One Mo' Time

Where The Day Takes You

All I knew is that, this time, I was going to do it.

Every time I drove across the 18th Street Bridge headed toward the grocery store, I had the same thought as I looked northward at the mammoth piece of iron, steel and stone railroad bridge. "Man, that is such a cool shot. I ought to stop and take some pictures." With my cohort and camera in tow, that is exactly what happened on this Wednesday's photo safari.

It was surprisingly easy to access the historic bridge in the area just south of downtown Chicago, crisscrossed by rail lines. Although dusty and overgrown with weeds and wildflowers, there was a steady stream of activity along these tracks next to the south branch of the Chicago River which abuts Chinatown.

There was even an unexpected oasis of manicured calm in the form of a public park: the Ping Tom Memorial Park, with great views of bridges and barges and the front side of a street called Lumber. The safari wound down inside a narrow warren of restaurants, hair salons and doctors offices just off Cermak and Archer.

You can see the safari through our eyes at Flickr: Tammy's and mine. What a fantastic day!

Labels: 2008, photo, safari, tammy, zesmerelda

posted by La Cabeza Grande @ 5:10 PM