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St. Annie’s

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This is St. Annie’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. I first saw it a couple of months ago when I stayed at an off-the-beaten-path house in the South Congress neighborhood in Austin. When I was once again in Austin I made some time to go look at it again and take some photographs. This building’s been here since 1915, and it’s still an active church – you can go to their website for additional information.

West Annie Street
Austin, Texas
photographed 4.12.14

Trash day

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Yes, it’s true: I will take a picture of anything. (As long as it meets certain criteria that I generally find hard to articulate.)

These trash bins met that standard. I liked how they were almost perfectly spaced and I liked how they tilted down the street to the little bridge over East Bouldin Creek.

But, really: trash bins?

West Annie Street
Austin, Texas
photographed 4.12.2014

The ghost of what once was

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This wall beside a parking lot tells a story about what used to be here, before asphalt rectangles with space numbers painted in yellow were more valuable than buildings.

Speaking of rectangles: kind of a lot of them here, aren’t there?

Austin, Texas
photographed 5.11.2013

On High Street

One of these was taken on High Street; the other one, high street. You can probably figure out which is which.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 11.23.2012

Austin, Texas
photographed 3.10.2013

More parking

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You may recall that I’ve mentioned (endlessly) how much I enjoy taking photos in alleys.

But I also like underground parking garages, like this one under the Hilton Hotel in downtown Austin.

Careful, though, if you’re wanting to use that door: that first step is sort of formidable.

Austin, Texas
photographed 12.23.2012