Trip #709 Luella Street to Heim Street, Spring Hill City View, Pittsburgh took place on March 20, 2022, and was published on March 25, 2022.
There will always be places where things fall away, and it’s decided that the decay and disintegration are not worth fixing. But despite the repercussions, people persist and go on with their ordinary lives. We can spend a lot of time pondering why this happens, but we already know the answers and all their myriad and complex rationales. Today’s people and places want to be recognized for who they are, what they are, not as how they compare to some sepia-toned historical photograph version of themselves. So despite the fault lines, let’s look at what’s still standing. Let’s walk up and down these steep and narrow streets and celebrate the tenacity which allows life to continue. #EastStreetValley #ForgottenNeighborhoods
Field Notes: I photographed the upper portion of this flight on Trip #114 but this is the part that connects down to Luella. The street is very narrow and curved and close to the area that has been closed off due to the landslides a few years back.
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