Haven’t posted in a while (bumped up against some Flickr bandwidth limits, dammit) but I’m still walkin. I’ve finished about half the main Island. Won’t be long before I find myself on Alameda Point. Stay tuned for more delicious Alameda photos…
Archive for February, 2006
clement scene part deux
I really like Clement Avenue on the edge of downtown (from a photography perspective anyway). Lots of interesting businesses and buildings, and there’s always some tasty decay goin’ down.
clement scene
Clement Ave. industrial rooftops. I like the colors and the lines.
east side cat
While Manhattan digs out from a 24-inch snowfall, this Alameda cat (looking an awful lot like a sea lion) enjoys a sunny spot in 68 degree weather.
iowa?
photo by Nora
This look like a scene from South Dakota? Iowa? Kansas? Nope. It’s near downtown Alameda. So many surprises in this city.
bridge up
I don’t particularly enjoy getting caught in my car with one of Alameda’s drawbridges up. Different story when I’m walking. Love it. This view of the Park Street Bridge was taken from the Oak/Clement area.
keeping me entertained
Sometimes I walk around Alameda with my iPod mini. This is the album I’ve been listening to almost exclusively. “The Delivery Man” is a fine offering from Elvis C., who I’ve been listening to since 1980. The man can SING.
in the alameda sun
Julia Park wrote a nice little article about my walking quest in the Alameda Sun. The cutline below the photo is hilarious. It reads: “Jon Gordon: two ski poles and one big dream.” I took a little razzing for that one. Check it out.
If you see him, fear not; he’s not trying to ski his way around town. The man with the determined stride and a pair of hiking poles is Jon Gordon, a man with a plan.
“ While taking a stroll in the East End on Jan. 1, 2006, I had an idea: I’m going to walk the length of every street in Alameda this year,” he wrote on his blog (online Web journal). “Why? To get in shape and to really see all of Alameda in a way you can’t do in a car,” he wrote. He walks at a good pace with rubber- tipped red ski poles. The poles help him keep the pace as well as offering an upper body workout.
bay-eagle garden
This is a lovely community garden for residents of City of Alameda Housing Auhority homes around Eagle and Bay. When I aimed my camera at the garden, a concerned resident asked me what I was doing. She was afraid I was part of some plan to get rid of the garden. I certainly understand her concern. We really need to get behind community gardens and open space, and should fight any threats to it.
water tower?
I see things walking in Alameda that I’d never notice behind the wheel of my car. This structure — a water tower? — is deep inside the block bordered by Calhoun, Regent, Broadway and Washington Way. The photo makes it look like it’s easy to spot, but that’s just the 10X optical zoom talkin’…
