Trip #602 Mosgrove Street, Carrick, Pittsburgh took place on June 18, 2021, and was published on June 25, 2021.
As a concept, justice is deceptively complex, and it becomes even more tangled and messy when applied. It’s a rare person who doesn’t harbor even the slightest desire to seek retribution for past injuries or inflict suffering on those who have done wrong. So how can “justice be served” when judgment becomes twisted and overtaken by thoughts of revenge, control, and punishment? Taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth becomes a never-ending spiral, and the weedy growth of injustices becomes thicker and denser, ultimately consuming the land and everything it initially held. How I wish there were pruning shears large and strong enough to cut it all back so all people could move with ease.
Field Notes: This flight leads down toward the T stop but I guess it’s not in use as the middle section is (now) completely overgrown and impassable. There are other streets and another flight of stairs that lead to the transit line so I guess it’s not a terrible inconvenience (if at all). Noticed an interesting-looking manhole cover at the top!
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