below the Broadway Bridge, 6:45 AM, two weeks ago.
I'm fascinated by construction equipment, the way it looks in the early morning, before any workers have arrived, like the ruins of an old city or the set of a science fiction movie. How it's heavy and portable at the same time - a movable city.
This picture reminds me of Cedar Rapids, where I grew up. Especially the downtown industrial district, which you can see from the interstate, and where - because of the Quaker Oats factory - the air smells and tastes like oatmeal and corn pops, artifical berries and peanut butter crisps. In a way, all construction sites remind me of Cedar Rapids, which, like the equipment, is simultaneously heavy and portable, always in tow, following me where ever I go . . .
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This really rang a bell...often in NM I'd see an electric or water tower, and I'd imagine it into a grain elevator. And the smell...in Northfield, MN the Malt-o-Meal factory gave the town an oaty-malty smell that I loved. That's if we were lucky. If the wind blew the other way we'd get pig farm...
Posted by kelley | August 19, 2003 2:31 PM
Posted on August 19, 2003 14:31