Wood Street Station bustles during the day but grows quiet after rush hour. Darkness settles over Downtown, and traffic thins on Liberty Avenue. A few people waiting for buses sit on steel benches at the station, wedged on Liberty between Sixth Avenue and Wood Street. A man wearing a suit walks by, his pace quick. A light installation on the station’s Liberty Avenue wall reflects off a building across the street, bathing the intersection in a red glow. Here’s what it looked like between 7 and 8 on Monday night.

Passengers board buses crowded along Liberty Avenue on Monday evening, Dec. 5. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
A man waits for a ride on the north side of Liberty Avenue. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
A Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus driver waits for riders. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
Few commuters are found on Liberty Avenue after rush hour. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Steve is a photojournalist and writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he is currently on strike and working as a Union Progress co-editor. Reach him at smellon@unionprogress.com.

Steve Mellon

Steve is a photojournalist and writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he is currently on strike and working as a Union Progress co-editor. Reach him at smellon@unionprogress.com.