Expatriates who return to Flint can sometimes find the physical changes to the city a little startling. This is a photo from the Hurley Hospital parking lot near Fifth and Begole, which now offers an uninterrupted view of Atwood Stadium in the distance.
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A Google Map of the area as it looked not long ago, including the big red house on Fifth Avenue once owned by the Airgood family. (Note the same yellow fire hydrant in the first photo and the Google Map.)
And here's the view from Atwood looking back at Hurley.
An aging tree that used to be in backyard of a house that no longer exists on Begole Street.
The lights at Atwood Stadium.
A view of the Atwood Stadium field with the remnants of Chevy in the Hole in the background.
The Hurley Hospital Community Garden.