Gated
I always wonder about gates and fences. Are they there to keep people in or out. This one is found on Cumberland Avenue, just up from Maria's Restaurant. Given the local, I'm thinking it's there to keep the unwanted out. As a matter of fact, there are quite a few iron gates in this area, and they've been around awhile too. I know at the restaurant, you need to be buzzed in to enter the eating establishment. That's not a good sign to me.
I think Frost had it right in "Mending Wall" though, "Good fences make good neighbors."
Really puts the private into dining.
ReplyDeleteOne should be protected from the riff-raff when out to dinner. Or out to lunch. There's something good to be said for gates. Like a lot of things, they can be good or bad depending upon how they're used.
ReplyDeleteAh, but there is another viewpoint:
ReplyDelete"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall"
I've always been wary of gated communities and I dislike locked doors, even when it is expedient to have locks. And, of course, "better safe than sorry." Such dilemmas!
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ReplyDeleteHere in Manila, gates are essential.
ReplyDeleteThis one is very pretty, especially with the beautiful wooden door behind it.
I don't know about fences. But I'm fascinated by doors enough to post one every wednesday on my blog since many years..
ReplyDeletei'm going to have to snag this post of yours and link you in to my "Good Fences" meme this thursday! just too 'good' to pass up.
ReplyDeleteThat is a fine gate photo. The gate is both decorative and provides a layer of security good enough to keep people from just wandering in.
ReplyDeleteThe big doors, the iron gate . . . a lot of strength there . . . wouldn't it be ironic if there was something silly and worthless inside . . .
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to think they are needed, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteGood fences DO make good neighbors. I have learned from farming experience.
ReplyDeleteThe pattern of the gate's quite appealing though.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Those gates are to keep the riff raff out. The residents don't want to see them.
ReplyDeleteWe got plenty of this around here.
Buzzing people IN to a restaurant. I would be inclined to tell them, "Don't bother yourselves; I am going elsewhere."
ReplyDeleteNice looking gate.
ReplyDeleteGated restaurants, in the USA?? Many eating places in Jerusalem have armed security men at the door.
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