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    Steps

    Posted by Jonathan on March 15th, 2013 (All posts by )

    A narrow street in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. (© 2012 Jonathan Gewirtz / jonathan@gewirtz.net)

     

    This entry was posted on Friday, March 15th, 2013 at 8:18 pm and is filed under Photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    10 Responses to “Steps”

    1. DHL Says:
      March 15th, 2013 at 10:08 pm

      Wow, I didn’t realize that Chicago was so old! I would have guessed Jerusalem.

    2. Jonathan Says:
      March 15th, 2013 at 10:30 pm

      Old Town ;)

    3. IGotBupkis, Legally Defined Cyberbully in All 57 States and some Canadian provinces Says:
      March 16th, 2013 at 9:02 am

      Well, THAT’s not passing ADA inspection, you can damned sure bet *that*….

    4. Sgt. Mom Says:
      March 16th, 2013 at 10:29 am

      Well, the properties of the photograph have it as Jerusalem … but it reminds me of Mark Twain’s observation about the only joke in the Bible – the street *called* Straight in Damascus …

    5. gre3y eagle Says:
      March 16th, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      A very pretty passage way. Indeed this may be a main street in Jerusalem. Notice that there are three openings on the right side covered with steel grills. This usually indicates shops. Notice the window sized openings have bars. There are no windows at ground level.

      Jeerusalem is not as safe as Sioux City, South Dakota. Souix City has unprotected windows at ground level. But socialism and ‘income equality’ are more important in Jerusalem than they are in Souix City.

    6. Jonathan Says:
      March 17th, 2013 at 7:16 am

      It’s an offshoot of Habad Street, one of the main streets in the Jewish Quarter.

      Not sure what the point of your Sioux City comparison is.

    7. grey eagle Says:
      March 17th, 2013 at 4:01 pm

      Windows at ground level are common in midwest small towns, rare in ancient cities.

      It is said that breaking windows is a good way to stimulate an economy. Obviously, there comes a time when windows are not replaced.

      I wonder if socialism and income equality are involved in breaking windows or in deciding not to replace them.

    8. Dave Homes Says:
      March 20th, 2013 at 9:00 pm

      Awesome picture though. Did you use some sort of soft/yellow light filter?

    9. Jonathan Says:
      March 20th, 2013 at 10:52 pm

      No filter. The light brought out the yellow in the stones, and I enhanced it a bit more in editing.

    10. Bill Brandt Says:
      March 21st, 2013 at 10:30 am

      Nice color composition and framing. Years ago while in Greece I saw a similar scene of a Greek monastery – liked the 3 archways going back to give it depth – just as I hit the shutter a monk started walking in from the back – made the whole picture.

      Not that i planned it ;-)

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