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The money machine: Austin
If you don’t have the $5.95 for a combo meal at this place, this ATM is just around the corner.
But more importantly, why do you suppose that bricked-in window was so low?
Oh, and for those of you keeping score at home, you can add to my list of terms I hate this one: ATM machine.
Austin, Texas
photographed 12.21.12
Three arches
Another scene from an alley, this time in Austin.
I like the little window air conditioner. And I like the scraggly tree, trying to make a go of it, even though it’s not likely anyone tends to it. I like the metal door. I like the texture of the wood at the top of the building and how it contrasts with the brick.
But mostly I like the three arched openings and the way they’ve been bricked in.
Austin, Texas
photographed 12.21.12
The night door
Next to this building, the soft light of the frosted-glass door spills out onto South Congress Avenue. I had to time the shot to occur during gaps in pedicabs heading down the sidewalk toward the more lively parts of South Congress.
South Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
photographed 12.23.12
Dirty windows
Just like this place, I have the idea this vacant building won’t be around too much longer. It used to be the location of a very interesting furniture store, but it’s in sort of an awkward location – across the lake from downtown, too far up Congress from the hip SoCo neighborhood. I hope that the stonework survives whatever comes next. And that someone washes the windows.
South Congress Avenue, near Barton Springs Road
Austin, Texas
photographed 12.23.2012
Please don’t block gate(s)
Third in a series of signs telling us what not to do – this time we are not supposed to block the gate. Or gates. Take your pick, I guess, of the two messages.
The place looked like it had been abandoned for a while, so I am not sure why it matters if the gate(s) is/are blocked or not. But still – it’s probably for the best if you heed the warning.
McNeil Road, near Burnet Road
Austin, Texas
photographed 12.22.2012
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