March 22, 2009

Mystery boxes

See those boxes?  They are on the front steps of the old bank building on the corner of 6th and Main St, and they have been there, in that exact position forever!  At least a year.  Doesn't anyone use those doors?  Don't the building occupants care?  

The building itself is beautiful.  Built in 1911 to house the bank started by Herbert Eakin and Darwin Bristow, the guys who started the original mercantile in the triangular "Prestons" building across the bridge at River and Main St., this building must have been a beautiful bank.  

I wonder what it looks like inside.  Does the "Attorney," as the lovely sign painted on the window on 6th St. says, really work in there?  If he or she does, they certainly don't use the front door, or surely this person would have removed those boxes by now.

Maybe it is some sort of experiment to see how long it takes boxes to decompose.   I say enough!   Take them to the recycler.  They are an insult to this otherwise lovely portico.

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