Kurt Hegre

Fresno Blues

Photo essay on the active street life of Fresno's downtown. Left for dead by developers, downtown Fresno has managed to maintain a vital life but still struggles with vacant buildings and the perception that it is dangerous.

A rainy day on Fresno's Fulton Mall.
   
A rainy parking lot in downtown Fresno.
   
     
  
A man wheels his vacuum cleaner to a repair shop.
   
A flock of birds circle an old bank building on Fresno's Fulton Mall.
   
Teenage girls pose at a downtown bus stop.
     
  
With some help from her father and a friend, a little girl flys a balloon on a long string on the Fulton Mall.
   
Musicians make their way to a performance in Fresno's Chinatown.
   
Street musician.
     
  
   
Friends chat on the Fulton Mall.
   
     
  
Mexican baked goods for sale at a Cinco de Mayo festival.
   
Sign on a music store.
   
     
  
A local character dumps his bike on the Fulton Mall.
   
Preacher outside Fresno county Courthouse.
   
People sneak a peek at the new downtown baseball stadium through the outfield fence on opening night.
     
  
A cyclist rides into a shaft of light under the 180 overpass along Fulton Street.
   
A street preacher gives a sermon on the Fulton Mall.
   
Christmas procession in downtown Fresno.
     
  
The shadows of flying pigeons cast themselves on a wall in Fresno's Chinatown.
   
Sporting the Mexican and American flags, two of the thousands of people taking part in a immigration rally at Fresno City Hall listen to speakers.
   
A young boy plays on Fulton Mall.
     
  
A young dancer gets some last second coaxing from her mother and dance teacher at a festival on the Fulton Mall.
   
A bicyclist on the Fulton Mall.
   
     
  
People walk by abandoned store fronts on the Fulton Mall.
   
A tumbleweed blows across the street in an industrial part of downtown Fresno.