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The old power plant
A couple of careers back, when I worked at an architectural firm, we were contacted by a man who had Grand Ideas. That happened a lot; in almost all cases the ideas were much, much grander than the budget.
So, this particular Grand Idea was going to be using this old power plant building as a gym. Nice concept, to renovate a building and give it a new use. Nice concept, too, to have a gym in downtown Lubbock. But that’s about as far as it went. Of course the money wasn’t there. Neither, for that matter, were potential members of the gym, since there really aren’t that many people downtown.
And now, many years later, the place is still there, still empty, still waiting on a Grand Idea that might actually work out.
But at least it’s got some interesting materials and shadows to photograph. (You can see the building’s previous appearance here on the blog.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.2.2013
K
I don’t know. It seems pretentious, somehow, to have signs marking parking lot sections when the parking lot itself is not paved and not even used for parking.
But that’s just me.
It must make sense to someone.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.15.2014
Push
A detail of the doors on the right end of this block of buildings.
I like a lot of things here – the square wire grid that’s installed behind the regular screen on the door, the instructions to PUSH, the thumbtack with a tiny scrap of paper still attached.
I also like to think about how, when this place was still in business, the sound of the screen door slapping shut punctuated every entry and exit. And how on the first warm spring days, the proprietor left the inside doors open so she could hear birdsong from the trees across the street filtered through that double-layer screen door.
Dime Box, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
Happy Gameroom
And, in addition to those things I listed yesterday, here’s another thing to like about Happy – it’s got (apparently) a game room that caters to various animals, all of whom play pool! And, not only that, but they do not seem to mind that the pool table has a bit of an unconventional shape.
(Disclaimer: I did not personally witness these animals playing pool, or any other game.)
Also, check out that shadow/reflection of the pole in the glass door.
Happy, Texas
photographed 2.22.2014
Geometrics
In addition to the very nice industrial buildings I found in Caldwell, I saw this fantastic wall, full of rectangles and arches and polygons and angles. And brick and concrete and wood and asphalt and even a tiny bit of paint still clinging to the brick.
Caldwell, Texas
photographed 2.28.2014
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