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Nick's Luncheonette - Mixed Media Sculpture
A mixed media sculpture in 1/12th scale. 25" x 15" x 8". The real Nick’s Luncheonette storefront structure is located at 196 Broadway, in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York. Follow this link to see a side by side comparison of my work and the original structure. www.flickr.com/photos/mindseyeminiatures/4700998570/in/se...
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boston, massachusetts
saturday, july 27, 1968
charles street, beacon hill
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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This storefront is empty now. Check out the history about it below!
For the past few years I have heard about a funny little near ghost town in the middle of nowhere rugged Montana. It's called Ingomar and it has quite a past--it's a very interesting place! To get there you have to drive some pretty desolate roads. You hardly see another car and all you have to accompany you is wind and dust. It's worth the trip!
Ingomar is a town in decline. It has some very notable buildings, but they are falling into disrepair (save for the newly remodeled depot). In the days to come you'll be seeing two more sets of Ingomar photos--because it has alot to offer for a photographer :)
Here's the history (it's very worth reading!):
"Upon completion of the Milwaukee Railroad in 1910, Ingomar became the hub of commerce in an area bounded by the Missouri River to the north, the Musselshell River to the west and the Yellowstone River to the south and east. Ingomar was an ideal location for a railhead and shipping center for the thousands of acres between the Yellowstone and the Missouri Rivers. The town site was platted in 1910 by the railroad and named by railroad officials. The depot was completed in 1911.
Contributing to the growth of the area north to the Missouri and south to the Yellowstone was the Homestead Act of 1862, later amended to give settlers 320 acres of land which, if proved up in 5 years, became their own. The railroad advertised the area as "Freeland" and was responsible for bringing settlers into the area.
Ingomar was also the sheep shearing center to the migratory sheep men using the free spring, summer and fall grass. Ingomar became the site of the world’s largest sheep shearing and wool shipping point. Two million pounds of wool a year were shipped from Ingomar during the peak years. Shearing pens in Perth, Australia, were designed using the Ingomar pens as a model. Wool was stored in the wool warehouse located adjacent to the shearing pens, and shipped out by rail through 1975, when the wool warehouse was sold to William Magelssen. Rail service was discontinued in 1980.
Since potable water could not be found at the town site, water was supplied by the Milwaukee Railroad using a water tender. The water tender was left in Ingomar as a gift by the Milwaukee Railroad when services were discontinued. In late 1984, a water system was installed for the few remaining Ingomar residents.
Between 1911 and 1917, there were an average of 2,500 homestead filings per year in this area. The post office was established in 1910, with Si Sigman as the postmaster. Ingomar soon became a bustling town of 46 businesses, including a bank, 2 elevators, 2 general stores, 2 hotels (of which, one remains), 2 lumber yards, rooming houses, saloons, cafes, drug store, blacksmith shop, claims office, doctor, dentist, maternity home and various other essential services. To the northeast of the town site is what remains of Trout Lake, a body of water impounded by the embankment of the railroad, which provided boating and swimming in summer, skating in winter, and a source of ice that was cut, harvested and stored in 3 ice houses to provide summer refrigeration. Fires, drought and depression have wreaked havoc on this community over the years. The dreams of homesteaders vanished as rain failed to come in quantities to assure a crop with sufficient frequency to enable them to make a living. A reluctance to abandon the town has kept it alive through the devastating fire of 1921, which destroyed a large portion of it. Some businesses rebuilt, but others moved on.
