This past Sunday was a cool, breezy day. I strode down from Somerville towards the Charles River with my baseball cap shielding me from the sun and my camera in tow. Although I didn’t want to admit that I knew what I wanted to photograph, my destination was inevitable.
After reaching North Point Park near the Museum of Science, I made a left and walked towards the towering cement columns that underpinned the on and off ramps of Route 93. The ramps cast their rich, dark shadows over the railroad tracks leading to an MBTA commuter rail maintenance facility, and I made my way between the columns embalmed in graffiti towards the rail lines.
An American flag fluttered in the breeze as I circled back along the railroad tracks towards a skatepark tucked underneath the columns. The street artists who decorated the cement columns added the same pop of color to the skatepark, where groups of men and women zipped along on skateboards through half-pipes and bowls, while kids honed their craft on metal scooters as their parents watched on fearfully.
It was a vibrant environment, and I wished I had a scooter myself.