Future McDonalds site, Shelby at Millbranch, February 2013
I was aiming for that late 70's Arby's in this shot, but was a bit too far away! This photo is close-cropped as it is, to focus on the vacant corner lot that McDonald's chose to build it's new Shelby Dr. eyebrow-style restaurant on circa mid-2013, not very long after this photo was taken. This was the site of a closed and creepy Citgo self-serve station (torn down in 2010), built over the site of a full service Union '76 gas station, which I can vaguely remember from the early-mid 70's. Going further back before my time, this Pure Oil Station was here: flic.kr/p/62yNUj. The Union '76 may of been a remodel of that Pure station.
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Former Pure Oil site, Shelby Dr. at Millbranch Rd., Memphis
Future McDonalds site, Shelby at Millbranch, February 2013
I was aiming for that late 70's Arby's in this shot, but was a bit too far away! This photo is close-cropped as it is, to focus on the vacant corner lot that McDonald's chose to build it's new Shelby Dr. eyebrow-style restaurant on circa mid-2013, not very long after this photo was taken. This was the site of a closed and creepy Citgo self-serve station (torn down in 2010), built over the site of a full service Union '76 gas station, which I can vaguely remember from the early-mid 70's. Going further back before my time, this Pure Oil Station was here: flic.kr/p/62yNUj. The Union '76 may of been a remodel of that Pure station.
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Former Pure Oil site, Shelby Dr. at Millbranch Rd., Memphis