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S&Q alley
I like alleys.
S&Q Clothiers has been gone for decades. After the store closed, the local community theater used the building for productions; the column located in the middle of the stage provided a challenge for directors. And there’s just not that many good ways to incorporate columns into stage productions.
The sign in the window that says, “Lala’s Two coming soon” has been there so long, we’ve lost hope that it will ever happen. Especially since Lala’s original location, just across the alley, closed down.
But meanwhile, in the alley, it made my day to spot this original S&Q sign above the doorway. And that’s why I like alleys.
Lubbock, Texas
With many toppings
This potato restaurant has been out of business for at least fifteen years, which gives you some indication of how fast vacant properties move in downtown Lubbock. I can remember eating here; it was so long ago that I was still wearing suits (with shoulder pads!) to work.
Odd that it couldn’t make a go of it, since they offered many toppings…and more.
along Broadway
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2013
The refuge
I found this on my recent excursion in downtown Lubbock. I am not certain what The Refuge is, although it looks like it might be a place for broken or discarded office furniture.
This chair is obviously not feeling comfortable at The Refuge: it’s poised by the door, ready to make its escape….
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2013
A tidy town
I like the way the squares and rectangles in this building line up. But mostly, I like the use of different arches – a couple of high ones, a few lower ones. And it all combines nicely to be a very tidy building, and the citizens of Alliance, Nebraska, ought to be proud.
Other images from Alliance include the Zesto sign, some (mostly) vacant storefronts, and another tidy building.
Alliance, Nebraska
all photographed 10.23.2009
(Maybe I ought to go back to Alliance!)
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
