Photo 365 - Day 152 (Exit Only)

Day 152 (December 2nd, 2010)
Title: Exit Only

We were walking around Berkeley near 4th street, and I saw this old, abandoned building and fencing.  I saw this mangled fence "door" with its "Exit Only" sign skewed, and my first thought was: "Dang, they must have wanted to get out of there really badly!"  The way that the metal is bent and twisted, it almost looks like it was made from aluminum or other soft material, not steel. 

I think this is one of those shots that for some reason, I saw something interesting in it, but when viewed by others they might think I'm just a bit "off".  Still, there's always tomorrow! 

Enjoy!

Photo 365 - Day 106 (Old Train House)

Day 106 (October 17th, 2010)
Title: Old Train House

If anyone has visited Hercules, CA recently you would have seen a town that has really expanded lately - tons of condos, new buildings, more fast-food joints than is really necessary, basically a 'new' bustling town.  What a lot of folks don't know, is that Hercules has been around for a long time.  They used to have a dynamite factory and it was a key stop for many railroads.  But, as is the way of things, things changed and the old down was basically left to die (the dynamite factory closed and the trains no longer needed to make as many stops for water/sand as technology got better).  If you go out to the old train yard/stop you can find lots of neat buildings and structures that are closed and slowly falling apart.  This photo is of a house that was near the rail-yard, now fenced off, flowers growing wild and lost to the annals of time.


Enjoy.

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