San Jose Decay - Quicky Photoshoot - 2007.09.24

[frantik]

Just a quick little shoot in front of this tight old building that I walk by sometimes. I love the old signs on it and just the general way it looks.. nice "urban decay" feel

[A18A]

i really like this pic http://3geez.wiki-tv.com/w/images/7/7f/P1010320b.jpg

and http://3geez.wiki-tv.com/w/images/b/b7/P1010326.jpg that piece of glass looks like it could do some pretty bad damage if it slipped on someone =O

[Hazwan]

Nice pics!

The 3rd one looks like magazine pic

[Pico]

Very cool pics, you should touch a few up with a antique look to it

[Civic Accord Honda]

mmmm looks sexy as always

[mushroom_toy]

Looking good....im bored....and these prob suckl....but oh well.

[frantik]

thanks everbody

you should touch a few up with a antique look to it

good idea

edit: i just replaced the original image with this one since it's better imo

[Civic Accord Honda]

sexy chops

[MessyHonda]

the 3gee before its time...haha

[2ndGenGuy]

Man the 3rd gens are so wide and low. They look so damn good dropped! Cool photos man!

[frantik]

cheers

here's a nother shopped pic i took.. The location is tight but the lighting was all off for the original plus i didn't park the car in the right spot.. so i decided to do some fun stuff with it..

[chickensandwich]

nostalgia.

[Hoy_LDT]

u live in sanjose cool bay area WE TAKIN OVERRR!!! ahaha

[snoopyloopy]

thanks everbody



good idea

sepia ftw! looks real good, man. your car is teh tits.

[frantik]

thanks

i touched up a few of the pics to give them a more saturated look and get rid of some of the haze

[frantik]

heres a few more of that shot in front of the buddhist temple

original pic

fixed the car location

[plasmadis]

Haha, J-Town represent! I love that building!

I've been hanging out around J-Town (San Jose Japantown) for years. I used to hit up Nikaku two doors down from that place for my Manga and Gundam models when I was in grade school. Not into those things as much now, tho you might've seen my spray painted black 3gee sedan parked near the temple, not far from where your car's at, or across from the Mexican restaurant on 4th, while I partake of the sushi boats at Kazoo, or get blasted and try to sing at the 7 Bamboo.

I've always imagined what that place would be like if someone fixed it up. A shame it's left to decay like that. Back in the day, before the front windows were busted out, they used to read "Nishioka Bros. Fish Market". Looks like there's a lot of history behind it. If those bricks could talk...

Wonder where the Nishiokas are now? Sadly, a lot a J-Towns seem to be on the decline. I read an article about it, either in the Merc or SF Gate. The latest generation of Japanese doesn't seem to have much interest in carrying on the family businesses, as they move on to become doctors or engineers. An example of this was the former Dobashi market on Jackson, which luckily was taken over by Nijiya, a Japanese grocery chain out of LA.

I'm not knocking the new generation for wanting to move on to bigger and better things, but at the same time, it saddens me to see the J-Towns fade away. Hopefully some will continue to carry the torch, so we can see them thrive for a bit longer.

plasmadis

[frantik]

^ haha cool thanks for the history on the building i'll keep an eye out for your black 3gee

[frantik]

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