Row of Homes on Walnut St.
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Row of Homes on Walnut St.
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The seventh image contains a row of homes on Walnut Street in the Ironbound section of Newark. Homes in the Ironbound are typically very close together and are predominantly made for multi-families with 60% of the buildings being two-and three-family homes. The photographer does a successful job capturing this housing attribute by creating an image showing a row of many homes. The camera angle is facing diagonally down the road, allowing for more homes to be seen until the image eventually cuts off. This creates a sense of never-ending, close in proximity, homes. This close proximity aids in the production of the tight-knit community that the Ironbound is so well known for. The distance of the camera gives the street more depth and allows the viewer to see the street and all of the cars on it. The many cars on the street reveal the truth about space issues and the difficult task it is to find parking in this section of the city. A few different homes are shown in the picture as three-family, single family, and apartment style options are all present. The single family home shows a historic side of it through its architecture, emphasizing the history and age of the Ironbound. The photographer was effective in showing what the average homes looked like in this neighborhood of Newark and explaining the difficulty of parking and the tightness of the community.
