G E O R G E   D R A K E ,  J R .

Fifth & Ludlow is a project that I worked on (on and off, really) since the spring of 2017. I've turned it into a five-part series that was released in December 2019.

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In 2008, my friend's parents were remodeling an original bathroom in their 1927 house. When the plumbers removed the cast iron tub, underneath was a letter and two envelopes -- all preserved in time.

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The letter, from a man simply named "Will" is vague, secretive, and mysterious. The envelopes paint an even more confusing picture. 

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With Fifth & Ludlow, I tell the story of 1920s Dayton through the lens of the letter, and expose the answers to the countless questions it raises.