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I don’t know. It seems pretentious, somehow, to have signs marking parking lot sections when the parking lot itself is not paved and not even used for parking.
But that’s just me.
It must make sense to someone.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.15.2014
The excellent arrow
“The excellent arrow” is what I named this the day I found it.
It was a wayfinding arrow, showing where the parking lot was, for a now-defunct restaurant in downtown Lubbock. I like the curves, the blue-and-white, the way the artist signed it, the dappled sunlight on the concrete block wall.
For that matter, I even liked the restaurant.
(Regarding my use of the urban-planning term “wayfinding” – you may not know this about me, but I actually am a licensed urban planner! That doesn’t mean much, really, except that I once passed a test and continue to pay dues to the American Planning Association. But every now and then, just to keep in practice, I throw in a planning term. Here’s another one, just for fun: road diet. It really IS an exciting profession.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.13.2011
Pebble field
It was a warm day, warmer than usual for January. And the wind wasn’t blowing, which is rare enough to warrant a mention. I wandered the streets (and alleys, which you probably already knew) of downtown.
This shot captures most of our skyline, as all three buildings (plus one steeple) rise above the field of pebbles left behind when a building was demolished to make way for – well, I guess for a field of pebbles.
Avenue Q and 13th Street
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2013
“C” is for chandelier
(I think it’s probably for the best if we try not to speculate about the origins of that stain on the sidewalk. Instead, let’s look at that “C” in the display window. Right next to the chandelier.)
Broadway, near Ave. Q
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2013
December 14
A downtown alley, looking north from 14th Street. I have mentioned, haven’t I, that I like to take photographs in alleys?
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.15.2012
One Day | One Image 