Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Independence Day

The flag we see every day out the window from CatSynth HQ. We wish all our fellow Americans a happy 4th of July (Independence Day)!

(Shot on an iPhone using Hipstamatic Lisbon Pack)

Wordless Wednesday: Orizaba

Looking south on Orizaba Avenue in southwestern San Francisco from Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park. You can read more about our visit to this spot in this article.

Wordless Wednesday: Lake Merced Abstraction

Lake Merced in the southwest corner of San Francisco. Hipstamatic photo with a multi-exposure lens.

Wordless Wednesday: Washington Mews, New York

View north from Washington Mews, a small alley near Washington Square Park in Manhattan. I liked the juxtaposition of building shapes and styles.

Every so often I worry I’m posting the same picture twice. This was one of those times 😸

Wordless Wednesday: Windmill (Golden Gate Park)

The Murphy Windmill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

You can find out more about the windmill and its history at outsidelands.org

Wordless Wednesday: California Street, San Francisco

Plaza of 550 California Street, at Kearny Street, San Francisco.

Wordless Wednesday: Glory Hole

The “Glory Hole” spillway at the Monticello Dam at Lake Berryessa, California.

Wordless Wednesday: California Modernism (Pacific Heights)

To me, this modernist home in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco represents the height of “California Cool” of the 1950s and 1960s (even if it was probably built more recently). It stood out from the more conservative brick-and-stone mansions to either side.

Wordless Wednesday: Shape Study (Lafayette Park, San Francisco)

A study in geometry and texture at Lafayette Park in San Francisco.

Wordless Wednesday: Brutalism in SF

There aren’t a lot of examples of Brutalism in this architecturally conservative city, but the exception seems to be medical centers. This one of several medical buildings with Brutalist facades. The photo was taken on a rather dreary and rainy day.