Archive for March 26th, 2025
Compounding interests
Wednesday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
That’s a portion of the Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church pictured above, which is one of several grandiose religious buildings here in Pittsburgh that I’m interested in getting an interior look at. Ideally, I’d love to get inside with the camera and a tripod and really go to town documenting all the architectural goodness that is no doubt contained within whilst the Presbyterians tell me how talented I am, but I’d be happy with about an hour in there to do my thing. A friend of mine who has lived in Pittsburgh for decades often suggests that I just go knock on the door and ask.
As is often stated, I’m like a Vampire and need to be invited in so I can do my work. This structure is huge, and set up in the manner of a cathedral. Here’s a longer shot of the building. On my ‘sacred spaces’ shot list, now.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
A couple of blocks away, you’ll find the Catholics. This is part of St. Bernard’s RC church, which I’ve actually entered in the past.
The linked post has an error associated with the first shot, which is clearly of the Presbyterian church, and being labeled as being St. Bernard’s. I goof up sometimes. No editor, one man shop, working against a five days a week schedule and with a zero budget – that’s me. Errors slip through occasionally due to exigency and obliging the scheduling. I rely on the wisdom of crowds for corrections and comments, which you lords and ladies often offer. Thanks to y’all. Collectively, we’re a ‘hell of a guy.’
Supposedly they have a cloister set up on their campus, and there’s a catholic school too. Boy oh boy would I love to bring the camera back here sometime soon. Maybe I’ll follow my friends advice and just ask for permission to record the scene properly, instead of waiting for the serendipity of social engineering to provide an opening.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
One completed his scuttle, and burned through about 3-4 miles of walking. At the moment, this is a bit of an achievement, due to the broken ankle recovery situation. I decided that I’d take the T light rail back home rather than just backtrack my steps to HQ.
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