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April 06, 2007
Photo time
Easter in Buffalo means one thing: a trip to the Broadway Market. It's a big, indoor market on the East Side of Buffalo, in what used to be the largest Polish neighborhood in town. Down the street are the houses where my grandparents grew up, and the church where they were married and my mom was baptized. My great-grandma lived there until she was 96. Of course, that was a long, long time ago. Now the neighborhood is broken, run down and infested with gangs. But on Good Friday, the neighborhood and market returns to its old ways, as every person with an ounce of Polish blood in them comes to pick up hams, cakes, and flowers for Easter. I figured I'd take some pictures - these are just a few, because I could only get one of my smart cards to download to the computer.
I'm not the most religious person, but I love old, ornate churches. They're so pretty, and filled with history. I can deal with that. But new, sterile churches are just no fun to be in. Luckily this church is one of the former.
I've also taken an old-fashioned approach to remembering where the heck all the pictures I take come from: writing it on a piece of paper, and then taking a picture of the paper. It's what photographers through the ages have down to document where they are, and I figured I should start to get into the habit before I actually end up somewhere I won't recognize. Anyhow, here's my pictures.
My ghetto note card.
Corpus Christi Church, where my grandparents were married.
The inside of the church, behind the altar.
Sign in the empty lot across from the church.
Dick's East Side Inn. I like the old lady standing outside.
Abandoned liquor store, next to the tavern and across from the market.
Broadway Market sign.
Crowd inside the market.
It wouldn't be Buffalo without a Bills sign.
entry no. 810
Posted by oz115 at April 6, 2007 09:13 PM