Cold Storage

Memories and remnants of a local dry cleaning plant, now closed after more than 100 years in business. Nobody wanted to take it over, so not it sits ready for “redevelopment”, which means an apartment building with ground-floor retail probably. I wish I could get inside, but that isn’t happening, far too much liability. The frosted windows are lovely, with their pressed-in starburst patterns. Obviously this was done when the glass was hot, a long forgotten process, probably.

The subtle greens of the window stanchions was a lovely contrast with the glass. I loved the undefined, orange shape behind the first photo. Also the detail of the window embossing.

Love the contrast of the beige bricks with the multi-toned windows

The company touted itself as a place for people to store their winter coats and furs back before the advent of self-storage when people had houses and closets so small that they needed someone to store their off-season clothes.

A dying service now.