My most recent creations for the POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT all involve looks at intersections in Downtown Boone.
There is no modern interpretation for these because I’m not sure there is a modern interpretation for intersections for Downtown Boone. There probably is, but I’ll save that until I complete all the old-timey postcards that I can find of Boone downtown streets. There are still several out there that I know about.
Here are the old timey postcards and their recreations:
Boone, IA 786 – Original
Boone, IA 786 – Redux
Corner 8th and Story Streets, Boone, Iowa – Original
Corner 8th and Story Streets, Boone, Iowa – Redux
East Side Story Street North from Eighth – Boone, Ia 2222 – Original
East Side Story Street North from Eighth – Boone, Ia 2222 – Redux
The next time we look in on THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT, it will involve hotels that aren’t there any more.
Most of these are remarkably similar. I wish the facades from the 8th/Story were still over the windows on the second floor.
Yeah. It is really sad that they made building look less cool over the years.
Another thing that makes me sad is replacing the old badasss windows with smaller windows. Now I understand the economic reasoning for such things and how electric lighting makes the need for huge windows moot. But still.