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

Deep Vein by chrisjfry
![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, Uptown mind bend by real00 [pause on posting], An area of Uptown in Pittsburgh with not much local character, but some cool looking tire tracks in](https://live.staticflickr.com/762/22305075608_a3ee5c372d.jpg)
Pittsburgh, Uptown mind bend by real00 [pause on posting]
![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]
![Urban by real00 [pause on posting], Walking down a back alley in East Liberty (a Pittsburgh neighborhood) on a recent morning this view](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/26682317915_01ce966551.jpg)
Urban by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Alley by real00 [pause on posting], Flat overcast light, a back alley, some garbage, decay and debris, a bollard, subdued colors of yell](https://live.staticflickr.com/7499/26941808501_97f9a163b9.jpg)
Pittsburgh Alley by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Alley by real00 [pause on posting], I'm inexorably drawn to back alleys, corrugated metal, rust, weathered paint, graffiti, discoloratio](https://live.staticflickr.com/1462/26262409500_04da050212.jpg)
Pittsburgh Alley 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]
![East Liberty Wall by real00 [pause on posting], A slice of the radical change taking place in East Liberty. The pot holes and bricked-in windows and](https://live.staticflickr.com/885/40370768825_bbda44407e.jpg)
East Liberty Wall 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]
![Prosper by real00 [pause on posting], Shabby Bloomfield alley with unusually gratifying composition and range of shapes, color, and textur](https://live.staticflickr.com/4656/39629875605_67354c63a7.jpg)
Prosper by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh, Wall of Q-Dot parking lot by real00 [pause on posting], A mostly blank brick wall painted red ochre and ultramarine blue. The two square white signs have le](https://live.staticflickr.com/7439/27264428450_537c547cbd.jpg)
Pittsburgh, Wall of Q-Dot parking lot 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 Framed Absence by real00 [pause on posting], I love looking at this image, which depicts an asphalt parking lot adjoining an alley surrounded by](https://live.staticflickr.com/8846/28310403956_e0fded10f7.jpg)
Pittsburgh Framed Absence 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]
![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]
![Mall Landscape by real00 [pause on posting], An extension to the Edgewood Towne Centre Mall includes lots of strange new transitory landscaping.p](https://live.staticflickr.com/966/40085692170_0931eab7b6.jpg)
Mall Landscape 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]

Braddock, PA (view full-screen) by Piotr_Lewandowski
![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]
![Skyline from Home Depot Parking Lot in the Rain by real00 [pause on posting], Contrary to expectations, this exceptionally ordinary expanse of asphalt was a strikingly beautiful](https://live.staticflickr.com/895/27470602438_f6a8302b5e.jpg)
Skyline from Home Depot Parking Lot in the Rain 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 most green fence by real00 [pause on posting], Always admire this fence when I drive past, which is often. It seems to photograph best under a flat](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/26711219817_5cf5e9abbc.jpg)
A most green fence by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh, 5860 Baum Blvd by real00 [pause on posting], A forgettable location made riveting, to me, by the light and the color contrast.pittsburgh urbanlan](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/25834105968_940b9cd126.jpg)
Pittsburgh, 5860 Baum Blvd by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh brick wall by real00 [pause on posting], Surprisingly articulated brickwork and decaypittsburgh urbanlandscape wall brick](https://live.staticflickr.com/2870/34013747321_77d3ec3517.jpg)
Pittsburgh brick wall 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]
![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]

Fifth Avenue House by Equinox27

Old St Michael's Church - Elizabeth, PA by Adam's Journey
!["Let's DO This" by real00 [pause on posting], In a back alley in Garfield, Some aluminum siding that is in the process of succumbing to gravity. T](https://live.staticflickr.com/7469/27272094792_f0829b2f7d.jpg)
"Let's DO This" 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]
![Skyline from Melwood Avenue, March 6, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], I liked the tall building in the back with the boarded up windows by itself, but in the company of t](https://live.staticflickr.com/1492/25986292391_588d4fde28.jpg)
Skyline from Melwood Avenue, March 6, 2016 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]

Diary Entry: Gray hair be damn'd... by S LYNN LEE
![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]
![Polish Hill Streetscape by real00 [pause on posting], Not much to distinguish this row of houses. I had a feeling they would fill the frame with interesti](https://live.staticflickr.com/8634/28098818923_82a411db0e.jpg)
Polish Hill Streetscape by real00 [pause on posting]
![Mall Wall, Fox Chapel, February 21, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], Nice super-bland view of a big long wall at a mall, with "landscaping" consisting of nearl](https://live.staticflickr.com/1442/24812354384_62e5bd30ba.jpg)
Mall Wall, Fox Chapel, February 21, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Polish Hill garage by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urban landscape urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/30941091911_7b29a646c8.jpg)
Polish Hill garage by real00 [pause on posting]
![Corner shot, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urban landscape urbanlandscape bloomfield corner cornershot road intersection](https://live.staticflickr.com/333/32123894370_906e0393d9.jpg)
Corner shot, Bloomfield by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh Still Life by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape decay rustbelt](https://live.staticflickr.com/8417/30124219592_857378ecb2.jpg)
Pittsburgh Still Life by real00 [pause on posting]
![Humble Reverence, Polish Hill, March 22, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], On a recent ramble through the streets of Polish Hill I discovered this adorably quirky tableau. Eve](https://live.staticflickr.com/1565/25497490834_0f8b53f732.jpg)
Humble Reverence, Polish Hill, March 22, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting]

CSX K499 at Munhall, Pennsylvania by Brad Morocco
![Early morning behind the Quik-Stop by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urban landscape urbanlandscape brewery lawrenceville yellow streetscene](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/30892852873_b6f4c9ef09.jpg)
Early morning behind the Quik-Stop by real00 [pause on posting]
![Alley view with figure by real00 [pause on posting], A rare exposure that actually has a person in it. I am normally annoyed when a person happens into m](https://live.staticflickr.com/1542/26326959990_8eef9a1e61.jpg)
Alley view with figure by real00 [pause on posting]
![Not your grandpa's white picket fence, November 20, 2015 by real00 [pause on posting], The decrepit, sagging fence with all the tagging, plus the trees, branches, and old pale blue house,](https://live.staticflickr.com/747/23616463551_97b0481be4.jpg)
Not your grandpa's white picket fence, November 20, 2015 by real00 [pause on posting]
![Under Bloomfield Bridge, October 29, 2015 by real00 [pause on posting], One of those spots where I got a message from the great beyond, or my intuition, or subconcious, to](https://live.staticflickr.com/619/23433114952_d7ffc915cf.jpg)
Under Bloomfield Bridge, October 29, 2015 by real00 [pause on posting]

Port Perry, PA by LV 312

Hillside community by kwtracyghostship
![Scene on a Dead End Road in Homewood by real00 [pause on posting], This amazing place is tucked away on a cul-de-sac just off Frankstown Avenue in Homewood. Feels like](https://live.staticflickr.com/5622/23496574325_5ee5903016.jpg)
Scene on a Dead End Road in Homewood by real00 [pause on posting]