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Very moody photo, my favorite of the gallery. It feels like a still from a Hitchcock movie, very striking.
I would have tried to have a long shadow of a man in the doorway to make it more noir.
Very good shot Mots!

Wallpaper please!!!

This one is very intriguing!

That is very beautiful, yet creepy in a way.

This is really sad, and disgusting

It would not cost as much to restore if it had not been left to rot. Somebody could have at least fixed the roof to preserve the interior for crying out loud.

Thank you, Bertha, for sharing your fond memories.

Does the Smithsonian have an architectural history building? Seems like I have a vague memory of that.

lol, autoguy.
Which witchy winch went in the winch house? The wenchy winch witch.

Damn flood. Or dam the flood? Or damn the corrupt officials for not using the money to fix this up. Shopping on the main floor, lodgings, apartments above. Just do it.

What is with the yellow electrical cord above the door? If one follows the arc of the circle it will show that this room is not really that big. Probably not a bedroom. Maybe it was a dressing room? Can't you picture the little pouf stool in the middle and some mirrors? Interesting to see the damage in the outer room. Such a contrast.

Let the wild rumpus begin.

I believe somebody posted that the area no longer has any industry to support the town. Therefore, nobody is wants to spend the money due to a lack of return on the investment. Poor non-industrial USA. Bring back our factories from foreign ground and make the world right again.

Minneapolis, MN had a beautiful building called the Metropolitan. They tore it down in the 60's as they did to many of MPLS fabulous buildings. Parts of the Metropolitan were recently found partially buried in an old quarry area. The original public library was a Richardsonian Romanesque design. They tore than down too, in the name of progress. No protesters back then. Nobody cared. Just like my grandma thinking her antique furniture was ugly and old. It is so sad. These buildings were built to last, but nobody wants them anymore. At least let the salvagers in to take the pretty stuff!

Tardy to the party as usual.

I thought one got hooked on cigarettes.

Im writing an essay on it