air space

As I walked to work the other day I was struck by the seemingly vast empty space as I entered the naval air station. Walking up Oriskany there are no people in sight and the feeling is not unlike that of being out in the high desert. Except it is sea level and I'm walking on concrete and asphalt over land fill. There are people but they are behind large metal doors in high ceiling warehouses. There is a sense of abandonment, but not ugliness. And the walk to work is a walk towards the water of Seaplane Lagoon and a view of San Francisco. So there is a promise of a populated civilization.