Archive for January 30th, 2025
In the shadows on the Shadyside
Thursday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
On the central triangle section of Pittsburgh, where it widens out, there’s a fancy pants neighborhood called Shadyside. It’s always been a wealthy area, but ‘back in the day’ this was where the Robber Baron era Millionaires dwelt. There’s still a series of enormous and thoughtfully built mansion buildings there, and it’s largely a residential neighborhood. The universities are nearby, and a number of these mansions have become public spaces of one kind or another – museums, galleries, etc. in modernity.
Our Lady of the Pentacle signed up for a class held at one of these mansions recently, and your humble narrator was providing her with transportation. After dropping her off, I couldn’t help but set up the tripod and get a few night shots.
I haven’t done low light in a long while, and I’ve missed it.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Can’t say too much about Shadyside, as I haven’t put any study or walking time into it yet, but everytime I’m driving through this zone I add another church or location to my list of places that I plan on bringing the camera to someday.
It’s – architecturally speaking – a quite interesting neighborhood.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The night was cold, so I didn’t stick around overly, just long enough to crack out a few shots before climbing back into the Mobile Oppression Platform and driving back home to Moe the Dog. Our Lady got home under her own steam after her class ended. Her return to HQ greatly excited the dog.
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