We live on a cul-de-sac directly behind this bar. On the weekends there used to be overflow parking into the neighborhood by bar patrons, but not so much anymore. I'm not sure why.
Speedway used to have many, many billboards, nowadays, there are fewer. The little yellow car advertises an auto parts place.
A bus headed west to downtown.
This window is at the Twist and Shout record store. Until I took the picture, I didn't know this place existed.
A fairly typical Hooterville strip mall. this one is about 50% vacant.
Catheys is an old-timey business, specializing in servicing and selling vacuum cleaners and sewing machines. People tend to throw away rather than repair these days.
Another old-timey business is the radiator shop. It has been at this location for years. I'm not sure if the sign for Apex Banner and Sign right below is an advertisement or if they share space.
This is a mural on the side of a flower shop. The previous owner of this once-thriving business nearly ruined it by using his signage to rant about George Bush, rather than concentrating on selling flowers.
He sold out and the new owner is back to the flower business.
This dry cleaning business has a tiny lot in between two restaurants.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
We live on a cul-de-sac directly behind this bar. On the weekends there used to be overflow parking into the neighborhood by bar patrons, but not so much anymore. I'm not sure why.
Speedway used to have many, many billboards, nowadays, there are fewer. The little yellow car advertises an auto parts place.
A bus headed west to downtown.
This window is at the Twist and Shout record store. Until I took the picture, I didn't know this place existed.
A fairly typical Hooterville strip mall. this one is about 50% vacant.
Catheys is an old-timey business, specializing in servicing and selling vacuum cleaners and sewing machines. People tend to throw away rather than repair these days.
Another old-timey business is the radiator shop. It has been at this location for years. I'm not sure if the sign for Apex Banner and Sign right below is an advertisement or if they share space.
This is a mural on the side of a flower shop. The previous owner of this once-thriving business nearly ruined it by using his signage to rant about George Bush, rather than concentrating on selling flowers.
He sold out and the new owner is back to the flower business.
This dry cleaning business has a tiny lot in between two restaurants.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
8 comments:
Merle: wish I had more free time for comments but I don't, so I'll just zoom in on the last shot because it's the funniest little family business store I've ever seen. (Do they do drive-in cleaning, too?)
cheers.
Looks like typical suburbia. Everybody trying to make a buck or two. It seems like the two sides of the street are quite well matched! How did it come to be called Speedway anyway? Maybe another post...
Who can afford top go to a bar anymore? I never understood the economics of bars to begin with. I'm going to pay you the same price for one beer as a six pack costs in the store?
Why would anyone chase away business by choosing sides in politics? Even if there were only three people left who liked Bush.
Wowee, a Chicago Bar in your neck of the woods ; )
It almost appears that the murals in both posts could have been painted by the same person.
Nice photo log of your area.
Were those strip malls behind you there when you moved in?
I agree with Kurt on the bar thing.
Looks very hot there in Hooterville.
The cleaners building is cool.
i think you should start a hooterville daily snap....love the peek into the hood!
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