3rd Avenue

The south end of 3rd Avenue in Stayton is known as the "downtown" area. It's not the busiest street -- that honor belongs to 1st Ave. -- but in a lot of ways, it's really the heart of the town.

Most of the buildings on this end of the street are decades old. The movie theater has been there since the early part of last century. And on Sunday evenings, you can walk around in the middle of the street and take photos without worrying about getting run over.

Which is what I was doing two days ago. The photo above was taken standing next to the movie theater on the left (which is where there are cars parked... a movie was showing at the time), which is next to City Hall, which is next to an insurance company, which is next to a bar. On the right is our only new clothing store, a new pizza place, and a heating and cooling place which has been there for years. I think there's another bar in there somewhere, too.

On a side note, in my wanderings, I took photos of a window, inside a window, and the neon sign on top of the movie theater.... just in case you want to see things in a little bit more detail.

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