Daily Doodle: Corner of Station and Main Street in Essex, NY

Corner of Station St. and Main St. in Essex, NY by Lulu and Jeff (July 23, 2013)

This doodle was submitted to us by Lulu and Jeff at our live performance at The Depot Theatre on July 23, 2013. A collaborative doodle is a fascinating idea. I wonder which parts were drawn by which person?

This doodle shows us the corner of Station Street as it meets Main Street in Essex, NY. The large building in the foreground is the Essex Community Church. In the background we can see the waters of Lake Champlain and Vermont’s Green Mountains.

In the center we can see a few buildings lining Main Street. The Adirondack Art Association sits in it’s correct spot directly across from the end of Station St. Next to the Art Association is the Essex Ice Cream Cafe–I can tell because of the ice cream cones sitting on each side of the building! However, I think a few of the other buildings that were drawn are a bit out of order.

I am not sure what is meant to be next. The ferry dock? Or perhaps it’s supposed to be the road to the Old Dock Restaurant (because that’s where is is in reality)? What do you think?

Then farthest to the left are two more buildings. The Pink Pig should be there, but then a space exists before the next building. But other than that it’s a pretty good rendering from memory of where Main Street buildings are positioned.

Do you think you can do better? Pick an Essex street or a section of one and try to doodle the buildings in their correct positions! We’d love to see what you come up with!

Vintage Photo: Church Street, Essex, NY (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)
Essex Doodles Weekly: From Steamboats to Bombs (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)
Essex Aerial View (rosslynredux.com)
Vintage Photo: Inside the Old Dock Tavern (www.essexonlakechamplain.com)

About Geo Davis

Geo Davis (aka virtualDavis) is a writer, storyteller and unabashed flâneur. He taught and coached at Santa Fe Preparatory School and The American School of Paris, co-founded Maison Margaux: "Paris à la parisienne" in Faubourg Saint-Germain, and owns Adobe Oasis in Santa Fe, NM with his bride.

Geo chronicles adventures (and misadventures) of rehabilitating an historic Essex home at Rosslyn Redux: Reawakening a home, a dream and ourselves; blogs about doodling and other esoterica at virtualDavis.com; posts sometimes unnerving, occasionally euphoric, and always pollyanna "midlife mashups" at 40x41.com; waxes nautical at Sailing Errant; and delves into matters of parenting, babylandia, and childfreedom at Why No Kids? He meanders on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube and Flickr.