alley art

 

Someone used an alley wall as a blank canvas for his political view.  I would suggest art lessons.

 

Photowalk 2016

Levelland, Texas

10.1.2016

 

 

 



alley cat

 

Get off the main streets and wander down some alleys.  Sometimes you find the most interesting sights.

 

Punkin Days

Floydada, Texas

10.10.2015

bird in the window

 

From the alley, it appears that the chicken wire on the Henne warehouse window holds a bird captive.  On second glance, it's a broken pane.  The alleyside of Henne Hardware was much more interesting that the side on San Antonio Street, although the two-story building retains some of the ornamental Victorian embellishments.  Louis Henne began the Louis Henne Company in 1857 at the age of 17 upon the death of his father, expanding the family tin-smithing operation into general hardware and mercantile. The downtown store was built in 1893.  Evidently this mid-20th century sign didn't fit the Victorian architecture so now it resides in the alley.

 



Henne Hardware
New Braunfels, Texas
5.2.2015

aptly named

 

It's not the alley that is named but rather its storefront, the former Turquoise Alley Furniture and Antique Shoppe.  How nice that the alley was "decorated" since it  has not building on the opposite side and is visible from the street Downtown Historic District of Plainview.  Quite a change from the seedy scenes usually found in alleys.

 

Turquoise Alley

505 Broadway

Plainview, Texas

2.1.2015

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