
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” by Dave DiCello

Carrie Furnaces #1B by rpantaleo

George (Explored) by Scott of SWPA
![Pittsburgh Wall by real00 [pause on posting], Unexpected beauty after unexpected snowfall in Marchpittsburgh urbanlandscape red wall](https://live.staticflickr.com/3932/32875365324_f5c3ec5048.jpg)
Pittsburgh Wall by real00 [pause on posting]

“Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.” by Dave DiCello
![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]
![Pittsburgh Time travel by real00 [pause on posting], Stumbled upon this implausible scene in the Hill District while killing time between appointments.](https://live.staticflickr.com/7536/27125155401_9ccdfa595d.jpg)
Pittsburgh Time travel 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 love these lonely alleys with no particular element of high interest, just sort of real life, behi](https://live.staticflickr.com/7430/27183721266_b87f524556.jpg)
Pittsburgh Alley by real00 [pause on posting]

"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all." by Dave DiCello

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." by Dave DiCello

The Prize of Polish Hill by Theaterwiz
![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]
![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]
![Smoking break by real00 [pause on posting], Writing breakpittsburgh urbanlandscape](https://live.staticflickr.com/956/42234998291_346c05ed6b.jpg)
Smoking break by real00 [pause on posting]
![Notorious block of Formosa Way (aka "The Killing Fields"), Homewood, January 10, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], When I first saw these apartment buildings, from the front, on Hamilton Avenue, I got a shiver. Then](https://live.staticflickr.com/1710/24226522963_2867016dac.jpg)
Notorious block of Formosa Way (aka "The Killing Fields"), Homewood, January 10, 2016 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]
![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]
![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]

"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand." by Dave DiCello
![Urban Wall, Curb, and Bollard by real00 [pause on posting], An image made possible by the collaboration of decay, vandalism, weather, and the "close enough](https://live.staticflickr.com/2824/33647315131_9384619acb.jpg)
Urban Wall, Curb, and Bollard by real00 [pause on posting]
![Pittsburgh urban landscape by real00 [pause on posting], Another image in a series based on this magnificent red wall near where I live. When I took this exp](https://live.staticflickr.com/3844/33877068065_a3f3db67d8.jpg)
Pittsburgh urban landscape by real00 [pause on posting]

Braddock, PA (view full-screen) by Piotr_Lewandowski
![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]
![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]

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward." by Dave DiCello
![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]
![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]
![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]
![Pittsburgh alley by real00 [pause on posting], pittsburgh urbanlandscape alley](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33808776811_ae232e5949.jpg)
Pittsburgh alley 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]
![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]
![Pittsburgh, under the Bloomfield Bridge by real00 [pause on posting], The magic of the camera frame brings this collection of unrelated elements into some kind of order,](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33451809890_05a90eacf3.jpg)
Pittsburgh, under the Bloomfield Bridge 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]

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]
![Remodeling in progress by real00 [pause on posting], A wall of a building known in recent years as the Design Center. Sometime before the 1980s, it had b](https://live.staticflickr.com/7075/26818890740_ff1b7b20bc.jpg)
Remodeling in progress by real00 [pause on posting]
![Wall painting in Wilkinsburg by real00 [pause on posting], I've never seen anything quite like this wall painting. It is lively and engaging while also subtle](https://live.staticflickr.com/7409/27207766786_9043e793ef.jpg)
Wall painting in Wilkinsburg 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]
![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]
![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]

Wall Mural "Bridging the Generations of Bloomfield" @ Bloomfield Neighborhood - Pittsburgh PA by Jim Hoover Photography
![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]
![Stagno's Bakery by real00 [pause on posting], I visit Stagno's Bakery, st the corner of Auburn and Lowell in Larimer now and then, to see if it is](https://live.staticflickr.com/5815/23479184502_f991c5f833.jpg)
Stagno's Bakery 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]
![Pittsburgh, Welcome to the Bumblebee Beach, Lawrenceville by real00 [pause on posting], A charming tropical oasis in the middle of a densely populated part of Lawrenceville. I'd never been](https://live.staticflickr.com/1658/25981033086_d28e920f3f.jpg)
Pittsburgh, Welcome to the Bumblebee Beach, Lawrenceville 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]
![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]
![Sonny's Tavern, Millvale Avenue, January 14, 2016 by real00 [pause on posting], Sonny's Tavern, a neighborhood hangout, for some. Interesting light, snow, reflections, sky set the](https://live.staticflickr.com/1643/25277132133_6800a0319d.jpg)
Sonny's Tavern, Millvale Avenue, January 14, 2016 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]

CSX K499 at Munhall, Pennsylvania by Brad Morocco