A walk in Perşembe Pazarı

The streets in this area seem to be continually under construction; asphalt is torn up, exposing earth and stone, thick granite paving slabs are lifted to expose gas pipes, water lines, electrical wires and cables, traffic cones and tapes block off roadways and lanes. Walking on the pavement here is tricky as all the commercial premises utilize the street and pedestrian walkways as loading zones, generating queues of cars and delivery vehicles, some drivers patiently waiting, others leaning on their horns (two images in my last post).

The steepness of some of these streets force once's attention to the ground where a bewildering combination of surfacing materials - tiles, pavoirs, marble, concrete, terrazzo, cobbles - parade underfoot:

 

This may join up with a series of works on (butcher) paper I've already started.