Wednesday Walk - Urban Norms

@sketch.and.jam · 2025-07-30 20:25 · hive-155530

Here is a typical commute walk for this #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay
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First you wake up early to avoid train delays and standing all the way on the commute.
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Its nice and peaceful if you get on the train early. You can find your own seat and spread out your laptop and keyboard and compose midi. If I catch a later train then this is not possible.
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Now arriving at the station there are huge escalators and various restaurants not even open yet.
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Nice and peaceful.

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Now its time to brave the empty early morning city.

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Scoundrels are always graffiting everything.

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Thankfully this part of town is low on graffiti.
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Now for a few examples of skinny alleyways around here. You can see in a straight skinny line almost all the way to the lake from here.
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I call these things the pigeon tinder hookup spots. They fly up on these opera house decorations just to mate lol.
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Now for a really skinny alleyway. Imagine having to use the fire escape here.
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Here is the bridge operator's booth. When a huge sailboat rides through the river they have to pull up the bridges. Its terrible for foot pedestrians as they are stuck watching a slow boat go by while they miss the train.

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Here's another skinny alleyway. This one is designated for smoke breaks for all the buildings nearby.

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Sometimes the light traps you in-between two major roads.
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Just a bit of old school architectural detailing that is rarely ever put on new buildings.
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Finally an art deco griffin, we need more gargoyles and griffins integrated into modern architecture. Everything is bland and stale these days.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)

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