My fellow blogger Susan Goffe and I truly enjoy the weekly photo challenges… I am sharing her response to “pedestrian,” featuring a much-loved Kingston landmark.
“What does pedestrian mean to you? Perhaps this is a great chance to go out and practice some street photography.”
Downtown Kingston. A man walks across the pedestrian crossing in South Parade. In the background is the landmark Kingston Parish Church, built in 1911 at the site of the original church, which was destroyed in the Great Earthquake of 1907. There is much pedestrian traffic in this part of Kingston, but the history of the area is anything but pedestrian.
Below is a postcard showing some of the damage to the original church after the earthquake. (“Parish Church, Kingston Jamaica after earthquake Jan 14, 1907,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed October 4,2017. http://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/254.)
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