Thursday, July 14, 2011

Throwback Thursday - End of an Era

Cafe Sign, King Street, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok


Many years before the gentrification of the King Street shopping district, there were small mom-and-pop cafes along the street. This image shows a creative cursive script painted on the window of one of these establishments. It is no longer there, having been replaced by a high end designer shop or expensive restaurant.

(This image was made on Fujichrome Velvia 50 color slide film)
  

17 comments:

  1. Glad you captured it Doug!
    Nice one!

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  2. It was a nice painting, inviting guests.
    Here also many restaurants are closed or changed.
    Thanks for your comment, I am well :)

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  3. Beautiful colors... i like it Doug.

    greetings and a nice day, Joop

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  4. All the good ol' things disappear. Sad but we'll have our photos... This one is gorgeous.

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  5. Really a great picture Doug !

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  6. Удачный снимок! Это история....

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  7. Great picture Doug. Wonderful colors and capture.

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  8. I like it... better than yesterday's robot. hahahaha

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  9. Nice shot and color. Like anything though I think some will make a comeback. At least, I hope!

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  10. It's an excellent graphism. I like colors and angle.

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  11. really nice graphical result.

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  12. Definitely interesting the way the mottled shadow is cast by the edge of the work.

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  13. grapique et bien vu, avec cette ombre.

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  14. nice work capturing both the vivid colors and it's shadow..

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  15. It's sad to see the mom and pop shops disappearing. I love this abstract shot of the window signage--the colors are great and it tells us a little about the people that once owned and operated this shop.

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  16. The shadow really makes it all the more interesting.

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