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Office in alley
Sometimes the words, by themselves, make good sense. But then, when they’re stuck together…
That’s the case here. Midland. Supply. Library. Office. In. Alley. All good, useful words; you may have even used a couple of them yourself! But when they become a sign that says Midland Supply Library. Office in Alley? I’ve got nothing.
And to compound the confusion, I was IN the alley and didn’t see anything that looked even remotely office-y.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014
Skylight
You know what I did here?
Yep. I went around back. The front of the place was boring. The back wasn’t.
Just between us, I like to think of those two light fixtures as “building polyps.” I realize that’s not a real thing, but maybe it should be.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014
The after-hours club
Usually when I am out shooting, passersby don’t engage me in conversation.
On this particular day, though, an older man driving a pickup pulled over as I was shooting the old drive in from the other day. Our conversation:
Him: Do you remember what used to be here?
Me: No, sir. I’m from out of town, so I don’t know anything about it.
Him: Well, it used to be one of them after hours clubs. You know the kind I mean – the ones that didn’t even open until all of them other ones had closed. There was a lot going on here.
Me: How long ago did it close down?
Him: How long? Oh, it’s been closed forever.
Now, at this point I had seen three of the four sides of the place and was still under the impression that it was a drive in, so I wasn’t too sure he knew what he was talking about. But after he drove off, I looked in a broken window on the side I’d not yet explored…and then I believed him.
He came back around a few minutes later, pulling up close to where I was standing. This time he said, “Are you looking to buy anything?”
I was afraid to delve any further into that. It can’t have been good, right?!
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014
Chair
Anyone who’s read this blog for very long knows that I always try to look around behind these old buildings. Sometimes that’s where the good stuff is.
So, this chair. I found it behind that drive in from yesterday. The first thing I noticed was how the woven stripes in the upholstery weathered differently – half of the fabric was in relatively good condition, while the other half was just threads. The second thing I noticed was that hole in the wall to the right of the chair. For some reason, that hole seems…ominous.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014
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