Skyliner Motel and Rock Cafe on Route 66

Two Icons of Stroud, Oklahoma, on historic route 66. The Skyliner Motel


The Rock Cafe.


I enjoyed a really good home-made hamburger there this past Saturday.

Technical information:
These photos were made on Kodak TMX-100 and devloped in D-76, 1:1 @ 68f for 12 minutes. (Note to self: Get to the store and get a bottle of Hypo.)

Trip to Oklahoma City

I traveled down to Oklahoma City on Saturday, and found a block with three old shops that I thought interesting.  These are on Pennsylvania Ave on the Northwest side of town.

A barber shop.


A club (that used to be a cafe).


And an old book store.
 

Hannah's Shoes

These are Hannah's shoes. When I took the photo, Hannah said, "what are you doing?" I said, "I'm taking a photo of your shoes." And that was pretty much that.

Park Bench, East End

023-WIP_10-10_2009, originally uploaded by Jeff Shaw Tulsa Oklahoma.

On the East End of Downtown Tulsa, just outside the inner loop on South Madison there is an old neighborhood.

There, the Herbold Apartment Building provides a smoking area which is across the street from the apartments, and next to a fence that looks down on the busy highway. From here you can watch cars and trucks and buses go by at 60 miles per hour. From here you can meditate or worry or stare into the dissonant whirring of progress and the tranquility of the noisy city.

And maybe have another cigarette.