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Accessible Pavement

Ok, so if you are just looking at my photo stream and see this image you might think I was having a really boring day. Or perhaps I was just getting artsy and all that. The story is, when I take photos for my job at the government facilities I work with, I try to capture important details about accessibility. This parking lot has a sloped area leading from the asphalt parking area to the concrete sidewalk. The wide white paint marks out parking spots and also the walkway. The red flat area as the sidewalk starts is a textured area so a person who uses a cane can feel and hear the difference to call out the transition to the sidewalk.

 

So now you know why this is done this way. And, I do like the way it is composed as well. I was told I didn't need to spend time taking good photos, just photos. However, I can't resist trying to make the shots somehow interesting.

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Uploaded on October 27, 2009
Taken on September 25, 2009