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Good pics Marc. I know that place, been by there many times but never stopped. The last time I was by (in the late 90s) I thought they were trying to fix the place up... maybe they did and this is the result, I don't remember it being quite as colorful...

Paul

Too cool!! I hope that someday, someone will preserve that building rather than tearing it down or letting it rot.

Paul,

I think you are correct on the colors, if I recall correctly the building and the cars used to be completely white ...or the house was white and the cars were a creamy yellow-white with white trim. (the cars may have had a red roof)....I think the structure is currently inhabited by what looks to be...to paraphrase CW. McCall...."a bunch of crispy critters and a space cadet". 

There is a handwritten sign in one of the streetcar windows noting "streetcars for sale"...with a tel. no.

Marc

Quote from: marc_reusser on February 17, 2011, 12:32:06 AM
I think the structure is currently inhabited by what looks to be...to paraphrase CW. McCall...."a bunch of crispy critters and a space cadet". 

Perhaps it's a former west coast franchise of the Old Home Café...    At least they've resisted covering all of the windows with aluminum foil...

Paul

Foiled windows are old school....nowadays it's all in the hat!





Marc

Those foil hats worked great back in the days of analog radio and TV ... but they don't pick up many useful signals these days ...

The number of Reply post's was 666 so i had to post to change the number

No joke...and all coincidence....my mother's mailing address is PO Box 666 and she had a cat named Lucifer.....growing up, I knew she wasn't Beelzebub...but at times I thought she definitely qualified as one of his minions! 

M

  Great pic Marc... now could you move your chair a little to the left, you're interfering with the reception... 

Paul -->tuning in in the corner-->

On a clear day I can get Mexico City.....(just like Stan Ridgeway/Wall of Voodo)  


On a more usual type of post for here..






Marc

M

At Last!....the flying car they promised us back in the 50's.

Excellent sign photos Marc. Especially like the "More Skinny" sign... thanks for posting.

Here's a wonderful example of weathered brick and wood textures: F. B. Johnston photo of Edgar Allan Poe's mother's house in Richmond, VA, ca. 1930. Photo from Shorpy.



Paul

I really like that photo. I really need to do something with bricks and that provides some genuine inspiration. Thanks, Paul. -- Russ

That picture is very attractive, Paul. It would certainly make a great scene to model.