Chattanooga is a beautiful Southern city and one of its crowning gems is the Bluff View Arts District. Every time we visit–and trust me, it demands a walking tour–I discover something new.
Long-time friends were in town over the weekend and they were kind enough to bring amazing Fall-like weather, perfect for walking downtown. Still with Carmi’s current Thematic Photographic "pattern" theme in mind, order, repetition and beauty were inherent every direction we turned!
An old stone wall whose purpose escapes me but whose aesthetic value doesn’t.
This one may not have aesthetic value, but I love the dot pattern of a common stop sign post.
A snail’s view behind local delicious Italian eatery Tony’s Pasta; walk up a flight of stairs to their back deck for a bird’s eye–and much better–view (click the picture to see that view!)
This stone courtyard is part of the amazing Tennessee River Sculpture Garden on the back side of Bluff View.
A stunning maze of metal and glass overlooks the Tennessee River, and I’m not sure if it’s supposed to keep people from jumping to a certain death or if it’s simply art. Either way, I wouldn’t let a kid get near it armed with a slingshot and pebble.
There’s a public Bocce Ball court in Bluff View, one day we have got to remember to take our set and play. Since my eye was coaxed to see "patterns" all day, an overhead glance zeroed in on this unique arbor.
Do these stairs look like art to you?? For some reason, they do to me (even though I get dizzy looking at them). They give the illusion of a flat surface, but if you look to the right side of the photograph, you’ll see the stair-steps.
Chattanooga is soooo much more than a "Choo-Choo", and it’s a pleasure to share parts of it with you. I still have bunches of pictures I’d like to post, but since these share the common thread for TP, I’ll save the others for another time.
Great pictures! If you go to the Bluff View again and forget your Bocce set, they have one in the hotel for people to borrow. We used it once and we weren’t guests.
O.k., I would HATE those steps. ACK!
FAN MAIL: Love it. You really know how to find the extraordinary among the ordinary and capture it on film for all of us to see. You do a service to us all.
Beautiful pics! I lived in Rossville, GA years ago, so Chattanooga will always have a special place in my heart!
Great eye girlfriend!
I love patterns that decorate and order our universe.
Keep clicking. 😉
Did you get your camera back or are these still with the point-n-shoot? Either way it goes to show that people take pictures, not cameras. And you take good pictures. No matter the tool used. 🙂
Those are so beautiful! Fun shots, Robin. That’s cool how the stairs look flat until you see the edge. Pretty wild. I really like the interesting riverside artwork, too. 😀
yes– all of the above.
I wish I could just go with you and search for them.
(put on my to do list… go to Chattanooga and go choo choo with Robin)
I love seeing these photos. It reminds me that Chattanooga is more than a stop on my way to somewhere else.
Great pics!! I haven’t been to Chattanooga in something like 23 years! I’ve heard its changed a lot since then. Hopefully we’ll get to visit sometime soon since its not too far from where we live.
I love patterns and you have captured them so well. My fav is the last one. Love the slant.
Alli, GREAT idea…that’s much easier than transporting our own (heavy) set.
Rebecca, you should see the GLASS-FREAKIN’-BRIDGE THAT PRECEDES THE STEPS! I can barely walk across it (above a busy stream of traffic :/).
Sarah, THAT has got to be one of my favorite comments EVAH! Thank you!!! 🙂
Christi, hehe, I got LOST in Rossville when we first moved here; imagine THAT!
Patsy, order can be a good thing…a VERY good thing (and yes ma’am, I HAVE to keep clicking!).
Robert, awww, very nice of you to say. And, my, what a keen eye you have…THESE ARE THE FIRST PICTURES I’M POSTING WITH MY NEWLY RETURNED NIKON!!! WAHOOO!! I never posted the story (too daggum much company and too much travel) but the first time my camera was returned, it was in worse shape than when I took it in. Now? Seems to be working just fine.
Dianne, every time I see that artwork/wall thingy, I just LOVE it. You’d like it even better in person :).
Pamela, I would love, absolutely LOVE taking you for a tour of the big city. And then cook dinner for you. And of course, dessert :).
Hulagirl, I forget Chatty has so much to offer…see? Once you begin looking, you see WONDERFUL things!
Lora, 23 years? It HAS changed tremendously in that time–you probably wouldn’t recognize it :).
iPost, I kinda wish I had taken one from the bottom looking up, too; we never go that way, though, so I didn’t think about it til after the fact. Glad you liked!
I love your photographs. I don’t comment on them that often because I’m so blown away that I don’t even know what to say. VERY COOL!!!
Sigh. I really miss the South and all its aesthetic glories… MUST come and visit you sometime, Robin. You would make the tour so much fun!
Robin, these are GREAT shots of the Bluff View Art District!! I literally love EVERY single one of them. I love the illusion of the stairs at the end. I even love the dots on the sign post. You gave a good angle and perspective on these shots. Glad I checked in on you today.