
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." by Dave DiCello

Waiting for Sunshine (Explored) by Scott of SWPA

George (Explored) by Scott of SWPA

Midnight Blue (Explored) by Scott of SWPA

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." by Dave DiCello

"Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters." by Dave DiCello

Springdale Halloween 2021 by wx412
![Pittsburgh, subject seen in passing, framed by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape rustbelt decay industrial](https://live.staticflickr.com/2891/33231992666_2088e697fa.jpg)
Pittsburgh, subject seen in passing, framed by real00 [pause on posting]

Steel Streets by rpantaleo
![Pittsburgh, Bride's Row, What Remains by real00 [pause on posting], This is a subject I return to often (e.g. <a href="https://flic.kr/p/Amvev4" rel="nofollow">flic.kr/](https://live.staticflickr.com/4623/25873120638_6d6b0db8c4.jpg)
Pittsburgh, Bride's Row, What Remains by real00 [pause on posting]
![Hugus Place, Pittsburgh by real00 [pause on posting], A little alley behind what used to be Babyland, on the corner of Negley and Penn. I was drawn in by](https://live.staticflickr.com/880/42853225942_1e764ce7f7.jpg)
Hugus Place, Pittsburgh by real00 [pause on posting]
![Green Building, Pittsburgh Strip District by real00 [pause on posting], I return to this subject often. Here the green and other surrounding colors pop from the snow and fl](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/39981443074_5b75621465.jpg)
Green Building, Pittsburgh Strip District by real00 [pause on posting]
![Oakland summer afternoon by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/1774/42974538322_f364fcc8a7.jpg)
Oakland summer afternoon by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh brick and wire by real00 [pause on posting], The inner voice said "stop right here and point the camera over there." I did not ask why.](https://live.staticflickr.com/7416/27901479951_385f839ee8.jpg)
Pittsburgh brick and wire by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Wall by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape wall](https://live.staticflickr.com/2854/33840197872_b44f9b0782.jpg)
Pittsburgh Wall by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh corner shot by real00 [pause on posting], Beautiful collage of buildings and stuff at the corner of a back alley in Lawrencevillepittsburgh ur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2947/32917034334_786f7eb80c.jpg)
Pittsburgh corner shot by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Winter, East Liberty by real00 [pause on posting], Frigid day, frigid view through the snow, rather bleak. Kind of appealing to me especially the space](https://live.staticflickr.com/4612/39797857312_9bbeaaf463.jpg)
Pittsburgh Winter, East Liberty by real00 [pause on posting]
![In my neighborhood: North Pacific St at Kincaid, Garfield by real00 [pause on posting], Some people living up the hill from me in Garfield have transformed their block into a riot of color](https://live.staticflickr.com/783/40117011785_e21ebd6835.jpg)
In my neighborhood: North Pacific St at Kincaid, Garfield by real00 [pause on posting]
![In my neighborhood: Corner of Stack Way and Rosina Way, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting], Nice raking light along a narrow Bloomfield Alley on a sparkling winter afternoon, encountered durin](https://live.staticflickr.com/980/40040843300_cbc7189348.jpg)
In my neighborhood: Corner of Stack Way and Rosina Way, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Street Corner by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape rustbelt streetscene](https://live.staticflickr.com/5669/30143461353_c9e8f17065.jpg)
Pittsburgh Street Corner by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh, detail of The Church Brewery by real00 [pause on posting], An abandoned church repurposed as a microbrewery/restaurant. The gleaming brewing equipment occupies](https://live.staticflickr.com/4163/34637836125_882cd3ba49.jpg)
Pittsburgh, detail of The Church Brewery by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh wall, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting], This subject isn't really that far off the beaten path but it seems that way to me. It is an area of](https://live.staticflickr.com/7326/27613873781_1635b45a2b.jpg)
Pittsburgh wall, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh foggy morning by real00 [pause on posting], Mist shrouding Smallman Street in the Strip District of Pittsburgh.pittsburgh urbanlandscape fog str](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/31480660932_4abd6b0496.jpg)
Pittsburgh foggy morning by real00 [pause on posting]
![Hugus Way by real00 [pause on posting], Another view/another day of <a href="https://flic.kr/p/HeLAL7" rel="nofollow">flic.kr/p/HeLAL7</a>pi](https://live.staticflickr.com/828/40189206850_5e891f651a.jpg)
Hugus Way by real00 [pause on posting]

