SOOC - Red Sky

Pictures can leave a confusing impact to the viewer. So for this edition of Straight out of the Camera - SOOC, I am using a photo captured by the always lovely Patti in 2010, this being in Boston at the Red Sky. This was taken vertically from the sidewalk...but I see this as horizontal, too. I am imagining a passenger ferry, looking toward the bow, and the striped awnings look almost like long passenger benches. Is it upward - or outward? It may depend on the viewer...

Tina's Pic Story - Bottom up bridge

Tina's Pic Story is back - she suggests the theme which this week is Bottom-up...we supply pictures to match. Today, I choose the view up to the north tower of the Zakim/Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. Carrying Route I-93 over the Charles River, the top of the wishbone shaped north tower is 322 Feet (98 M) above the water. Function and style exist nicely together as we look up in awe...

Whimsical Windows - Above the Big Dig

Above the Big Dig in Boston, captured by photo princess passenger Patti

Toby is the host for the fun meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, in which we look at architecture of interest. This summer view was found along Atlantic Avenue in Boston. This road actually sits over the Big Dig tunnel underneath that replaced the elevated I-93 Central Artery that cast shadows everywhere, this open street is full of light to view the architecture of the past.

In the foreground to the left at the is the Boston Grain and Flour Exchange Building, completed in 1892. Behind that is the Custom House tower (1915). The former looks like a castle, the skyscraper once the tallest building in Boston at 496 ft (151 M). Calling them 'distinctive' understates their style. I am unsure of today's use of the Exchange; the tower is the Marriott Custom House suite hotel…for me, the lesson is to have a designated photographer passenger ride along on any drive down the road…

SOOC - A web woven over the Charles...

Under the I-93 bridge from the Somerville side of the span...

Southbound to Boston and the Big Dig

SOOC - Straight out of the Camera - takes us back to Boston. The driver (myself) commissioned passenger Patti to capture the cable webs found on the very stylish I-93 Zakim Memorial Bridge over the Charles river in Boston on a warm and humid day. The combining of art and design, looking so delicate yet able to carry ten lanes to/from the Hub. SOOC in that the unedited sky is filtered somewhat by the tinted windscreen glass. Straight and true down the road...

Whimsical Windows - One if by land in Boston

A sultry warm June night at the Quincy Marketplace, Boston. Photo by Patti

Toby hosts the fun architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors - with digital photo devices nearby, we are ready for unique sights. This is a favorite view of mine and was taken by the always lovely Patti on a June night, as we return to our hotel after a fun day in the Hub. The old buildings have their classic shapes, the brick walkway is in fine shape, the tourists are dressed for the warmth and the small lights are a nice accent to the scene. Travels out of town are fun and always picturesque...

Whimsical Windows - Wheelchair height

Toby hosts the fun architectural meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors. We add interesting details that we note on our travels. I captured this at a less than optimal height along State Street in Boston. I am not sure what era this is from, but the columns, arches and non-round turrets do combine to offer a truly unique building. Perhaps while juggling the camera when seated in my wheels I cut the bottom off - but the view upstairs is fun! 

Whimsical Windows - Stately State Street

Nice condo conversion along State Street in Boston

Toby's fun meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors is back.Today I return to a trip to Boston where our hotel was within the financial district in Boston. The Board of Trade building captures the classic trim that perhaps indicated a building built for special purposes. I believe that these are very nice apartments now constructed inside. And I really like the teal detailing inside the granite arches. Stunning in its massive size but feeling delicate as well...

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On last weeks post, I alluded to the lovely Patti as having been part of the reveal for the Ghost Hunter TV series at the Sterling Opera House...Patti is Here (at about 5:00 in the light blue jacket). The only video I could find has these odd Spanish subtitles...I believe it first ran in April 2011...

29 Days-23-Concrete wishbone

We are looking south toward downtown Boston Massachusetts alongside the I-93 Zakim Memorial Bridge

Tina's 29 Days brings me to a place where style and function work equally. The place is under the Charlestown side of the Zakim Bridge in Boston. The look is graceful and sleek. The tower looks almost like a concrete wishbone, bit not weak like the one we find inside a chicken or turkey. Yet the span was designed and built to withstand that it will withstand a 400 mph / 640 km/h wind - the highest ever recorded was 110 mph. So, style and strength work well together!

Whimsical Windows - Contrasting eras

Toby most graciously hosts the fun and educational meme Whimsical Windows - Delirious Doors. We look for architectural gems in windows, doors or even styles. It would seem that there is no city quite like Boston where the old and classic is surrounded by new. 


Looking out the window upstairs at the Quincy Market, we look across toward Faneuil Hall, last renovated in 1899 and flanked by a tall modern building from maybe the 1990s. Not at unattractive, but devoid of New England style details such as dormers and half-moon shaped windows. A great city with great architecture!