We saw the paper yesterday. Let’s see where it was made.

Hard to tell.

Could have been here, where there isn’t anything anymore.

Blockton hasn’t been anything for a very long time.

Big glass for a small main street! These were important stores.

I don’t think it would be wise to have a medical emergency in town these days.

Some other old wreck behind it.

The suggestions of prosperity are many. This one might not have had windows in the original. It's not inconsistent with an old movie theater.

Looks as if the door could be easily pried open . . . but why would anyone want to go inside? It’s unnerving.

Oh, that old sign. Been a long time since anyone sold a radio out of that place.

The building had two lives:

Columns to indicate financial probity! Your money is safe in a place with columns.

As I said: suggestions of bygone prosperity. That’s a substantial structure for a small town, a statement of pride and faith in the future.

Alas.

The contents are what you’d expect: stuff left a long time ago, forgotten, never disturbed.

I suspect a cornice shaving.

The local team, I assume.

I wonder if they ever take this down.

Empty name block. Never filled in, or taken down?

Half of the structures stand alone, because the neighbors have fallen or burned.

Again, it looks as if you could push in the door. The whole front, for that matter.

Market? Bar? Cafe?

No clues on the internet. The building took its secrets to the grave.