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But it doesn’t really matter, after all
Another commercial casualty in a town that’s got plenty of them. This was a place called Chinese Restaurant, so at least they had clarity of title working in their favor.
But it’s out of business, so that informative title doesn’t matter. And neither does the stern warning of NO FREE DELIVER.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.5.2013
Here are some earlier posts from the same town:
Howdy to you, too
Deserts and color
Quarters only
Dilemma
Tall signs can’t save commerce. Or themselves.
Less than it was
“Business route” is optimistic
November 11
September 6
September 5
(I rather enjoy Santa Rosa.)
Why there’s no photograph of anything famous
If you go to Marfa, you’ll see the influence of sculptor Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation. And if you visit the Foundation, you’ll have to agree, in writing, to not publish any photographs that you take of the various art installations. So, instead of seeing my shots of the famous 100 untitled works in milled aluminum, you get this: ruins of something that’s across the street from the Foundation’s headquarters.
(I don’t think I agreed to not publish any shots of the ruins.)
(And, anyway, I like this better than the milled aluminum boxes. Even though my photographs of them were quite fabulous.)
Marfa, Texas
photographed 11.12.2010
…and across the road
Across the road from the place with the caved-in ceiling, you can get a burrito. And more, apparently.
This seems like a good time to mention that I am a big fan of Kevin Kainulainen’s blog Objects Gross and the Unseen Soul; he does a fantastic job of capturing storefronts and other buildings that have all seen better days. Go have a look – I bet you’ll like what you see.
Sudan, Texas
photographed 5.25.2013
Another reason to stop in Sudan
In the same town where I spotted a yard sale sign and a rundown storefront, and on the front of this building was this magnificent scene.
The front of this building is only a few feet from a busy highway (US 84, heading northwest to Muleshoe, Texas) so taking pictures required some degree of faith in the ability of drivers to stay on the road. But it was worth it to see the pile of plaster that fell from the ceiling, the oval water stains on the far wall, and the narrow slabs of light shining through the holes in the roof.
Sudan, Texas
photographed 5.25.2013
