Monthly Archives: December 2016
The Event Space
You already know that I’ll look through windows of vacant and decrepit buildings. But I will also look inside event tents on the grounds of a resort hotel. How else would I have seen this?
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 11.26.2016
A stunning vacancy
I have a bit of a fascination with this building. On two different work trips to San Antonio, I could see it from my hotel room. Of course, I photographed it. It looms over the River Walk, and I’ve photographed it from there as well.
From what I can tell it’s the only building along this part of the River Walk that’s vacant. That raises a lot of questions. Is there some terrible flaw that makes it unsuited for redevelopment? Was an awful crime committed there? Is it tied up in legalities?
Also, from what I can tell, it’s got potential.
And it’ll be a sad day for me if I get back to San Antonio and the place has been torn down.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 11.25.2016
Angles of Confusion
Typical convention-center carpeting, with shadows of doors and windows – that’s what I saw at the conference…
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 4.2.2016
I’ve lived as a stranger in my own house, too
Abandoned houses reminded me of the Bruce Cockburn lyric* “I’ve lived as a stranger in my own house, too.” from his song “Use Me While You Can.”
Ludlow, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016
*Not a surprising turn of events, is it?
Massacre and the Memorial
We hadn’t really planned on going to Ludlow. We’d planned on stopping in Trinidad for the night; when we got there, the Patient Spouse was checking Wikipedia*, and caught a reference to the Ludlow Massacre. At the very same time, one of my Facebook friends had posted something about…the Ludlow Massacre. And, my blogging friend Matt had mentioned something about it, too, in an email he sent before our trip.
So, of course, we had to go.
Ludlow, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016
*This is also how we learned that Trinidad was once known as the Sex Change Capital of the World.
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