March 19, 2006
Things I see
Seen on a visit to the secret bathtub graveyard. (If I tell you where it is, it won't be a secret.)
We went out and took pictures of things today. The bathtub graveyard was a side trip on our way to lunch from Rockett's Landing, where we went to get pictures of the ghost signs on the warehouses before they disappear altogether. The Richmond Cedar Works are being turned into a big retail/residential thing and the ghost signs will not likely survive the process. I made up a photo set which includes the one "before" picture I've got.
While the development is probably a Good Thing, I'll miss the signs. I always liked that stretch of Route 5. I can hop in my car, or just walk, and in just a few minutes be in a semi-rural industrial area with a view of the downtown skyline. With all the development around the city, this is (or was) one of the few places where you could pass from city to country instantly and without having to drive through suburb/exurb/shopping mall hell.
180 words | March 19, 2006 05:29 PM | Ghost signs2 things -- I know where those bathtubs are :)
and: I can hear the echo of the many times I've said, in contrast to every other direction, that and if you go east, you're in the country!"
Posted by: john at March 20, 2006 07:02 AMWell, I figured that anyone familiar with the architectural salvage places would know.
And, yes, I love being able to live in the city and on the edge of it at the same time.
Posted by: Nee-chama at March 20, 2006 01:51 PM