neighborhood – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

The City Responds

The mayor has a Response Center set up and you can call 311 and complain or report a situation that needs attention.

I’ve called about excessive litter at the base of the Duquesne Incline, a hornet nest on a city tree , a streetlight was out and needed to be replaced and last week I called about stop sign on Larimer Avenue that was blocked by tree branches snd it couldn’t be seen.

This morning I was driving to Zeke’s get coffee grounds for my house guests and look who was working hard to rectify the very problem I reported!

Meet John (everyone calls him Johnny)

Thank you for responding, John!

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: city of Pittsburgh, Larimer, Mayor Response Center, neighborhood, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, stop sign, tree pruning 4 Comments

Views from Fineview

Fineview is certainly named appropriately. It is a fine view from this vantage point.

A neighborhood I’d not visited before…went there with a fellow artist J. on Saturday night. Pittsburgh from the North Side of the city.

June 20, 2017 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city, Fineview, neighborhood, North Side, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, summer 9 Comments

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) to be Shown at Row House Cinema

After dinner, Steve drove me by Row House Cinema on Butler Street. I tried to get a couple of panoramas so that’s why the passing cars looked chopped up.iPhone shots tonight.

The Lawrenceville Historical Society and Row House Cinema present

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) shown on Friday JUNE 23, 2017 at 7 PM

4115 Butler Street

Also- Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn highlight reel will be shown
With round by round commentary from the panel

Gene Collier – Post-Gazette columnist
Tim Conn – Billy’s eldest son
Paul F. Kennedy – author of Billy Conn’s biography

a member was hanging a flyer at Ritter’s Diner and Aphrodite introduced us. Here she is holding the flyer announcing the event.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased by clicking this link

After dinner, Steve drove me by Row House Cinema on Butler Street. I tried to get a couple of panoramas so that’s why the passing cars looked chopped up.

And then a V of honking geese flew overhead

June 7, 2017 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 1941, Billy Conn, boxing, film, Joe Louis, Lawrenceville, Lwrenceville Historical Society, movies, neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Row House Cinema, sports, The Pittsburgh Kid 9 Comments

Wordless Wednesday*

*almost wordless

Mural by artist Dan Kitchener article by Maya Henry

Time Lapse Video of Mural Being Painted

June 6, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: Butler Street, graffiti, graffiti artist, Lawrenceville, London, London Muralist, Maya Henry, mural, Mural Art, neighborhood, New Amsterdam, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, time lapse video 7 Comments

Overgrown in Pittsburgh Exhibit, a Friendship Bagel and an Artistic Tree Grate on Penn Avenue in Garfield

An eclectic post

A sneak peek from the catalog of the show. Tonight I just had the old iPhone with me and didn’t capture the artwork. Took a few shots of the artist and a few family members- I didn’t ask if it would be okay to blog them so if you are in the Pittsburgh Area you have until July 15th to experience these stunning paintings in person.

Lots happening on Penn Avenue as it was a first Friday and it’s called Unblurred

-art galleries open and the street abuzz with activity.

We were walking to the Irma Freeman Center for the Imagination where my friend Joan Brindle was having an art opening along with 3 other artists Roshida Abira Ali, Jim Brindle and Irma Freeman. The show will be open until July 15th

Friendship Bagel complete with an Ode to a Spring Meadow Poem on the sidewalk in Garfield on Penn Avenue.

And when we crossed the street to ensure our friend V got in her car, I captured one of the new Artistic Tree Grates that have been installed recently as part of the Penn Avenue Reconstruction

How about this artistic tree grate?

June 3, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: art, art exhibit, art gallery, artistic tree grate, gouache, Irma Freeman Center for the Imagination, neighborhood, Overgrown in Pittsburgh, paintings, Penn Avenue, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Spring Meadow, Unblurred, urban scene 17 Comments

Woodpecker in Highland Park Tree Stump

We were walking across the street to the playground and saw two woodpeckers pecking away on this rotting tree stump. One flew away. iPhone shots today.

You can watch the one pecking away in this video .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6P9UdKswQ

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the City, PhotographyTags: bird, birdwatching, HIghland Park, nature, neighborhood, park, photography, Pittsburgh, plsyground, postaday, tree stump, video, Woodpecker, youtube 17 Comments

Finding Van Gogh on Eden Way

Unexpected. Driving home after dinner out. Down a back alley parallel to on Butler Street.

As Steve said- you just never know when you’ll find a Van Gogh.

Garage Door Art

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: alley, art, artist, Eden Way, garage, GARage door art, neighborhood, painting, photograph, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, Van Gogh 9 Comments

Rolled Ice Cream is Hot on Butler Street

I’ve been away for awhile. My friend B said “let’s go to NatuRoll Creamery –get rolled ice cream in Lawrenceville. There’s always a line” (which is a good sign).

Turns out it didn’t open until three. So we had a delicious lunch at VANDAL first, waiting for three o’clock to roll around.