Alki Lighthouse

On September 2, 2013September 2, 2013 By Fred KingIn Alki Point, Architecture, buildings, Nikon D7000, Seattle, Thoughts, Washington6 Comments

Located on Beach Drive in West Seattle. One of the last lighthouses on the West Coast to be automated.

Note: My seven year old Macbook Pro expired yesterday. I did most, but not all, of my photo and photoblog work on that machine. Apparently the logic card died and Apple, in the spirit of planned obsolescence, does not supply that part any more. So, I am in the process of deciding what to do next. Since 2008 I have enjoyed doing this blog and don’t want it to end due to some mechanical failure.

Three Markets

On August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, B&W, buildings, design, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, SignageLeave a comment

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John Palmer House

On August 15, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, buildings, Houses, Nikon D7000, Portland, Urban Decay3 Comments

Located on Mississippi St., in NE Portland. The front gate is padlocked and bushes, as you can see, cover the view of most of the front of the house now. I’m not sure if tours are conducted or if the house is just closed up. It is on the National Historic Registry.

‘Painted Ladies’ of Albina St.

On August 14, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, buildings, Houses, Nikon D7000, Portland, ThoughtsLeave a comment

Not exactly as impressive as the ‘Painted Ladies‘ across from Alamo Park in San Francisco, but that is what came to mind as I walked by these houses on Albina St. in NE Portland.

Albina St.

On August 12, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, B&W, Neon, Nikon D7000, Portland, SignageLeave a comment

Peninsula Park, NE Portland

On August 2, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, blossoms, Flowers, garden, Nikon D7000, Portland, roseLeave a comment

Peninsula Park was the original ‘Rose Garden’ in Portland, OR. Located in NE Portland I would guess city officials decided that a park like this should be located closer to downtown.

Two Interiors

On July 29, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Brooklyn, buildings, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, Subway, TrainLeave a comment

Top photo from the 34th St. station ( Manhattan) and the lower image from the 4th Ave. station in Brooklyn after exiting the F train. This day there was a maintenance person washing the floors with a solution that must have been 50% bleach. Very clean and very smelly.

Lower Manhattan, From a Brooklyn Rooftop

On July 4, 2013July 4, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, buildings, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000Leave a comment

A Second Look

On June 8, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, B&W, Brooklyn, Nikon D7000, portrait, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I’m pretty sure I have posted this photo in the near past. I also included an 8X10 print of it in my current display, that is about to end this Friday. What I have been curious about is the pair of lower legs in the photo, behind the old phone booth. I am not sure if everyone saw and got what I was trying to do with this image: Walking in front of the Coney Island Museum of “Freaks”, etc. is this torso-less being. To me, it was a curious juxtaposition, caught at just the right millisecond. A second later or earlier and the whole body is seen and the statement is lost. No matter how long and hard one looks at this image we will never know the ‘owner’ of the torso that must be attached to the legs we see.

Views from the Promenade

On June 7, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, Bridge, Brooklyn, buildings, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000Leave a comment

Views from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

Steeple

On May 31, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, Nikon D7000, PortlandLeave a comment

Views from a Brooklyn Rooftop

On May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, Brooklyn, Fall, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, treeLeave a comment

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Passages

On May 29, 2013 By Fred KingIn Alberta Street, Architecture, buildings, design, Nikon D7000, Portland, SignageLeave a comment

Museum/Freaks: Inside and ……..

On May 8, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Brooklyn, buildings, design, New York, Nikon D70002 Comments

Old Fulton Fish Market

On April 27, 2013April 27, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, buildings, Gentrification, Manhattan, New York, Nikon D7000, people, ProduceLeave a comment

Location of the old Fulton Fish Market. Now Fulton Market.

Green-Wood Cemetery: Skylights for the Dead

On April 20, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Brooklyn, buildings, New York, Nikon D7000, Thoughts1 Comment

At the top of a hill in the cemetery there are rows of these Skylights for the crypts below. I’m not sure the dead are appreciating the extra light they are receiving, but……as with all burial places, they are probably more for the living than the deceased. I just found these rows of skylights fascinating and even peered down into the one with the broken glass. Design-wise I am not sure what period these skylights were placed there. Guessing early 20th Century…. but????? Green-Wood should be on everyone’s Bucket List.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

On April 20, 2013April 20, 2013 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Brooklyn, buildings, design, New York, Nikon D70003 Comments

If a cemetery can be a destination place to visit, then Green-Wood should be on everyone’s list. Many crypts are built into hillsides, the architecture of the entranceway is Gothic and very detailed; it seems to change colors with the changing light of day. From a distance it almost has a Disneyland-esque sensibility. Many of the wealthiest of New York are buried here as well as historical figures.