SF0 / Voo / Night Photography

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Night Photography by Voo

June 14th, 2008 11:36 PM / Location: 44.950032,-93.28937

INSTRUCTIONS: Explore your neighborhood in deepest, darkest night.

Share photographs and other impressions of your exploration.

Armed with my Sony Cybershot and my trusty Shiba Inu/Corgi mix, I hit the streets tonight and got some shots of landmarks in my neighborhood in Uptown Minneapolis. I only went in a 2 block square, but I found plenty to capture.

The biggest impression I get from my neighborhood these days is TRANSITION. There's road work on Lake and Lyndale, there's a huge apartment complex going up at Lake and Aldrich, another huge complex going up on Lyndale and 29th, and construction vehicles all over the place. If I had to assign a color to my neighborhood, I would have to go with ORANGE because of all the cones, blinking lighted barriers, tape, and signs that crowd the cityscape. During weekdays, the noise can reach a decibel level of "jesus christ shut up" with the occasional jump to "where's my gun" loud.

It's a great place to live when there's not constant construction.

Enjoy the pictures!

[[Voo]]

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Road Work

The everpresent road work sign. They are legion in my neighborhood.

Building On The Grow

The first thing I see when I walk out my apartment building's door. This used to be a row of houses and is now a gargantuan apartment complex.

Greenway

This is the Greenway. It's a pedestrian-and-bicycle trail that goes all around Minneapolis and has exits here and there up to the main streets.

Youth Venture

The Youth Venture building.

Youth Venture Tree Graffiti

Another view of the Youth Venture building and its artwork.

28th and Aldrich

Signs signs everywhere signs.

In Cars

The inside of my neighborhood auto restoration/classic car storage garage.

Egg & I

The billboard found in the parking lot of the killer cafe The Egg & I. It's a Minneapolis breakfast hotspot.

Intermedia Arts

The Intermedia Arts building and its sweet graffiti and paint job.

Galactic Pizza

Galactic Pizza, a pizza place whose delivery kids wear superhero costumes and drive tiny electric 1 person cars. Kid you not. It rules.

VFW

The local VFW hall, where veterans and drunk white-hat douchebags converge and get hammered on a nightly basis. Don't park in their lot. They tow with a vengeance.

LynLake Stone