In a Lonely Street

In a Lonely Street
Originally uploaded by teotwawki.

... also the title of an excellent study of film noir by Frank Krutnik.

This photo might serve to illustrate why being beeped at pedestrian crossings can be annoying (referring to yesterday's entry).

Those few millimetres of glass and metal that separate the dry, comfortable and perhaps air conditioned interior of a car from the cold, rain soaked streets of Newcastle are seldom thin enough to equate to a few moments of consideration for poor shivering people making their way on foot from one place to the other. Some people are more considerate than others, I suppose.

This was taken about half past five this afternoon, and despite the rain (or perhaps because of it?) I wanted to get a shot of this before heading home.