The Ingomar Hotel located at the corner of Main Street and Railway Avenue was built in 1922 and connected to an older dining room which was managed by Mrs. H. J. Broom, and by Stena Austin after Mrs. Broom’s death. The mortgagor, Emil Lura, took over ownership and management of the property, after twice foiling Stena’s efforts to torch the hotel. At that time rates were 50 cents per night and no women allowed; after World War II rates were raised to $1 per night. The building was purchased by Bill Seward in 1966 and is no longer operated as a hotel. The present day Jersey Lilly had its beginning as a bank in 1914, known as Wiley, Clark and Greening, Bankers. On Jan. 1, 1918, the bank was reorganized from a probate bank to Ingomar State Bank; it received a federal charter, and operated as the First National Bank of Ingomar from January until July 21, 1921, when it closed. On October 13, 1921, the bank went into receivership. In June, 1924, William T. Craig was charged in Federal Court in Billings with misapplying certain funds of the bank. Craig was found guilty and sentenced to 16 months and fined $1,000. In April, 1925, the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed the Montana decision and the indictment was ordered quashed. Craig was dismissed. The money lost by the bank customers was never repaid.
In 1933, Clyde Easterday established the Oasis bar in the bank building; Bob Seward took over the bar in 1948 and named it the Jersey Lilly after Judge Roy Bean’s bar of the same name in Langtry, Texas. Bob’s son, Bill, purchased the building in 1958, and the Jersey Lilly continued under his ownership, serving as the local watering hole, cafe and general gathering place for area residents until August, 1995, when it was purchased by Jerry J. Brown. The Jersey Lilly is internationally known for its beans and steaks. The cherry wood, back bar of the Jersey Lilly is one of two which were transported from St. Louis by boat up the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers and installed at Forsyth in the early 1900s. This bar was stored at Forsyth during Prohibition, sold to Bob Seward, and installed here in 1933; the other back bar was destroyed in 1912, when the American Hotel burned in Forsyth.
The original frame school building, the Jersey Lilly and Bookman Store were all placed on the National Registry of Historic places in September, 1994. Both the original frame school building and the Milwaukee Depot are now privately owned.
Ingomar retains its post office and one rural route with mail delivered every Friday in spite of snow, rain, heat or gloom of night.
Area residents banded together to construct a rodeo arena, which has become the home of one of the best NRA rodeos. Rodeos are held throughout the summer and early fall.
Across the street from the Jersey Lilly, the local 4-H club has constructed a park with horseshoe pits and picnic tables for public use.
A campground with hookups is open throughout the year. If you are planning a stay in Ingomar, call the Jersey Lilly at 358-2278 for information.
From the grazing of buffalo to Texas cattle to early sheep men and through the homestead era, this land has completed a cycle, bringing it back to its primary use, production of natural grasses. Ingomar survives today because of the social needs of the people of this vast and sparsely populated area." -ultimatemontana.com
Mid-century modern storefront
Charleston, MO
The scale of the windows says "jeweler" to me.
The integrity of all of Charleston's downtown facades was compromised somewhat by the installation of block-long matching canopies c. (probably) 1970, but I think their presence makes the mostly-abandoned business district look a lot less desolate.
Picture taken 12/22/22
Toy-N-Hobby Headquarters was formerly Regency Loans.
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Donuts Coffee Shop - Mixed Media Sculpture
A mixed media sculpture of a Brooklyn donut shop. 1/12th scale model. Original storefront structure located near 5th and Union in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York. 22" x 14" x 8"
Click on this link if you would like to see a side by side comparison between my work and the original structure.
www.flickr.com/photos/mindseyeminiatures/4701002736/
Or, follow this link to read more about my work.
vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2010/07/model-new-york.html
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Tortilla Flats, a Tex-Mex restaurant in the West Village, which opened in 1983 will sadly be closing its doors today, Saturday October 27th after being unable to reach a lease agreement with the landlord. It is definitely a big loss for the neighborhood as Tortilla Flats served modestly priced food and drinks 🍹 in a kitsch setting and even hosted game and trivia nights.
LINK: www.6sqft.com/116-year-old-yorkville-bakery-glasers-annou...
Glaser's Bake Shop @glasersbakeshop in Yorkville has been in business since 1902. It was founded by John Glaser, a German immigrant, who originally specialized in baking breads but later on added cookies 🍪 cakes 🍰 pies and other sweets. They are known for their delicious black-and-white cookies and their Bavarian pastries and brownies. To read more about this bakery’s history and see more photos from our visit with @6sqft please go to: www.6sqft.com/where-i-work-glasers-german-bakery-has-been...
