My favorite building

Apr 29

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Well, I don’t know if it’s my favorite building ever, but it is my favorite building in Spur. I’ve been watching it for a long time – longer than I’ve been a photographer – and make a point to go see it every time I am in town. I look to see how many more windows are boarded up or broken, or if that one door on the north side has finally fallen off the hinges. I think about how, if I had a few million extra dollars, I could fix the place up and turn it into something. What? I don’t know. But it would be something.

So that made me start wondering what my favorite building is. You’d think with my architecture background and all that I might have one. But, really, I don’t think I do. I’ll give it some thought, though, and let you know if I decide.

Spur, Texas
photographed 3.26.2014

Posted on April 29, 2014, in abandoned buildings, architecture, Photography and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

  2. Linda Grashoff's avatar Linda Grashoff | April 29, 2014 at 10:58 am

    I’ve been noticing lately how often you get parallel horizontal lines into your photographs. I really like that.

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  3. veraersilia's avatar vera ersilia | April 29, 2014 at 2:05 pm

    Ahhh.. the steadfast dependable bricks and the variable windows. In front the more sinuous geometry of the weeds… no wonder you like it.

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  4. LensScaper's avatar LensScaper | April 30, 2014 at 4:39 am

    That appeals to me too. The not-quite symmetrical pair of windows and the non-symmetrical ground level

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    • Melinda Green Harvey's avatar Melinda Green Harvey | April 30, 2014 at 8:00 am

      Thanks, Andy. The building is on a corner and the non-symmetrical part is a drive-through. I don’t know WHO drove through, though. I’ve seen old gas stations that were built like that, but this seems to have been apartments. (Valet parking was probably not the reason…)

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