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Big Mama’s

I guess it’s hard to imagine how such a shoppe could have possibly gone out of business. I mean, burgers AND smoothies? What else could you possibly even need?

Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.18.2018

Stepping Up

When I was in urban planning school in New Orleans, I learned that in New Orleanian vernacular, houses built like this – one story in front and two in back – were called “camelback” houses. And they were built that way because property taxes were assessed based on the building’s height on the front property line.

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Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020

In the house

And here’s the view I am sure you’ve all been waiting for: inside the 2,500 seat Helen DeVitt Jones Main Theater. The inaugural season will be announced soon…

Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences (under construction)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.4.2020

Steps Two Through Five

Another view of the stairs from yesterday’s post. I am not sure why they’ve been numbered during construction, but I liked it.

Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences (under construction)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.4.2020

Grand Staircase (and scaffolding)

A view of the grand lobby of the under-construction Buddy Holly Hall, including the helical staircase.

Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences (under construction)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.4.2020