winter randoms #1: walking the dog

[beaky]

Just some snaps from a recent walk with Peg (the Wonder-Rotty!). They may seem odd  because they're supposed to be "artistic".
Looks like somebody's eager to go out...






One of the many old churches of Newark. Bunch of new houses just went up in 2 lots here last summer...







House-shopping, perhaps? Never seen a limo parked around here before...








Wait- yes, I hear a big airplane...  zoom...steady... et voila! Bonjour!







Good to know my juice is being stepped down practically next door; I know right where to look if there's a problem.




Next: "Atmospherics"

[Jakemaster]

lol, always nice to have the power station next door.

[Omag 2.0]

Unless it goes BZZZZZZZZZZ all the time...  ;D

[beaky]

Unless it goes BZZZZZZZZZZ all the time...  ;D

No- it's very quiet. And if it wasn't, it'd be drowned out by all the other noise.

[flyboy 28]

So I guess you don't live in the bad part of Newark, where you can't even take out your camera and take some shots without being mugged?

[beaky]

So I guess you don't live in the bad part of Newark, where you can't even take out your camera and take some shots without being mugged?

Well, I wouldn't call it a nice neighborhood... but more "quality-of-life" issues than threats to one's life. I was mugged once nearby, years ago, but that was sort of a fluke. The most common crime around here is crackheads breaking into cars. They don't mug people because that would require a weapon, and a crackhead won't keep anything he can sell for crack money.
And now that the Ironbound (the tight-knit and fairly quiet Portuguese neighborhood) is starting to spill over from east of the RR tracks, it's getting a little better.
The area west of Broad Street is a little more dangerous, but even that area is seeing some revival: new homes and businesses, etc.

[flyboy 28]

Yeah. One of my friends used to live in Newark and said for a few streets, don't even go down them because if you're not buying crack, you'll be shot.