Mirror mirror on the floor

 

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The dance studio closed.  Left behind was an empty room with five mirrors on a wall.  Now four; the middle mirror has detached itself from the plum painted wall and crashed to the wooden floor, leaving a shattered view of its former self.

 

Bare to the walls

 

Nothing left behind

With the closure of a store, the interior was gutted to the bare walls, leaving behind an empty storefront. 

 

Most of the items on the outside back wall were also removed. 

 

Red sign left behind

The red "Video Recording In Progress" sign was left behind, reminding the casual passerby that video recordings are in progress.

 

 

Empty 3d interior

A relaxed view 3d stereograph of the interior is provided for the stereogrammers.  

 

 

 

  

Just relaxing

 

Lounging at the store

The sidewalk in front of a closed and shuttered 99 cent store is good place to stop for a rest on a hot and sunny day. 

Spelling with numbers

 

7's and 3's make spelling easy

 

This side of the gas station sign uses 3's, 7's, and two different styles of "$" to say:  "PLEASE STOP STEALING R LETTERS".

 

The other side of this gas station sign had all the letters needed to advertise the gas station mart. 

 

 

 

Closed for the day

 

Next door

 

The next door to the closed for the day office, the camera is still out, more photographs are made.   

 

This next doorly view is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

After hours

 

A deep view

A closed for the day office, a camera, a photograph.  This view is presented here as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

There is more next door. 

 

Orange and grey

 

Even with the outside and inside signage, the food service equipment, and the customer seating having been removed, this combination of grey and orange interior colors in this closed establishment readily identify it as once having been a franchisee of a multinational doughnut cookery and coffee dispensary chain.   

 

 

Entrancing view of food and beverage consumption space

 The customer entrance is on the left side; the doorway to the "back room" is seen in the far distance.

 

Orthogonal to entrancing view

The customer entrance is on the left; the counter layout directs customers to the order and pick up area.

 

This empty place of burnt orange walls and counters and grey tiles is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

Grey walls

 

Doorways

 

This empty store front beckons a look inside.  Presented as a 3d relaxed view stereograph.

 

South End Office

 

Empty, for now

The South End Office has been closed for over a year.  Its 'mid-century modern' architectural style invites the passing-by camera to click off a few. This portion of the front facade is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

Two views one store

Store left wall

Store upstage center

When you are not sure which view is the better, photograph them both! 

These two stereographs of an empty storefront are presented in relaxed view 3d.

 

Revealing brushstrokes

Hand painted sign

The faded paint on this sign reveals where the sign painter used a fully loaded brush and where that brush was running short.

 

Update: a recent site visit reveals that this sign has been removed and the storefront is being renovated.

 

Pink and wavy

Were they comfy seats?

A look through the window of this shuttered business establishment reveals its wavy seat arrangement.  Bright sunlight has bleached out the color of the seat closest to the window.

This view is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

Trusses and turnbuckles

The exterior of this store was previously seen here.  With that left window now uncovered, one can peer inside as the store is being renovated.

Trusses under the beam

What is interesting about this store interior is not that it is a work in progress, nor all the doors and stairways at the back, but the rod trusses and turnbuckles below the beam that are holding the building together.

 

Only helping

Folding step ladder and cardboard

The folding step ladder in the store display window allows the shop keeper to put products high up on the display shelves.  Neither the ladder itself, nor the flattened cardboard boxes protecting the floor of the display window, are for sale.

No flowers

No, not open 

The storefront of this closed florist shop is so neat and well kept up that one thinks the store is still open; it is not.

Light highlight

A hi-lite in the shade 

A ray of sunlight highlights the semi-rectangular openings of the closed stores shaded security gate.

Awaiting completion

Empty - but not for long

This empty store has been renovated, the sheetrock has been taped, and it awaits a tenant for whom it will be completed.

This view is presented in a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Checkerboard floor

Checkers or chess

The floor of this empty store seems like it is an invitation to play some kind of board game - checkers, chess, or...

This view is presented in a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

Store door

Not in use 

Although it is no longer used, the steps and the doorway are periodically painted and swept so they are in harmony with the rest of the storefront.

Plastic basket

Plastic basket window display

This display window that is filled with plastic baskets is at the rear of the dollar store.

There are 45 courses of brick visible on the left side of the window and 46 courses visible on the right side.  That does not explain why the left side seems higher than the right side.

N.B.  The interior of this store, prior to becoming this "dollar store" can be seen here.