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Black & White Urban Landscape Photography
A quick drive around Nashville one Saturday and I found a rolls worth of interesting businesses.
This building located in a run-down part of town reminds of a time when we were looking to the future. With its golden dome and past-future design it’s like the builders were making a statement that things in the future are going to be different and we want to be a part of that.
Thrift stores are one of those businesses that always thrive, even in times when you think they wouldn't. It’s obvious that the store has been opened for years and you can bet it will continue for years to come.
The House of Pizza is an iconic restaurant here in Nashville. If you have the chance to, definitely get a slice. Or even better, get an order of the lasagna. it’s the best you will ever have. With the changes coming to The Arcade where it is located, if it survives might not be a forgone conclusion.
Varallo’s is Tennessee’s oldest restaurant. If this was the original location it was remodeled sometime in the 1960s or 1970s. This is a place I have never eaten; it is downtown and only open for breakfast and lunch so I haven’t made the trek. Maybe I should.
This gas station is in the heart of Hillsboro Village. While it looks closed it is not, they just keep a clean lot on the weekends. I forgot to write down the name, but I believe it is something like Village Auto-Service. I have had them do work for me in the past and they do a good job.
The venerable Hillsboro Hardware has been around for longer than I can remember. They are always busy when opened and are a great example of how smaller shops can thrive in a community.
This Mapco gas station is deceptive. The Mapco chain has definitely not been around as long as this building. A long time ago this was a two-bay garage. Guessing based on the curved corner of the former lobby I would guess this garage was first opened in the 1940s if not earlier.
This building was the one I set out with the goal of photographing. The now closed, Coin Laundry Express, was once a thriving part of the neighborhood. It’s one of those weird tales, around 3 months before closing it got a face-lift in the guise of new signage. It’s hard to know what happened, maybe they invested too much in new equipment and just didn’t see the business.
There you have it, a short Saturday morning drive worths of images.