Warehouse on 200 South, Salt Lake City
This morning, I scouted locations for Friday's photowalk, and found this great doorway. Locations like this building really rock my boat, should be a lot of fun. (That building is really wonky, there is no true level on it at all!)
Here's what I posted on our Flickr pool, the "official" source for all your SLC Photowalking news and images
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Theme: the grunge/gentrification interface
Location: meet at corner of 500W, 200 S. Parking is available in 100-200 block of 500W.
Rusting motors on Eccles Street
The walkabout is from 500W 200S to the new (?) depot at 6th west, down 300 S toward the back side of the Rio Grande station (which could be awesome in golden light), return north on 5th west toward the galleries at the corner of 200S and 500W as people start to arrive. If they are still working on the rails that late, there could be some fun shots after dark with their lights. Today (Tuesday) they are pouring the concrete on the turn at 4th west, who knows how far they will get. But they told me they are working late shifts.
Sidewalk beautification along 200 South
I am probably the last person in SLC to realize that the construction on 200S is connecting the new Frontrunner to the TRAX, but the gentrification is happening RIGHT NOW, and there are photos that will be possible today but not next week or month. Lots of old brick with faded paint signs, Thomas Electric's pile of rusty motors along Eccles Street, the old brothel (had a long chat with the bricklayers working on 200S about the area, naturally they had read the historic marker about a brothel.) The new/remodeled depot reminds me of an arcade in Auckland, NZ.
Late afternoon light is going to be as good, if not better, than after dark light. There's not as much artificial lighting as on the east side to work with, except the gallery windows. At least 4-5 galleries in the 2x2 block area are participating in gallery stroll, so there should be some people about.
Special considerations: The safety factor needs to be considered, but I think we can work with it, if folks stick together and act like we are in an urban area. I'll have a couple bills in an outer pocket for panhandlers, and will be traveling light.
See you on Friday, and don't forget to post your photos to our Flickr pool.
