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Vintage roadside

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Hahaha... I was thinking the same thing. In fact, I was starting to look for an image of an "old woman in jodhpurs" then realized that was probably not a string I should leave in the search history of my work computer. :rolleyes:

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Sent directly from my mind to yours.
 
A news story this morning about a neighborhood up in arms concerning a zoning case that would replace one of the last remaining vintage buildings with a four-story apartments/retail complex made me think of another building in this village (Galloway Missouri) lost to history.

This is the building facing demolition.

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This is the one that got away:

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Alamo Heights ☀️ Texas
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Back in the '90s, City code compliance gave me a lead on a 1930s bike shop that
was to be removed.
Paid a visit and hauled away with as many bike parts I could stuff in my '80s Buick Riviera before the place was demolished
by the city caterpillars.
This without a doubt has got to be the
best day for the bike-a-holic that I am.
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San Antonio
 
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New York City
Can't believe I grew up in NJ and never heard of her until yesterday (on a cable TV show that billed her as "the first roadside attraction" which I'm sure can be challenged):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_the_Elephant

When first built in 1881:

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Later as a hotel:
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In need of repair:
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And happily restored today:
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What am I doing now: trying to find a way to justify a very long trip from NYC to see her.
 

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