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A September Evening Walk Through Cambridge

·Cambridge, United Kingdom·#travel#autumn#england#cambridge#street-photography
A street with parked cars and buildings at sunset, with a large construction crane extending into the orange sky.

An evening walk through Cambridge, started while the sun was still up and finished well after dark. We came in along a street of terraced houses and parked cars, then cut toward the river, where King's College Chapel showed its pinnacles above a horse chestnut that has clearly been left to grow as big as it wants.

King's Parade was busy — people milling around the Senate House railings, the Gonville & Caius tower going orange at the top while the street below had already gone dim. Ryder & Amies had its window full of college ties, dozens of them slotted into a wooden grid like a wine rack, plus a teddy bear in a striped scarf down in the corner.

We ended at the Corn Exchange on Wheeler Street, behind the Guildhall, lit purple up its arches. Built 1875–78 by Richard Reynolds Rowe on the site of a medieval priory, originally for farmers trading grain, now Grade II listed and doing concerts. Two people stood on the steps by the box office and the rest of the square was empty.

A large, dark tree with a stone building on the left and an orange sunset glowing through its branches.A street scene featuring two ornate historic buildings, one with turrets, and several people walking under a cloudy sky.An interior shop display features a wall of folded ties, scarves, college apparel, and crests.A light-colored brick building illuminated with purple lights at night, featuring "CORN EXCHANGE" and people on the street.

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