Richmond's Shockhoe Bottom area in photos #5

 More from my photo taking hike around the Shockhoe Bottom area of downtown Richmond, Virginia last weekend.  The building in the center is the Main Street train station, one of Richmond's big redevelopment projects in recent years.  I liked the porcupine staple pole texture in the left side to frame it.  Main Street Station is really cool inside, check it out.  You can catch Amtrak there.  

 If you've read any of this blog, you know I landed in Richmond accidentally last August.  There's a HUGE mural scene here, they're everywhere.  As I was trying to just survive at first, there was no plan.  I spent the winter, as a homeless guy, selling one of my Sharpie art drawings for money when I could, and just in survival mode.  It was the murals everywhere that made me first think of maybe sticking around for a while.  Six months later, I'm still here.  Here's one of the many, many murals.

 Under freeway, hanging public art piece that somehow reminds me of early airplanes.  Across from Main Street Station. 

 I take the Pulse bus a lot, and this is the view from the Main Street Pulse station.  Sitting here several times is kind of what gave me the idea I should walk around this area and take photos someday.  Last weekend WAS someday.  Make it happen.  #RVA #RVAallday

Minimalist street art on the side of a strip club.  Stripped down street art?  Sorry, couldn't resist.

Richmond's Shockhoe Bottom are in photos #5

 Here's some art pieces I stumbled across on my little exploratory photo hike in the Shockhoe Bottom area of downtown Richmond, Virginia.  These are through the weird little portal doorways a couple of posts back.  Really cool looking in the early morning light.  #RVAallday

Richmond's Shockhoe Bottom in photos #3

 Here's some more photos from my photo taking hike around the Shockhoe Bottom area of downtown Richmond, Virginia, last weekend.  I started around dawn, and wandered around for an hour.  I started near 14th Street and the James River, along the canal.

Richmond's Shockhoe Bottom in photos #1

 Last weekend, heading to a bus stop one morning, I wandered through the Shockhoe Bottom area of Richmond, the urban jungle area where there are all these raised highway and railroads elevated up high.  Walking by, I saw these pink blossoms above, totally backlit by the dawn sun. It seemed like a cool photo, so a snapped a few. Since I wasn't in a hurry, I wandered around a while, shooting photo of the weird urban landscape, which is this brutal mixture of concrete, metal, shadows, light areas, and lines and angles.  Then there were some spring blossoms as a total juxtaposition in places.  So here are the better pic from that outing.