Week 23 – Urban Decay

A city growing fast, second largest port in Canada after Vancouver, soon to be the largest as Vancouver cannot expand further. Just steps away from the thriving community, their forgotten streets are boldly apparent. #urbanphotography #streetphotography #street #bnwphotos #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #mono #b&w #B&W #monochromeart #olympuscamera #microfourthirds #m43 #m4/3 #4/3 #mirrorlesscamera #omd #omdcamera #omsystems #omdrevolution #em1markiii #em1mark3 #em1miii #dilapidated #rundown

No more gold from this dredge

A touch of home

abandoned to the Heron

Cell block windows at former Tennessee State Prison. Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Building interior of Marathon Motor Works building. Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Buildings of former Tennessee State Prison stand decaying. Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Centuries gone by

Peeping

Hanger

This photo is Part 2 - It provides a reference point in relation to my first photograph Vancouver - I was exploring a back ally near China Town when I entered a dilapidated parking garage. Across the alley from me I photographed this building where an older gentleman appeared to be having a moment. He had just finished a cigarette and was looking down into the alleyway. The building is part of the Downtown Eastside, an area where there is a larger homeless population.

Vancouver - I was exploring a back ally near China Town when I entered a dilapidated parking garage. Across the alley from me I photographed an older gentleman who appeared to be having a moment. He had just finished a cigarette and was looking down into the alleyway. The building is part of the Downtown Eastside, an area where there is a larger number of people who live on the street. The man appears to be fortunate because he has housing. The Vancouver Downtown East Side includes high drug use, homelessness, sex trade workers, poverty and mental illness. If you walk westbound for 10 minutes there is a transition to a different world. This includes shops, malls, high end 5 star hotels and a cruise ship terminal.

This poor old home was a beauty in her day I am sure. I guess she served her time and was no longer needed by the family that once called her home.

In 2019, Maywood Park harness racing track was leveled. The track was established in 1946. The light posts that lit the track for night racing were piled up on the track and I thought it looked kind of neat from this angle.

Old schoolhouse that is holding on for dear life

Decaying Mansion. Karaikudi, Chettinad, India

Pondicherry, India

Western Railway Museum

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