You said you knew the past of film

[sovay]

I knew the North Washington Street Bridge was going to be demolished, but I didn't realize it had been until we were driving over the temporary substitute. It was galvanically disorienting. As traffic was going nowhere, it seemed safe to attempt to document the experience, which naturally caused traffic to begin moving again.



I am trying to figure out how to come back here on foot. It seems inconceivable that the last time really was 2018.



I had also not seen the Government Center Garage in its current state of skeletonization. Please excuse the quality of the composition; I was leaning out the window while also giving directions. I took a much worse picture as the car made a turn.



I didn't recognize this titanic twist of glass, either, but it appears to be One Congress.

I appear to possess a genuine affection for Brutalism as an architectural style, probably influenced by early exposure to City Hall Plaza and Government Center. My father just makes Soviet jokes.

Comments

[asakiyume]

It's very disorienting when the landscape alters by, for example, a bridge disappearing.

You took those last two photos at a great time of day. One thing about winter: most of the daylight hours are also mystical liminal times because there's so precious little mainstream daylight.

[sovay]

It's very disorienting when the landscape alters by, for example, a bridge disappearing.

I was very fond of the bridge! It was from 1900 and the swing span had been frozen for decades, but it rusted beautifully against the sky.

You took those last two photos at a great time of day. One thing about winter: most of the daylight hours are also mystical liminal times because there's so precious little mainstream daylight.

Thank you! I like winter light a lot. I need to get out in it more.