This storefront is empty now. Check out the history about it below!
For the past few years I have heard about a funny little near ghost town in the middle of nowhere rugged Montana. It's called Ingomar and it has quite a past--it's a very interesting place! To get there you have to drive some pretty desolate roads. You hardly see another car and all you have to accompany you is wind and dust. It's worth the trip!
Ingomar is a town in decline. It has some very notable buildings, but they are falling into disrepair (save for the newly remodeled depot). In the days to come you'll be seeing two more sets of Ingomar photos--because it has alot to offer for a photographer :)
Here's the history (it's very worth reading!):
"Upon completion of the Milwaukee Railroad in 1910, Ingomar became the hub of commerce in an area bounded by the Missouri River to the north, the Musselshell River to the west and the Yellowstone River to the south and east. Ingomar was an ideal location for a railhead and shipping center for the thousands of acres between the Yellowstone and the Missouri Rivers. The town site was platted in 1910 by the railroad and named by railroad officials. The depot was completed in 1911.
Contributing to the growth of the area north to the Missouri and south to the Yellowstone was the Homestead Act of 1862, later amended to give settlers 320 acres of land which, if proved up in 5 years, became their own. The railroad advertised the area as "Freeland" and was responsible for bringing settlers into the area.
Ingomar was also the sheep shearing center to the migratory sheep men using the free spring, summer and fall grass. Ingomar became the site of the world’s largest sheep shearing and wool shipping point. Two million pounds of wool a year were shipped from Ingomar during the peak years. Shearing pens in Perth, Australia, were designed using the Ingomar pens as a model. Wool was stored in the wool warehouse located adjacent to the shearing pens, and shipped out by rail through 1975, when the wool warehouse was sold to William Magelssen. Rail service was discontinued in 1980.
Since potable water could not be found at the town site, water was supplied by the Milwaukee Railroad using a water tender. The water tender was left in Ingomar as a gift by the Milwaukee Railroad when services were discontinued. In late 1984, a water system was installed for the few remaining Ingomar residents.
Between 1911 and 1917, there were an average of 2,500 homestead filings per year in this area. The post office was established in 1910, with Si Sigman as the postmaster. Ingomar soon became a bustling town of 46 businesses, including a bank, 2 elevators, 2 general stores, 2 hotels (of which, one remains), 2 lumber yards, rooming houses, saloons, cafes, drug store, blacksmith shop, claims office, doctor, dentist, maternity home and various other essential services. To the northeast of the town site is what remains of Trout Lake, a body of water impounded by the embankment of the railroad, which provided boating and swimming in summer, skating in winter, and a source of ice that was cut, harvested and stored in 3 ice houses to provide summer refrigeration. Fires, drought and depression have wreaked havoc on this community over the years. The dreams of homesteaders vanished as rain failed to come in quantities to assure a crop with sufficient frequency to enable them to make a living. A reluctance to abandon the town has kept it alive through the devastating fire of 1921, which destroyed a large portion of it. Some businesses rebuilt, but others moved on.
The Ingomar Hotel located at the corner of Main Street and Railway Avenue was built in 1922 and connected to an older dining room which was managed by Mrs. H. J. Broom, and by Stena Austin after Mrs. Broom’s death. The mortgagor, Emil Lura, took over ownership and management of the property, after twice foiling Stena’s efforts to torch the hotel. At that time rates were 50 cents per night and no women allowed; after World War II rates were raised to $1 per night. The building was purchased by Bill Seward in 1966 and is no longer operated as a hotel. The present day Jersey Lilly had its beginning as a bank in 1914, known as Wiley, Clark and Greening, Bankers. On Jan. 1, 1918, the bank was reorganized from a probate bank to Ingomar State Bank; it received a federal charter, and operated as the First National Bank of Ingomar from January until July 21, 1921, when it closed. On October 13, 1921, the bank went into receivership. In June, 1924, William T. Craig was charged in Federal Court in Billings with misapplying certain funds of the bank. Craig was found guilty and sentenced to 16 months and fined $1,000. In April, 1925, the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed the Montana decision and the indictment was ordered quashed. Craig was dismissed. The money lost by the bank customers was never repaid.
