"I had a vision of 1949-1950, and it was all that you've given to me," I sang full-throatedly to the brick wall as I took pictures of it.

I immediately felt embarrassed for addressing the inanimate wall as "you."

 

Look at the three roll-up doors, up there under the faded sign.

 

Storage containers resemble dumpsters nowadays.

 

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In downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, on June 1st, 2022, at Elm Street Center, a special events venue built in 1949-1950, originally the Ellis Stone Department Store, then Thalhimer's Department Store from 1957 to 1975; a "contributing property" in the Downtown Greensboro Historic District, 82003458 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the east side of South Elm Street, south of East February 1 Place, as viewed off the west side of South Davie Street.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Greensboro (7014135)

• Guilford (county) (2001500)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• brick red (color) (300311462)

• chain link fences (300002002)

• commercial buildings (300005147)

• construction sites (300312090)

• department stores (300005344)

• fading (300053048)

• historic buildings (300008063)

• historic districts (300000737)

• oblique views (300015503)

• paint (coating) (300015029)

• repurposing (300417716)

• roll-up doors (300002853)

• side views (300264743)

• storage containers (300197582)

• telephone numbers (300435688)

• vents (outlets) (300002943)

• weathering (300054115)

 

Wikidata items:

• 1 June 2022 (Q69306447)

• 1940s in architecture (Q60996001)

• 1950 in architecture (Q2812000)

• 1950s in architecture (Q11185577)

• contributing property (Q76321820)

• event venue (Q18674739)

• ghost sign (Q3410466)

• Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area (Q112612612)

• illegible (Q110558700)

• June 1 (Q2625)

• June 2022 (Q61312787)

• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)

• Piedmont Triad (Q3067058)

• temporary fencing (Q811969)

• Thalhimers (Q7709627)

• toll-free telephone number (Q348308)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Brick wall signs (sh89002392)

• Brick walls (sh85016796)

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