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The Warehouse – Tallahassee, FL
News broke last week that The Warehouse, a local watering hole near FSU, was closing (or is it “being kicked out”) to make way for yet more so-called “student housing”. Based on the obscene amount of new “student housing” that has already claimed entire neighborhoods around campus it makes you start to wonder just how…
A quiçkie while I wait….Old Chevron Station in Tallahassee – Corner of Ocala and Pensacola
While I was waiting at the meeting point for this week’s tailgate (NC State at FSU) I wandered.over to the case station/convenience store on the corner, which apparently is now closed and based on other areas of Tally probably slated to be torn down and replaced with something even more obnoxious. Since the building appears…
Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017
Ah, the old wall of candy and gum machines! There was a bank of these inside the Roses store in DeLand (it wasn’t a “discount” outfit then, it was still middle-of-the-road, I’m sure it was…) when I was a kid that I would covet over for hours (OK, I’m sure my dad only let me linger…
Phone Booth – Central Park – NYC – June 26 2015
A couple from the back-log, this could also be posted in PlacesGoneBy[e]’s sister blog A Scrod In New York, but its more fitting here I think. This phone booth was just off the terrace over Wollman Rink in Central Park (which doubles as a carnival in the summer). I went back by there in 2017…
The Collegiate Village Inn – Tallahassee, FL
Built in 1971, this was a 160 unit motel with what was billed as a large lobby area, restaurant and conference rooms. It was two stories with concrete block construction and a brick veneer. The property was 3.4 acres and zoned CP “Commercial” with 400 feet frontage and a full median cut. The 2007 property…