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Crider’s Motel may be past its prime
I had a feeling that there’d be something good to see in Johnson City. And I was right. Crider’s Motel was exactly what I was hoping for.
The sign by the lobby entrance used to say “Weekly – Monthly – Carpet – Alarm Clock – Budget Rates” making this the first time I’ve seen carpet AND alarm clocks featured as selling points for a motel. One or the other, sure. But both? That was completely unprecedented.
I also like how the big sign says the motel is 1/2 block away, when clearly it is RIGHT THERE. But I guess that was a way to lure people in from the highway which is (you know what I am going to say), about a half a block away.
Along South Ave F, just south of Main Street
Johnson City, Texas
photographed 3.9.2013
Refrigerated Products
My weekend plans were this:
1. Go to Austin.
2. Attend a Bruce Cockburn concert on Friday.
3. Spend Saturday taking pictures of stuff (to use a highly technical term).
4. Go home.
All four items were accomplished. Item 2, the concert, was excellent. Item 3, photographing stuff, resulted in this shot (and a few hundred more).
This store is for sale, so if you are looking for a roadside-commerce-based opportunity in the Volente, Texas, area, this might be a good opportunity. And, if you are thinking of selling refrigerated products at your roadside commerce location, maybe you can negotiate this cooler as part of the deal. But leave room in the budget for some work on that ceiling…
Volente, Texas
photographed 3.9.13
It all falls down…or gets bulldozed
Even though this church’s website doesn’t mention any sort of building demolition, but the reflection in the front door indicates that something is going on here.
The day I stopped by, there was demolition going on across the street, and now I wonder someone working on that project backed a bulldozer into the corner of this building. I’d say a return visit is in order – I’ll let you know what I find.
5th and Ave. U
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.2.2013
Maybe an altar
It’s been a while since any roofing business was conducted here, at the Adolph Roofing Company, on the corner of 8th Street and Texas Avenue. One of the big windows on the front is boarded up. The vinyl blinds on the other one are in a yellowed heap on one side. There’s still a mailbox, though, but it’s thick with accumulated dirt and pigeon droppings.
Inside the building – this scene, which for some reason makes me think of the church in Terlingua.
Maybe it’s the table along the far wall, giving the effect of an altar? Or the bright, beckoning light coming from those windows? Or maybe it’s just me. (You’re right: it’s just me. Forget I brought it up.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.2.13
It’s empty, but sort of elegant. In a way.
An empty building in downtown Lubbock.
photographed 3.2.13
One Day | One Image 