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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
Aztec
It was early enough in the morning that I didn’t even have to wait for the sidewalk on the other side of the river to be free of pedestrians before I could get my shot.
along the River Walk
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.21.2016
Beverage Station
Sometimes, you can just tell by the name of the place that there was some sort of drama involved. Like this café I went to in San Antonio – The Original Blanco Café. I was hoping the inclusion of “original” in the name was a veiled reference to some sort of acrimonious split, but a glance at Google seems to indicate that this is the first of two or three other locations of the same restaurant.
So much for drama.
Unless you want to count the lovely drama of the beverage station, with the bucket of lemons, the framed photograph on the wall, and the stacks of glasses.
The Original Blanco Café
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.21.2016
The rectangles and I are very happy together
Well, that is we were very happy together. Then I went away to take a photography class and we – the rectangles and I – broke up. Things just weren’t working out between us, and it seemed like the right thing to do. We may get back together, sometime. But for now, we need some time apart.
So, when you come back tomorrow, there’s a chance you may notice a slight variation on the sorts of images you may have come to expect to see here.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 5.21.16
