Thursday, October 31, 2013

Views from the street

We rode in a van to the conference site today, but I had my camera handy to take pictures.  I chose to walk home with another participant and we stopped by a modern church along the way.
This shoe shiner had his little mobile cart pulled up right in the middle of a median on a very busy street.  I'm not sure why he picked this spot since it wasn't exactly a pedestrian way, but perhaps he wasn't allowed to part on the regular sidewalk (of which there is little in this neighborhood).  But he did have a customer.

I don't know the story about this blue car.  It appears to be broken down with the hood up, but the owner is standing by the truck with a cart of goods that he is hawking...again, perhaps a way to avoid regulations about street vending?

Private green spaces are immaculately manicured.  Public spaces...not so much.

Interesting public sculpture along the road. (And a lone biker, I haven't seen many of these, possibly because this area of the city is so hilly, perhaps also because they value their life and won't ride these streets!)

 The locals call this building "The washing machine" and you can see why.  Love the fun architecture in this area of the City.

Orange buildings are Iberoamericana

A local Catholic church that we walked past on our way home.  
Very modern and attractive, inside and out.








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