Rock Bottom
Monday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
There were a few spots on a Google map which I had prepared in advance of this drive through the Borough of McKees Rocks here in Pittsburgh, ones which the search giant’s satellite imagery suggested as being photogenically interesting – possibly. You never know till you go, though.
This was the view from the parking lot of a seemingly empty warehouse which I had turned the car into, during my return from McKees Rocks to Dormont where HQ is located.
I was hoping to see some train action happening along CSX’s tracks, but no luck. It was New Years weekend, after all.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Truth be told, I was actually feeling pretty good while shooting these. The ankle wasn’t giving me any trouble, even when I got out of the car and walked around a little bit. There were swampy lowlands alongside the rail yard, pictured above. Must be buggy during the summer around here…
‘Mustn’t over do it’ is one of my catch phrases at the moment, so one reentered the Mobile Oppression Platform and started its motor. Soon, I was positively hurtling through space – at tens of miles per hour – and heading back towards home. It was about a 15-20 minute drive.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
This is one of the ‘through the roof’ shots which one has been oddly drawn to capture of late. A sort of liminal space, intersections like these are unoccupied, but over the course of the day tens of thousands pass through. I used to describe Queens Plaza the same way.
This is a pretty interesting intersection, designed under the tutelage of Robert Moses himself. You’ve got the Liberty Tunnel to the left, which is a primary arterial leading away from downtown Pittsburgh and towards the South Hills with the ‘tube’ having been cut right through Mount Washington. This intersection feeds onto a secondary arterial road called West Liberty Avenue (to the right), after crossing a primary arterial called Saw Mill Run (PA Route 51) first. Additionally, there are light rail tracks weaving about, and there’s also freight tracks which are carried on a highflying rail bridge over the vehicular traffic. Neat, huh?
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