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awake
This parking structure takes up three-quarters of a block in downtown Saint Louis. There used to be shops and restaurants, and even a police substation, on the street level. All of it is gone now and even though there are FOR LEASE and DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY signs posted, things don’t appear to be hopeful.
There is a strong graffiti presence.
And in the quarter-block that’s not this giant ruin, there’s a surface parking lot with a security guard who will invite you move along when you step into the lot to take photos.
Saint Louis, Missouri
photographed 9.2.2026
visitor parking
It is a rare thing for me to walk by a parking garage and not take a photo. I’m not sure why I find them endlessly fascinating – maybe its the various textures of the concrete, the reflected light, the unseen movement of vehicles. Or maybe it’s because I was raised by a civil engineer.
But whatever the reason, here’s yet another parking garage…
Dallas, Texas
photographed 4.10.2022
secrets of the heart
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
-St. Jerome
Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.21.2024
Parking/no parking
Can you park here, or not? This place confused me, so it’s a good thing I was a pedestrian…
Hot Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.8.2018
Walgreen Screen
I am sure that by now you know how much I like making photos inside parking garages. Here’s one made from a parking garage, just for a little change of pace. And also because I like how the circles in the screen make the Walgreen’s letters seem to bounce up and down.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 11.25.2016
