My Shop gets a face lift along with the bowling alley. Quite an overhaul for the 50+ year old center. I swear there was nothing nice cool or vintage that was destroyed in this project. For an alley as old as this there was surprisingly nothing vintage to be found aside from the sign(which stays!). I believe this is because the focus has always been on the bowling and with 42 lanes we sure hear allot of that(through the wall). There is way more to be done but our shop is done except for signage which has yet to be determined. The whole building is getting color changing LED lighting which is going to be awesome! I cant wait.
OLD...
In the plaza we are attached to there is a vacant(or abandoned) supermarket and several small businesses which cling to life in the vast wasteland of asphalt. The bowling alley renovation is made possable in part from TIF money which is in theory going to help improve the looks of the area and generate traffic and income. I am up for that and boy this plaza needs it!
I have been meaning to photograph this light pole that is in the plaza for some time but the recent Ductape addition to the sculpture was the thing that truley motovated me to go get the camera.
Also of note is the post apocalyptic stop sign that is also in the plaza mere feet from this pole. This photo is of the front of the sign which has entirely faded along with the sticker that was on it. I thought the dead tree was also a nice touch.
NEW AGAIN...
We spent a week up at Retreat finishing the siding on the West side of the house. It was good weather then it was bad then it was awful. We at one point decided to work into the night because it was not raining. All in all it was a success and I have to say even though it was rainy and foggy the temperature was very nice.
The "fixit" ray isn't quite as powerfull as it
needs to be.
We had to do the rest by hand..... Next up... the kitchen!
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