While interpreting this picture, it spoke to me in many different ways. For one, the shadowing explains to me that it is more jolly in the front while it gets more dark or more thugly the further down the street.  The night sky show the ending of one day in this city and the start of a new day coming up the horizon.  I am able to pick this out because the bricks are more lit up closer to me showing the sun coming up.  The people to me show a family dinner about to start and a wonderful night of laughter.  The lights in the stores show them opening up to new customers and a wealthy day ahead.  The way the building designs are shown make me think that this is based around the 1800's.  Also, the water in the street tells me that it rained recently with a stormy night just passing.