Vintage roadside

[BobHufford]

The former Dairy Queen and what was a funky antique store here in Springfield, MO were demolished today. I remember going to the Dairy Queen as a kid and my sister-in-law used to work there. With the loss of the antique store there is now only one former residential house left on the six-mile pre-1970 section of this street. Sigh ...

 

[dh66]

That's a real bummer, Bob. Sorry to hear about that.

 

[BobHufford]

Sikeston Missouri 1940

 

[BobHufford]

Newton County Missouri, 1942.

 

[dh66]

Great pics, Bob! Hard to beat beer on Sunday.

 

[Fading Fast]

Great pics, Bob! Hard to beat beer on Sunday.

Sometimes the best advertising is simple and direct: "Beer on Sunday," caught my attention to. No doubt what they are telling you.

 

[1mach1]

Bob, great finds!

 

[BobHufford]

Another one bites the dust. The Motel Parakeet burned overnight (suspiciously ... possibly a meth lab as this motel had degraded into a long-term rental property). Sigh ...

 

[dh66]

Another one bites the dust. The Motel Parakeet burned overnight (suspiciously ... possibly a meth lab as this motel had degraded into a long-term rental property). Sigh ...

That's a real bummer...on multiple levels. Great looking sign, though.

 

[1mach1]

What a fantastic sign. I assume they survived the blaze? Not that it makes a difference. I am sure they will be bulldozed with the property.

 

[BobHufford]

The vintage sign can be seen in the night-time photo of the fire with the current signage bolted on. I wish I was in a position to save it.

 

[Matt Crunk]

Went back and thoroughly checked out Fountain Square in Indy this week. The place is a virtual time capsule, with plenty of vintage neon, diners and soda fountains, cocktail lounge, 24 hour grill, a classic barber shop, a tattoo shop, a performance hall with weekly swing dancing, and a fully restored 1930s duckpin bowing alley on the 4th floor, plus a '50s era bowing alley in the basement.

 

[Braz]

Went back and thoroughly checked out Fountain Square in Indy this week.

Matt,
I'm loving your "discovering Indy" posts. I lived there till about '95 and watched the downtown grow from a sleepy city (NapTown) to a vibrant place with lots of nightlife. Fountain Square was just on the cusp of its revival when I left for the countryside. Keep it coming.
Also, I need to get to that barber shop. It is not easy to find a place that still does shaves.

 

[Ozarkian]

My wife and I recently took a road trip to Washington, MO. In the old downtown district is the Dutch Hotel. The building is in great shape as is the old neon sign. The ground floor is a pub/restaurant, not sure about the rest of the building.

 

[Ozarkian]

Another from Washington, MO. The old Calvin theater.

 

[1mach1]

The old Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre sign. Lorton,VA.

 

[Fading Fast]

This is the Daily News Building on 42nd Street in NYC - we were walking by the other day and my girlfriend said "your buddies at Fedora would really like this building," so I took these shots. I love the building as in any other city it would be a star, but because it is right down the Street from the Chrysler Building and not far from the Empire State Building it kind of gets ignored.

And to be fair, those are more striking and imposing buildings with, overall, more interesting back stories and architecture, but the News Building is no slouch and is quite an impressive example of Art Deco at Art Deco's zenith in the city. The one thing I couldn't get a shot of is the lobby which is absolutely incredible - so I posted a shot I got from Wikipedia just so that you could enjoy it.

This is the facade over the main entrance


And two more for perspective (owing to its height and the width of the streets, it was impossible to get good shot that got everything in).




And from Wikipedia, the insane lobby (and this picture, as incredible as it is, doesn't do it justice).

 

[dh66]

Good stuff FF! Your girlfriend knows you (and us) all too well.

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[Fading Fast]

Good stuff FF! Your girlfriend knows you (and us) all too well.

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She introduced me to the site and lurks regularly but I can't get her to join and post.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Some might recognize the News Building as having played the role of the Daily Planet Building in the Superman movies.

That frieze with the "he made so many of them" was an answer to those who derided the News as a shabby "common" newspaper -- which many did in the Era. The full quote is "God must love the common people because He made so many of them."