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| This old building isn't being used for anything these days. |
I'm just guessing that this building was part of that history that many of us share before the gas crisis started raising prices and moving to self-service in the 1970s.
I add this to Sepia Saturday meme this week, only because of the old bricks, which are somewhat like the pavement on this week's theme.
I wonder how much longer that building will survive.
ReplyDeleteProbably not long, Bob. There's a new Town Center park going in across the street in the next year or two.
DeleteWow, what a great old building. Brought me back to the long car trips we would take when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteMe too, starting in the late 40s I think.
DeleteWell you don't know how lucky you once were....nobody ever offered to clean your windscreen or check your tyres in England in the days before self service. But at least we got to keep our small change! (Yes.....before you say it...you are right...it's usually raining here so no need to clean the windscreen)
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought of using the bricks as the prompt. In fact, I didn't consciously notice them until I read this.
ReplyDeleteA very clever and innovative way to tie to this weeks theme. The building looks like it may have been a church in days gone by?
ReplyDeleteThat building has probably had several incarnations, but it wouldn't offer much competition these days.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have someone offer to fill my car and wash the windshields again...
ReplyDeleteHistoric preservation usually focuses on fancy residential neighborhoods or grand public buildings, but these eccentric commercial structures should at least be documented in photographs. Some of the early oil companies had stations built to their architectural style. Remember Sinclair Oil, Gulf?
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