… in Salem, Virginia. It had such character that I had to snap a photo.
This shot was taken from Calhoun Street; the front of the building is a storefront facing Main.
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Towers Shopping Center, Roanoke, Virginia
Clearly this shopping center lies along the path of The Beam.
Only Stephen King fans will get that joke.
There are at least two cool places to grab lunch there — McAlister’s Deli and Firehouse Subs. Unless I’m mistaken, we don’t have those chains in New York.
Grandin Village, Virginia, March 2017 (2)
Grace’s Pizzeria is damn good, and inexpensive too. You can get a small pizza with two toppings for just under $10. It’s occasionally extra greasy, though. (At one point, I tilted the pie sideways and it started just sliding off.)
Former Peacock-Salem Launderers and Cleaners building in Salem, VA
This building had too much character for me not to photograph it. It is the former site of the Peacock-Salem Launderers and Cleaners on Colorado Street in Salem.
The business is not defunct — they actually just moved elsewhere in town five years ago. Prior to that, the building below was used since 1935.
Grandin Village, Virginia, March 2017
Only in the South can you find an “ice cream and soda bar” on the main strip. Some great friends of mine introduced me to “Pop’s” a couple of weeks ago. Diet be damned; I can’t wait to find an excuse to go back.
The below sign for Tae Kwon Do apparently advertises training in styles from “Traditional” through “WTF.”
I’d love to know what the “WTF” style of fighting is. I’ll bet it’s something to see.
Below the sign is Grace’s Pizzeria. (I wish I’d gotten a better picture.) The pizza there is damn good, if a little extra greasy.
9-11 Memorial in Salem, Virginia
Salem has its own 9-11 Memorial, beside Fire Station No. 1 at the corner of Calhoun and Market Streets. (I am sorry that my photography skills here are quite poor.) What you see below are two steel beams from the 33rd to 36th Floors of the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
I’ve seen several of these memorials in New York; I was surprised to find one so far south.
Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, March 2017 (3)
Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, March 2017 (2)
Market Street and its vicinity.
Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, March 2017
These were taken along South Jefferson Street.
Captured WWI German Field Gun, Salem, Virginia
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