street Mural

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lawrence, Kansas
(population 100,205 – – founded 1854 – – elevation 866 – 1002 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lockdown in Lawrence, Kansas/ March, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts Street, Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cation COVID Caution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omaha, Nebraska
(population 486,051 – – founded 1854 – – elevation 1.090 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omaha after the riots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma
(population 413,066 – – founded 1836 – – elevation 722 ft)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
(population 681,054 – – founded 1889 – – elevation 1,201 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVID-time, Oklahoma City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Middle of America
(population 0 – – founded July 4, 1803 – – elevation 1,844 ft)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hays, Kansas
(population 21,116 – – founded 1867 – – elevation 2,021 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Carson, Colorado
(population 14,951 – – founded 1942 – – elevation 5,814 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boulder, Colorado
(population 108,250 – – founded 1858 – – elevation 5,328 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pearl Street, Boulder

 

 

 

 

 

Empire, Colorado
(population 345 – – founded 1882 – – elevation 8,615 ft.)

 

Nederland, Colorado
(population 1,445 – – founded 1885 – – elevation 8,236 ft.)

 

 

 

Denver, Colorado
(population 715,522 – – founded 1858 – – elevation 5,280 ft.)

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16th Street Mall, Denver

 

 

 

 

 

Estes Park, Colorado
(population 5,904 – – founded 1859 – – elevation 7,522 ft.)

 

 

 

Idaho Springs, Colorado
(population 1,717 – – founded 1859 – – elevation 7,526 ft.)

 

 

 

Colorado Continental Divide Roadway
(elevation 14,130 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Park, Colorado
(population 999 – – founded 1978 – – elevation 9,052 ft)

 

 

 

Aspen, Colorado
(population 7,004 – – founded 1879 – – elevation 8,460 ft)
Load-out at Hotel Jerome

 

 

 

Telluride, Colorado
(population 2,325 – – founded 1878 – – elevation 8,750 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main Street, Telluride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Fe, New Mexico
(population 67,947 – – founded 1610 – – elevation 7,199 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Turquoise Trail 

 

 

 

 

 

Madrid, New Mexico
(population 149 – – founded 1880 – – elevation 6,020 ft.)

 

  

 

Santa Fe to Madrid Hat Quilt 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navajo Nation

 

 

 

Navajo Nation Water Tower Grid

 

 

 

Navajo Nation
adjacent to Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
(population  173,667 – founded 1868, by treaty)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navajo Nation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas, Nevada
(population 641,903 – – founded 1905 – – elevation: 2,001 ft.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, California
(population 3,898,747 – – founded 1781 – – elevation: sea level)

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

Melrose Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Sunset Strip

 

Seeing White Dots  Wherever She Looks

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