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A stunning vacancy
I have a bit of a fascination with this building. On two different work trips to San Antonio, I could see it from my hotel room. Of course, I photographed it. It looms over the River Walk, and I’ve photographed it from there as well.
From what I can tell it’s the only building along this part of the River Walk that’s vacant. That raises a lot of questions. Is there some terrible flaw that makes it unsuited for redevelopment? Was an awful crime committed there? Is it tied up in legalities?
Also, from what I can tell, it’s got potential.
And it’ll be a sad day for me if I get back to San Antonio and the place has been torn down.
San Antonio, Texas
photographed 11.25.2016
I’ve lived as a stranger in my own house, too
Abandoned houses reminded me of the Bruce Cockburn lyric* “I’ve lived as a stranger in my own house, too.” from his song “Use Me While You Can.”
Ludlow, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016
*Not a surprising turn of events, is it?
Scene matched my mood
It was one of those gray and sad days where nothing feels quite right. Even the off-kilter light standard matched the way I was feeling.
Levelland, Texas
photographed 11.9.2016
Everything is an illusion
Here’s a little different view of the movie set church from a couple of years ago.
near Lajitas, Texas
photographed 1.20.2013
The end of this place
Back in March 2013, I posted some photos of an abandoned small-town motel, Crider’s Motel, in Johnson City, Texas. One of the blog posts was titled “Crider’s Motel may be past its prime.”
Time passed. I never went back to Johnson City to see what was going on.
Then, on November 21, I had a comment on one of those posts from Sandra Trevino, who said, “The Crider motel was torn down today. It was a blast from the past.”
And sure enough, it was. Here’s the newspaper article about it. And here, bordered in black because I’m sad the place is gone, are those images from 2013:
Johnson City, Texas
photographed 3.9.2013
