Photos as I Like It

To finish the pre-dawn hours of 5AM and 6 AM, I'm completing the four corners of Bay Station. Many of the intersections along Lincoln, a main thoroughfare across Alameda, have "station" names to match the cross street where there used to be streetcar station. My intersection is named Bay Station for Bay street. For 5AM I captured my third corner that contains a very popular shop that buys and sells collectible shoes. For 6AM I captured the fourth corner that houses a small local corner shop. There are many of these small shops down Lincoln avenue.

Ever since I first saw this mural being painted on a building at the corner of my block, I knew I wanted to capture it. I definitely wanted to include it in the "A Moment in Time" series, I just wasn't sure what time, but for 4 am I decided to check out the different corners of the block again and I really like this night view. This is on the corner directly across the street from the auto shop that was the subject of my 1 AM photo. I've decided now to share a "dark hours" photo from each of the four corners. This mural was commissioned by the owners of this building from graffiti writer Royyal Dog .

For 1 am, I ventured outside again, but just to the corner. At the corner is an auto shop and they have this one older section of the lot that just seems to serve as a roof for old cars, but it looks pretty cool at night.

For the 4am capture, I decided to wander outside and see what this sleepy island of Alameda looks like in the middle of the night. It was very quiet, at least at my corner of Bay Station in middle Alameda. There wasn't another person or car coming my way, so I focused on the corner market which was closed, but still had a little light coming from inside.  I'm definitely looking forward to moving into morning hours, and soon daytime hours. I'm sure many people consider 4am morning, but it still feels like the middle of the night to me, somehow 5am feels significantly different.  4am on March 15 Molly 4am Sarah 4am