Uploaded on 2014-10-08 by JillianRegan

![enter image description here][2] [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14128082574681085.jpg I chose this photo because it shows a lot of visible and invisible information about the city. On the left side of the photo is a row of buildings that are mostly hotels, restaurants, and gift shops which shows that tourism is an important part of the economy Virginia Beach. In front of the buildings is a bike path and a pedal cart (a 2 or 4 person cart that is moved by pedaling it like a bicycle) is coming down the bike path. This is a popular summer time family activity, especially for tourists. The middle of the photo, from the foreground stretching into the distance shows a row of bushes and plants that serves as an attractive barrier between the bike path on the left and the pedestrian boardwalk on the right. The pedestrian boardwalk on the right is very busy with crowds of people coming to look at the artwork displayed in the white tents on the right or to just go to the beach. There is a row of street lights on the edge of the pedestrian boardwalk with banners advertising the art show hung from the nearest street light. In the foreground by the streetlight is a city component not commonly seen in American cities today: a pay phone (a public phone that people can use by putting coins in the slot or paying with a pre-paid phone card). I thought this was an interesting city component to note because in an era when most Americans have their own cell phone, there is still enough of a need for pay phones on the boardwalk that the city maintains a few of them there. The beach and ocean are part of the invisible information in this photo. The beach and the ocean beyond are blocked completely from view by the white tents temporarily set up for the art show. However, the empty space and lack of tall buildings behind the tents indicates that there must be something beyond the tents since there are no permanent structures. Another example of invisible information is the different paths people take to get to the boardwalk and the beach. People coming to just go to the beach may take different routes than people who are coming mainly for the art show. Or they might take the same route. This would be useful information for artists who want to place their tent closest to the path that the most people take as well as for the art show organizers who would want to place advertisements directing people to the art show in places that will be visible to a large number of people. Physical activity is another item of invisible information indicated in this photo. People are walking up and down the boardwalk and stopping and standing to look at artwork in the tents. Others are pedaling the pedal cart down the bike path. These different activities are providing the participants with varying levels of physical activity. [Side note: To take this photo I stood in a crosswalk that crosses from sidewalks in front of the buildings on the left of the bike path (not visible in this photo) across the bike path to the pedestrian section of the boardwalk.]