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The broad expanse

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The school, closed now for thirty years, has a broad lawn in front. Someone still mows it, which is a nice touch.

McAdoo, Texas
photographed 7.3.2015

There are many types of windows

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This old gas station had many different kinds of windows, and now they are all broken. If the broken windows theory is correct, there’s trouble brewing…

McAdoo, Texas
photographed 7.3.2015

A certain foreboding

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Broken windows – like black eyes on the face of the building – hint at a desolate future for this structure, this town, this region.

McAdoo, Texas
photographed 7.3.2015

Past and Future Do Not Meet

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The school in McAdoo closed in 1985, when it merged with the school in Spur, 25 miles away.

The wind farm came in 2008. By then, of course, it was too late.

McAdoo, Texas
photographed 7.3.2015

Lack of privacy

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Not a great deal of privacy in this restroom, is there?

McAdoo, Texas
photographed 7.3.2015