Saturday, January 20, 2007

CULTURAL CROSSROADS


This is the corner of 24th Street and Valencia in San Francisco. You can see a section of the mural I posted several days ago. Note the billboards in Spanish. The Mission district has a little bit of everything.
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18 comments:

Outhouse Capital of Canada said...

that looks great in black and white, I must try converting some of my pics to B&W

Kim's Life said...

I love black and white photo's.

Kekiinani said...

Oh San Francisco.. I just love that city... Awesome shot and it looks great in B & W :)

Olivier said...

belle photo en b&w,j'aime beaucoup la publicité avec le velo.

beautiful photograph in b&w, I like much publicity with the bicycle.

Michael P. Randazzo said...

Very classic black and white. Sharp and bright. Good job.

Ame said...

Exactly Piika! I was just gonna say Photo that it's almost hard to tell when this was taken....great shot! Do you spend a lot of time in The City? I don't get there enough, sadly. Keep it...I love it! ;)

Anonymous said...

What a nice surprise to see a little bit of that beautiful mural. There is such a nice feel to this shot--i guess timeless as piika writes.

Unknown said...

I love your San Francisco pictures. It makes me want to go there even more.

Irredento Urbanita said...

San Francisco has too much spanish influence, I have to read more about that.

Great shot

Ben Nakagawa said...

It's a very nice street scene.
As many of your audience saying timeless feel of B&W is excellent choice for this particuler scene.
I love it.

Kris said...

I echo the use of b/w! pls bring us more of the diversity of San Francisco.

Annie said...

I remember the 1960's when so many of my friends decided to head out for the wonderful adventure of living in San Francisco. Some are still there, some have returned here. I know they'd love to see this photo for quite a few lived in the Mission District, I recall.

John Roberts said...

Answers the question, "Can you take a photo in any modern urban area without including someone using a cell phone?" Not likely.

Nice slice of modern life!

Ash said...

Great shot and nice title too!

Edulabbe said...

Nice black and white picture.

Greetings from Chile

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

Very interesting!

AphotoAday said...

Well, thanks, Photowannabe Sue -- you inspired me to go over to the Mission District early yesterday morning... Got some good shots... Must go back...

Susan said...

Looks great in B&W. In colour it would have been too busy.

Loved the cherry season photo. Wonderful composition.