The Collins Bookshop If you walk past this area now, the Amacas Restaurant is in this building on Paul Street, Cork. At the time the building was empty, having been vacated by the Gingerbread House a few weeks previously. This sign is now gone too, but Collins Bookshop on Carey’s Lane is still there, I [...]
2007Sat28Apr
The Collins Bookshop
Filed in Advertising, Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Paul Street, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Urban
2007Fri02Mar
Innovative Streets
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Paul Street, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Sun, UrbanInnovative Streets It’s good to look down sometimes. I think this was used to hold a decorative safety pole but I don’t remember ever seeing it used. There are poles on the other side of this narrow street however. The street of course is Paul Street behind Waterstones. I was going to blog that yesterday [...]
2007Sat13Jan
Unhappy Child
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Paul Street, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, UrbanUnhappy Child A small girl walks mournfully into the shopping center on Paul Street clutching her “BT Kids” balloon, probably handed to her by this lady.
2007Wed03Jan
Solitary figure
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Paul Street, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanSolitary figure A man bends over and adjusts his shopping bag outside Tesco shopping center on Paul St. I was waiting outside the shopping center and this scene enfolded in front of me. On a busy street people studiously ignore each other. Strangers pass by without a glance, busy with their own lives, friends gather [...]
