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What “out of business” looks like
When the voters in Levelland approved alcohol sales in the city limits, this out-on-the-highway liquor store lost its reason for existence.
Opdyke West, Texas
photographed 4.23.2016
Intersection
I really do like brick streets: they have more character than asphalt paving. Also, they provide some helpful leading lines in this shot of yet another abandoned gas station.
(Don’t worry if you’re driving through Olney and are low on fuel: there’s a Shell station over on the main road.)
Olney, Texas
photographed 5.9.2016
Howard
Howard’s place isn’t looking so great.
But what this image made me start thinking about is how, when that metal building across the street from Howard’s starts to fall down, it won’t look nearly as interesting as this.
Sundown, Texas
photographed 5.14.2016
Hi-Way
July 2016:
August 2013:
From the looks of things, it took that chair three years to move four feet to the left.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.23.2016
Toward the end, things were falling apart
This place is falling down, from the ground up.
And, to be honest, it’s also falling down from the roof down.
Young County, Texas
photographed 5.9.2016