Pittsburgh Buildings No. 3 by wx412
![Yarrow at Yarrow by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/889/42274623202_486c0648a0.jpg)
Yarrow at Yarrow by real00 [pause on posting]
![East Liberty, demolition of Penn Plaza Apartments by real00 [pause on posting], The apartments, where many elderly on fixed incomes had lived for decades, were demolished before a](https://live.staticflickr.com/4617/40244574011_59a9e69a60.jpg)
East Liberty, demolition of Penn Plaza Apartments by real00 [pause on posting]

“A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.” by Dave DiCello
![Comet Way, Shadyside by real00 [pause on posting], Just a half block away from the pristine upscale retail on Walnut Street, this alley offers up some](https://live.staticflickr.com/900/41140005972_4964b9846f.jpg)
Comet Way, Shadyside by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh emptiness by real00 [pause on posting], An arbitratry collage of pictorial elements at the site of a former auto dealer in Lawrenceville.pit](https://live.staticflickr.com/3948/33278425604_969d43c803.jpg)
Pittsburgh emptiness by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh back alley by real00 [pause on posting], Right next to the East Liberty branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is this captivating tabl](https://live.staticflickr.com/2815/33423248391_d7c640be39.jpg)
Pittsburgh back alley by real00 [pause on posting]
![The Newest Steps in Town by real00 [pause on posting], Writing breakpittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/962/28230477358_1d5c5e1d4d.jpg)
The Newest Steps in Town by real00 [pause on posting]
![Strangled slopes of Panther Hollow by real00 [pause on posting], Taking a break from writingpittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/976/28174086178_0eda8a7a3a.jpg)
Strangled slopes of Panther Hollow by real00 [pause on posting]
![Three Red Doors by real00 [pause on posting], My eye was drawn to this subject by the striking doors, the nearly symmetrical asymmetry, something](https://live.staticflickr.com/4701/39440162784_33873fca07.jpg)
Three Red Doors by real00 [pause on posting]
![Hugus Place, Pittsburgh by real00 [pause on posting], A little alley behind what used to be Babyland, on the corner of Negley and Penn. I was drawn in by](https://live.staticflickr.com/4777/27066443798_1a0c83fe24.jpg)
Hugus Place, Pittsburgh by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh: Behind the derelict church by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape decay rustbelt](https://live.staticflickr.com/2285/32958349865_6f343581f2.jpg)
Pittsburgh: Behind the derelict church by real00 [pause on posting]
![A Wall on Hugus Way by real00 [pause on posting], I think I'd prefer the wall without the text. It's quite a marvel on its own merits. That said, the](https://live.staticflickr.com/4775/27078085728_ee7605a843.jpg)
A Wall on Hugus Way by real00 [pause on posting]