In 1933, Clyde Easterday established the Oasis bar in the bank building; Bob Seward took over the bar in 1948 and named it the Jersey Lilly after Judge Roy Bean’s bar of the same name in Langtry, Texas. Bob’s son, Bill, purchased the building in 1958, and the Jersey Lilly continued under his ownership, serving as the local watering hole, cafe and general gathering place for area residents until August, 1995, when it was purchased by Jerry J. Brown. The Jersey Lilly is internationally known for its beans and steaks. The cherry wood, back bar of the Jersey Lilly is one of two which were transported from St. Louis by boat up the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers and installed at Forsyth in the early 1900s. This bar was stored at Forsyth during Prohibition, sold to Bob Seward, and installed here in 1933; the other back bar was destroyed in 1912, when the American Hotel burned in Forsyth.
The original frame school building, the Jersey Lilly and Bookman Store were all placed on the National Registry of Historic places in September, 1994. Both the original frame school building and the Milwaukee Depot are now privately owned.
Ingomar retains its post office and one rural route with mail delivered every Friday in spite of snow, rain, heat or gloom of night.
Area residents banded together to construct a rodeo arena, which has become the home of one of the best NRA rodeos. Rodeos are held throughout the summer and early fall.
Across the street from the Jersey Lilly, the local 4-H club has constructed a park with horseshoe pits and picnic tables for public use.
A campground with hookups is open throughout the year. If you are planning a stay in Ingomar, call the Jersey Lilly at 358-2278 for information.
From the grazing of buffalo to Texas cattle to early sheep men and through the homestead era, this land has completed a cycle, bringing it back to its primary use, production of natural grasses. Ingomar survives today because of the social needs of the people of this vast and sparsely populated area." -ultimatemontana.com
Newton, IA, USA. Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm f/3,5. Shot wide open @ 19mm. Not bad sharpness wise, but some CA in the highlights that the automatic CA removal in Lightroom iPad can't handle.
Storefront with Burglar Alarm in Toulon, Illinois; built in the late 1800's.
Tenuous Link: box on the wall.
Built in 1842 at no. 8196 Cummington Square.
"The Chippawa Town Hall is located at the intersection of Main Street and Cummington Square in the former village of Chippawa. It is a fine example of simplified Greek Revival storefront architecture. The Chippawa Town Hall is easily recognized by its large plate glass windows, and rooftop clock tower.
The Chippawa Town Hall was recognized for its heritage value in 1983 under City of Niagara Falls By-law 83280.
The Chippawa Town Hall was built in the old town square, which was situated amongst many of the businesses in Chippawa. Chippawa later became a part of Niagara Falls. This choice of location for the hall was strategic in that it's presence effectively contributed to an atmosphere that encouraged social, political, and economic development. The visibility of the clock tower established Chippawa Town Hall as a landmark for the surrounding community. Currently it is recognized as being the only structure with its original façade that remains on the old town square and it's continued presence still encourages economic, political and social development in this area of the city.
Precipitated by the opening of the Welland Canal in 1829, by the 1840s, Chippawa was a thriving town. A wide variety of business establishments were located around Cummington Square. The land for the Chippewa Town Hall was purchased by Fraser and Stephenson in 1841 and the building was constructed a year later, operating initially as a general store. Chippawa experienced a sharp decline in population and prosperity over the next decade and official town business was carried out in a hotel. Subsequent to 1851, Chippawa Council purchased the general store building to use as a town hall. The lower floor was rented to tenants in the grocery and dry goods trade. Part of the space upstairs was rented out for dances, church benefit shows, religious plays, travelling shows with minstrels and local civic association meetings. The remaining area was used to conduct political business for the town, establishing the building as a civic landmark. After Chippawa amalgamated with the City of Niagara Falls in 1970, the building became a community centre. As the centre of the small community, now within the larger community of Niagara Falls, its historical uses over time have continued to encourage the social, economic and political development of the Chippewa community.
