Back in Astoria yesterday to photograph a couple of buildings with the 4×5 view camera. After I finished, I walked around two long blocks snapping pictures with my Ricoh digital.

Keep in mind that this is the end of the elevated N and W lines of the subway, but Manhattan is not more than 20 minutes away. Crossing above the elevated subway is the northeast corridor rail line on the massive Hell Gate bridge. This is a bustling shopping district with lots of discount stores and restaurants, particularly Greek, which is the dominant ethnic group in an otherwise diverse area. Middle Easterners in evidence as well. There are apartment buildings and row houses, but the architecture is small in scale. Catholic churches are the biggest structures.

Here is my walk: