Juxtaposition, geometry, and a moment in time combine to create an expressive comment on urban life. I love the San Francisco bus shelters for this very reason -- they create energy as soon as someone joins those rhythmically repeating diagonals. (http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/80832093 ) In both of our images, the back wall of the shelter creates a translucent divider, separating one world from another.