The Chippawa Town Hall is a fine example of Greek Revival commercial storefront architecture, a formal mode of building popular in the 1840s-1850s. Typical of this commercial variation of Greek Revival style, decoration of this building was achieved not by ornament or detail but by the use of form in the interplay of receding and projecting planes that create variations in light and dark. Its use as a commercial establishment is highlighted by the large plate glass windows with deep reveals, providing the variation of light and dark, as well as the square form of the building. The lower storey façade is evenly divided by four plain pilasters with simplified Doric capitals. A distinguishing feature of the building is the cream-coloured clock tower that is visible over many of the other buildings in the area. The expensive granite façade is a surface facing, while the structure underneath and on the side façade are composed of a yellowish-grey coursed rubble stone found in the Niagara peninsula and often associated with the buildings in the Falls area.
The Chippawa Town Hall has been a social hub for Chippawa residents and its multifunctional use as a site for social events, including dances and local civic association meetings have created a cohesion within the Chippawa community and many of these bonds have been used to encourage the areas development in Niagara Falls." - info from Historic Places.
"Chippawa is a community located within the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The village was founded in 1850, and became part of the City of Niagara Falls, Ontario by amalgamation in 1970. It is located on the Canadian shore of the Niagara River about 2 km upstream from Niagara Falls. It is bisected by the Welland River (also known locally as Chippawa Creek or The Crick). In historic documents, the name of the village and the river is sometimes spelled as Chippewa or Chippeway.
A plain at Usshers Creek (about 2 km south of Chippawa, and then called Streets Creek) was the site of the Battle of Chippawa on July 5, 1814, and also the site of the American camp to which they retired following the Battle of Lundy's Lane on July 25, 1814.
After the War of 1812, Chippawa also became the home of Laura Secord, remembered for carrying information to the British regarding American advances before the Battle of Beaverdams. She lived in the village until her death at the age of 93." - info from Wikipedia.
Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.
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Found this interesting little spot in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. Looks like it may have been an old variety store or confectionary. It has an interesting facade you don't always see. Looks untouched.
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The odds are not only stacked against anyone attempting to stop the Mountain Valley Gas Transmission pipeline, it's too late to undo the damage already caused by the construction work. Even if by some miracle there is a reversal of fortune, and the project is halted for good, the pipe would probably be allowed to be abandoned in place, rusting away and fouling the groundwater with decomposition of the coatings used on the pipe sections. Which is probably going to happen even if it goes into use.
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“nice shades” i ventured...
“you’ve got to have something better than that..”
I knew what she meant but played the innocent...”better? what do you mean?”
“well i know you want to get into my pants and there’s nothing more that i’d like to do right now but that line is so not cool...so come on, try another...”
“ok...how about...are you in my dream or am i in your dream?”
“lame...”
“am i in heaven, ‘cause i’m looking at an angel..”
“are you trying at all?”
“i am...”
“is this your first time...’cause it sure sounds like it...”
“well no...how about...my name is allan, what’s yours?”
“better...my name is nikki...what brings you to this stink-hole of a bar?”
“on a day like this...a cold beer and if i can venture into the unknown...you...”
with that she smiled...at last..."you're learning fast...as a matter of fact i did notice when you walked in and wondered how long it would take for you to sit beside me and try to pick me up...” placing her hand on my lap she leaned over and kissed me, her tongue darting between my lips...
“you do taste good...i’ll let you buy me dinner and after that i’ll take you home and you can see how good i taste...and i’m told i do taste good...”