New Old Western Town

So this is another quick look at parts of the Bay Area. Today, the East Coast, in the near forgotten town of Union City.

What we are looking at here is the new expansion on the West side of Union City Blvd, a road which starts as Hysperian in Hayward, and runs down into Newark as Newark Blvd. This small business park was built in the last couple of years in a faux 1850's look. First impressions is that it's a repainted old area, but no, I saw them going up on a vacant lot.

On the corner of Alvarado and Union City Blvd is an old, probably bank, building which has a NW aspect, and so fails to catch the morning light. It's fence however plays with the low sun in a most delightful manner.

Towns of this vintage seem to all come with a typical hyspanic styled church. This is no exception. Not a large one, just a humble clean church. I like the palm, it adds to the fun of things.

This old street light in itself shows the clash between new and old; looking like it was possibly an old gas lamp, it is sporting two compact florescent bulbs.

Finally, some great light through these leaves, I believe it was a row of zucchini planted along a hurricane fence. Shadows of tendrils and wire dark against the veins of the leaf itself.