A Pittsburgh Sunset by wx412
![Bloomfield Walk, May 18, 2016 (VII--green corner) by real00 [pause on posting], I drive past this house at least twice a day. There is something about that green obsession that app](https://live.staticflickr.com/7114/27801052821_bd36206b6c.jpg)
Bloomfield Walk, May 18, 2016 (VII--green corner) by real00 [pause on posting]
![Old Factory, Lawrenceville, January 29, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], Nothing but a big empty parking lot with a few tire tracks in the snow, and a couple old rusty build](https://live.staticflickr.com/1629/24478735014_57170559fc.jpg)
Old Factory, Lawrenceville, January 29, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Urban landscape by real00 [pause on posting], Corner shot, Bloomfield, Pittsburgh pittsburgh urbanlandscape streetscene](https://live.staticflickr.com/501/31407223024_c2b4707fd7.jpg)
Urban landscape by real00 [pause on posting]
![Chair with a view by real00 [pause on posting], Walking in my neighborhood I was stopped by this scene. This one was more difficult to frame than us](https://live.staticflickr.com/879/27681930318_2fb87dd375.jpg)
Chair with a view by real00 [pause on posting]
![Drainage Ditch and New Houses under construction by real00 [pause on posting], Not much that my words can add to this one. This area is a favorite subject, the site of massive urb](https://live.staticflickr.com/785/25952218567_753e0840d4.jpg)
Drainage Ditch and New Houses under construction by real00 [pause on posting]
![Exurban wasteland by real00 [pause on posting], Eye-catching gloominess behind a Monroeville mall down on its luck outside Pittsburgh on a cold and](https://live.staticflickr.com/4285/34919342251_3daf8b2f82.jpg)
Exurban wasteland by real00 [pause on posting]
![Loading Dock, Lawrenceville, January 29, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], An image of relative orderliness, uselessness, and streaks of rust.abstract business facade geometri](https://live.staticflickr.com/1653/24988502241_87c7c705c4.jpg)
Loading Dock, Lawrenceville, January 29, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Garfield Alley by real00 [pause on posting], Gem Way, Garfield, alley behind a bunch of Penn Avenue businesses, is full of stuff no one is suppos](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40363306812_0242021568.jpg)
Garfield Alley by real00 [pause on posting]
![Excelsior Laundry by real00 [pause on posting], Big old brick building in Bloomfield. Formerly Excelsior Laundry. The plastic windows suggest someon](https://live.staticflickr.com/7317/26753192584_973f54dbe5.jpg)
Excelsior Laundry by real00 [pause on posting]
![Fun with concrete and shadows by real00 [pause on posting], Taking a break from writingpittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/911/28211538778_6f026ba703.jpg)
Fun with concrete and shadows by real00 [pause on posting]
![4 views of the corner of 48th and Harrison (1), Lawrenceville, January 7, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], I'm drawn to these fading industrial areas of Pittsburgh, some of which are within about a mile of m](https://live.staticflickr.com/1573/25010979699_a1a5efcebf.jpg)
4 views of the corner of 48th and Harrison (1), Lawrenceville, January 7, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pointless image by real00 [pause on posting], There is no subject. I don't know what moved me to take this picture, but seeing it, I kind of like](https://live.staticflickr.com/7414/27347946023_0293352068.jpg)
Pointless image by real00 [pause on posting]

Fifth Avenue House by Equinox27
![Railroad Street at 29th by real00 [pause on posting], A view of the Strip District that is almost idyllic, considering it depicts the Strip as it has been](https://live.staticflickr.com/8496/28332227396_a3df540400.jpg)
Railroad Street at 29th by real00 [pause on posting]
![Industrial Alley View by real00 [pause on posting], I was photographing in this seemingly remote location on a striking April afternoon. It was one of t](https://live.staticflickr.com/8745/28092326142_e3cdb65eac.jpg)
Industrial Alley View by real00 [pause on posting]
![The alley next to Walmart by real00 [pause on posting], At the Waterworks Mall there are more photographic subjects to my liking in the spaces between and b](https://live.staticflickr.com/867/39623278540_ae9f148ab2.jpg)
The alley next to Walmart by real00 [pause on posting]
![Playing in the alley by real00 [pause on posting], I was distracted by the potential arrangement of these unrelated and unremarkable elements in an Eas](https://live.staticflickr.com/788/26200988187_4480f961f8.jpg)
Playing in the alley by real00 [pause on posting]
![Late June Light in the City by real00 [pause on posting], Jaw-dropping light on this spectacular summer evening elevates a mundane intersection into the realm](https://live.staticflickr.com/8860/27856460874_69cc17764c.jpg)
Late June Light in the City by real00 [pause on posting]
![Light and Shadow play in the alley by real00 [pause on posting], Need a break from writingpittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/1758/42359082502_bf0ec45f3d.jpg)
Light and Shadow play in the alley by real00 [pause on posting]
![Cork Factory Puddle Reflection by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urban landscape urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/31240050121_bdd930b7e9.jpg)
Cork Factory Puddle Reflection by real00 [pause on posting]
![Industrial sunset over icy river, January 19, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], Frigid afternoon, shooting in the last light of the day, from the Strip District, looking across the](https://live.staticflickr.com/1538/25874308995_425ee855b2.jpg)
Industrial sunset over icy river, January 19, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Altered yellow-brick wall by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape rustbelt](https://live.staticflickr.com/8042/29188447230_ef4b277386.jpg)
Altered yellow-brick wall by real00 [pause on posting]