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Window shopping, #1
Well, to be fair, in addition to peering through the windows of empty buildings, I also look at regular window displays.
If you can call this one “regular.”
Kearney, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
The things left behind
Yes, I do look in windows of abandoned buildings. How else will I know what’s inside? Like this place. Unless I’d looked inside (and made a photo while I was at it), how else could I have possibly known that there had apparently been some sort of an insect infestation there toward the end, when everything important was being packed up?
That’s important to know.
Loup City, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
The narrowest street
This street is said to be the narrowest one in Canada. Some construction work on one of the adjacent buildings made it feel even more narrow, with scaffolding blocking the light. My excellent tour guide, Ehpem showed it to me. I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have found it on my own…
Fan Tan Alley
Victoria, British Columbia
photographed 8.3.2014
Don’t just dream
Sometimes the best advice is unsolicited and painted on a wall. Like the one I found in Lubbock last winter. Or this one Ehpem and I found the other day in Victoria.
(Although, if you really want to know, I sure did want to find some spray paint and correct it.)
Victoria, British Columbia
photographed 8.3.2014
A worn windowsill
This building in downtown Lubbock has surely seen better days. It’s been a few things in the past – a hospital, a college – but most what it is now is vacant. I’ve shot it before (here and here) but this was the first time I followed my own advice and walked around back.
It was worth the trip, I think: most of the first-floor windows were broken, giving me views of cabinets with open doors, a random grocery cart, and a fabulous worn windowsill.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
One Day | One Image 