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Pediment

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I liked this stately building, now retired from its previous life as a bank. The tiny pediment over the door is a nice touch.

It’s for rent now, so if you (or someone you know) needs a bank, this might be a good place ago start. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I saw neither drive-up tellers nor an ATM…

Rockville, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014

Church Dining Room

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Here’s another view of this church.

Urban designers sometimes use the term “wayfinding,” which means the use of signage or other visual clues to help people easily identify where they need to go. I suppose a church building itself could be considered an example of wayfinding, in a spiritual sense. But this church also used wayfinding in its urban design sense, too, with the Church Dining Room painted on the wall above the correct entrance to the dining room. Just out of this frame there is a sign that says Prayer Room.

Lighthouse Church of God in Christ
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014

Night registration

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I guess when that cross-country drive in the giant motor home gets to be too much, a campground with night registration is a welcome sight. Even if it looks a little ominous.

along Route 66
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.3.2013

Where open doors lead

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I don’t actually know where these doors lead. It’s all about the mystery.

Except for the part that’s about not trespassing.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014

Skylight

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You know what I did here?

Yep. I went around back. The front of the place was boring. The back wasn’t.

Just between us, I like to think of those two light fixtures as “building polyps.” I realize that’s not a real thing, but maybe it should be.

Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014