Posts in Category: built environment
Twentysix Repurposed Gasoline Stations
On August 12, 2013 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- books, built environment, gasoline stations, photography, publications, repurposed gasoline stations, typology, urban landscape
Twentysix Repurposed Gasoline Stations by photographs by Peter A. Calvin
with apologies to Ed Ruscha and Jeff BrouwsNot long ago, gasoline stations were service stations. They were places that not only sold gasoline, but that also repaired your car, sold tires and batteries, and even supplied maps for your trips at no charge. The station owner’s name was over the office door, and though the big sign on the corner said Gulf or Sunoco, it was his business.Today, with few exceptions, we pump our own gas. If we interact with someone at the gas station, it is to buy drinks, snacks, cigarettes or lottery tickets. Many of those former service stations provide the same services as before, they just don’t sell gas.
with apologies to Ed Ruscha and Jeff BrouwsNot long ago, gasoline stations were service stations. They were places that not only sold gasoline, but that also repaired your car, sold tires and batteries, and even supplied maps for your trips at no charge. The station owner’s name was over the office door, and though the big sign on the corner said Gulf or Sunoco, it was his business.Today, with few exceptions, we pump our own gas. If we interact with someone at the gas station, it is to buy drinks, snacks, cigarettes or lottery tickets. Many of those former service stations provide the same services as before, they just don’t sell gas.
Peter A. Calvin
California Trip
The headline sounds like a tune from the 60s, but I was in the Los Angeles area last week photographing
some mall renovations for Omniplan Architects.
Santa Monica Place, a unique, upscale mall where you can see the ocean while dining on the roof.
Baldwin-Crenshaw, an urban mall that is a center the for redevelopment of the surrounding area.
Westfield-Culver City
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Phase 5
I am photographing the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Phase 5, for Omniplan this month.Fireplace Lounge
On June 4, 2011 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- built environment, documentary, photography, urban landscape
The Fireplace Lounge on Samuel Blvd., in East Dallas. A classic roadhouse, but in the city across the street from a golf course.
Intersection, Near Guthrie, Kentucky
On May 11, 2011 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- built environment, documentary, gasoline stations, photography
Intersection of US 41 and US 79, west of Guthrie, Kentucky.
Economic Abandonment
On March 15, 2011 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- built environment, documentary, economic abandonment, photography, urban landscape
A former AMC Theater recently closed in Dallas near I35 and Walnut Hill Lane.
Denton Drive, Dallas, Texas
On March 12, 2011 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- built environment, documentary, photography, urban landscape
Denton Drive, between Royal and Walnut Hill Lanes
On December 28, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- architecture, built environment, documentary, urban landscape
Locker rooms, Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, Texas
Casa Linda Theater, Dallas, Texas
On December 15, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments
- architecture, built environment, cinemas, economic abandonment, photography, urban landscape
The Casa Linda Theater, Dallas, Texas. Once part of the McClendon chain of indoor and drive-in movie theaters, it has been closed since 1999 and it is unlikely that it will ever show movies again.
Update 12/24/10: The theater is now scheduled to become a grocery store. Colorado based Natural Grocers has leased the space and is expected to open in April of 2011.