Market – RDZ Photography

Washington DC – June 2018 – Views of the City

Transportation, Nature, History, Architecture

A day and a half in DC gave the opportunity to visit numerous museums (later posts) as well as check out the town. This post are randoms views of the city.

Starting with an unusual view of the Washington Monument down the tracks.

Stores near Eastern Market

The Eastern Market interior. I was surprised how small it was.

A lone runner going past the capital. The reason there are no people around is the visitor center is underneath, and the police keep everyone off the steps.

The aforementioned police.

For those who read this blog that are not from America – nearly every 8th grader (13-14 year olds) make a field trip to Washington DC. They always have matching shirts so their chaperones can keep track of them.

Apparently DC ducks don’t fly, so they have a ramp to get into the reflecting pool.

The view down the Mall

A well protected fountain

The famed Watergate Hotel/Apartment Complex.

And finally a ride on the Metro.

Newark, Ohio – March 2018 – Trying to Come Back

Architecture, Art, History, Nature, Transportation

Newark, Ohio is a city of 50,000 located 30 miles east of Columbus. While the entire Licking County area is growing in population thanks to the proximity of Columbus, downtown Newark has seen better days.

The town however, appears to be working hard to spruce up downtown, and as a result has some nice areas popping up.

The center of town is dominated by the 1876 Licking County Courthouse.

Just to the south of the courthouse is a farmers market area facing the backs of the buildings on the courthouse square. They have made good use of this area by painting a number of well done murals, although this one is marred by the unfortunate location of the garbage cans.

Apparently in the early 1900s farmers shipped their produce via Fedex.

The streetcar in the mural was built in Newark.

A well designed parking deck added symmetry to the scene.

While some buildings are awaiting restoration…

The train station has been restored and is used as offices by a local business.

But the highlight of the day is in the next post – the Historic Licking County Jail!

New York City – November 2017 – Canstruction

Architecture, Art, Festival

Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan (near the World Trade Center) is the home of ‘Canstruction’, an art display made out of canned foods. The goal is to collect canned foods for the City Harvest, a New York City food bank.

Hyderabad – November 2017 – The Charminar and the Market

Architecture, Art, Festival, History

The Charminar is a monument and mosque in the Old City section of Hyderabad. Given that we passed on a Friday (Muslim Holy Day) the area was packed with the market in the surrounding area. Unfortunately we were unable to tour the interior because of it being Friday.

There were numerous fruit stands.

Rug delivery by bicycle.

One of the many buildings with numerous small shops, most had displays out in the street. The old city had far more took tooks than it the newer areas near Hi-Tech City.

A close up of the Charminar – note the bamboo scaffolding.

An overview of the area.

The shopping apparently complete it was time to march home.

Past the chick pea (??) vendor

And out of town.