cantilevered – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

You saw my photo through the foggy school bus windshield. Friday morning there was a train going by as I shot this but the cars were flat. Couldn’t wait for that to change. It was a nice touch, to hear it speeding by on the track above.

I shot this outside the window, not through it and since I was the driver this time, I pulled to the side of the road. Not a lot of time to experiment or revise on the way to school and no time to get out of the car. Oh yes, iPhone camera not regular camera.

You read about this home in the New York Times last week. If you wish to compare the shot from my previous post it is here.

It’s a cool view to see every morning. I watched them build it but didn’t document it. Too bad. One for the regret category. Since most blog readers are out of town and can’t swing by to see this more clearly and are relying on my view, I wanted to show this unusual home in a nice light. And the school bus was parked.

Morning sun instead of rain and fog, clears up the view.

February 20, 2012February 20, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, What I Saw on the Way to SchoolTags: architecture, cantilevered, city scene, Emerald Art Glass Factory, Eric Fisher, photography, Pittsburgh house, Pittsburgh Photos, postaday, school bus, south side, train 9 Comments

You saw Thursday’s post of the passenger photo from the school bus ride to the Carnegie Museum of Art when it was snowing. Here’s another one. We were coming back from the Teenie Harris exhibit headed back to school. This photo has a cool story and link.

My friend R came over in the snow for a bowl of minestrone soup, Friday night. She told me about this cool house on the South Side, featured in the New York TImes. “A cantilevered house over a glass factory”, she said. I said, “I drive by that house EVERYDAY on the way to school. I watched it being built!” I’ve photographed the trains going by, the weather. I have pulled over there many times and photographed the scene.

On Wednesday I photographed a piece of this unique house through the school bus windshield. You can see a glimpse of their Emerald Art Glass Factory, the school bus yard on the left and the train trestle where I’ve photographed trains in a blur. Up on the slopes is formerly St. Josaphat’s church that’s now closed. If you want to see the house as it should be seen then you will have to go and watch the NYTimes slideshow.

Here is the link and the NYTimes amazing photos in a slideshow of this really cool house in detail. You just see a snippet of the house in my photo in the upper left. After you see the pristine and fantastic photographs at the New York Times you might wonder why I posted my iPhone photo of the same scene?

Cantilevered House — Southside Flats and Slopes

February 12, 2012February 11, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architecture, cantilevered, Emerald Art Glass Factory, photography, Pittsburgh house, Pittsburgh Photography, school bus, south side, South Side Slopes, St. Josaphat's 13 Comments

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Cantilevered House,View 2, Friday on the Way to School

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