oh, I know you've been waiting for this one...if you're one of the few people I mentioned this to over drinks, if I ever even did that, maybe I just imagined it. but I've been wanting to post it for a while. really just a photoblog entry, since the history of gas stations is something I haven't learned yet. I certainly could on Flickr, but I'm trying to learn more about trains and transit (and as always, architecture), so I haven't put much effort into learning the history of gas stations, chain restaurants, motels, department, discount, and grocery stores, etc. I imagine when I post more of these on Flickr I'll get some help.
photos of this first place were taken mid-June 2008:
flowers that go rather well with the fallen sign:
yes, another large symmetrical shot looking out! the rest are from my trip on September 9. 2008:
okay, this one isn't Googieesque, I just thought it had interesting signage, and it was across from the previous station:
both these trips were on absolutely gorgeous warm sunny days, when I took the Metrolink from St. Louis by myself and wandered around downtown East St. Louis for the afternoon, including into several abandoned buildings. the followup will be the terrazzos of downtown East St. Louis (and I should post the abandoned buildings eventually!).
(okay, that was three new posts in three days, but I'm not locking myself into a daily format here--hopefully several posts a week, though)
