Brian Q. Webb
So, yeah, yesterday was my birthday. There was cake and well-wishes, all of which were greatly appreciated. It also rained all week. Again. I think this makes 3 weeks straight minus a couple brief hours sunshine.
Moving on, these are the street photos I’ve taken over the past week.
It has rained almost without pause for the last week in Taipei. That isn’t a complaint. Quite the contrary. I actually like rain and will pick a cool, rainy November day over a hot, humid August day without a moment’s hesitation. Perhaps it’s because of my upbringing in the perpetually precipitation-challenged Los Angeles…or my multiple layers of natural insulation? Photographically-speaking, rain creates a great atmosphere with which to record images.
And I tried to take advantage of that this week.
This week’s featured Taipei street photography, including some new phonography.
The couple of weeks since my last Streets Saturday post has seen me shopping for Halloween costumes with the kids and attending a small Halloween party along with my normal, everyday here-to-there voyages. These are my favorite decisive moments from the last time until the next time.
Today, October 10 2011, marks 100 years since the Wuchang uprising that sparked the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Imperial Era in China and the beginning of the Republic of China government. It has since survived World War II and the Maoist revolution to create the autonomous state of Taiwan and evolve there into the only example of Chinese self-governance in the totality of Chinese history.
Not bad for the first century.
Almost directly across from the National Taiwan Museum entrance at 228 Peace Memorial Park is the Land Bank old building. Now, I know what you’re thinking:
“A bank. How exciting.”
It is. First off, it’s a great example of colonial-era architecture of which there are not many. More importantly, there is a large exhibition hall inside…
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