Structures

This is a wider shot of the Chipman Estate, an abandoned parcel of land on West Bay Street, across from the area where many fishing boats moor. These boats are usually owned by the same people that run the restaurants of Arawak Cay.

This downtown building sat abandoned for many years before it fell apart or was partially demolished.  I was very lucky to catch this fleeting state of beauty.

Nothing in this photograph, except for the sky, exists anymore.  It was raised to construct the new U.S. Embassy on Shirley street.  It is dedicated to Alexandra, a girl from Ukraine.

Situated across the street from the Central Bank of The Bahamas, Norfolk House carries with it a lot of historical significance to downtown Nassau.  At one point I believe it used to serve as a hotel but now it contains many entities including the authority that regulates the annual Junkanoo parade.

A walk through The Cloisters on Paradise Island brings to mind an earlier time where Roman Senators wore Togas and people drank out of goblets and were fed individual grapes by handmaidens.  Perhaps that time never existed.

I have attended services here in the past and loved the unleavened communion bread.  Before the building of Margaritaville, the priest used to take the congregation down to the ocean on some occasions like baptisms and the end of Lent.

I can’t help but imagine that this used to be a dwelling of some sort, now being reclaimed by nature.  Perhaps it served as storage for the hotels at the front of the property, or perhaps this is where the laundry was washed.  Maybe it served as servants’ quarters.

This property is part of the Four Seasons resort, which owns the Ocean Club.  I plan to go back and photograph the Cloisters.  I took many photos of the area but they were all lost when I mistakenly erased a storage card.