Radio service

There's an long defunct TV and appliance store on 3rd Ave in Stayton. It still advertises 'records, cassettes, and compact discs' in peeling letters on the window. It has a faded 'RCA clearance sale' banner in another. Whatever's left inside the store is covered and forgotten. Blinds are drawn in all the windows. Planters sit outside the door which haven't held flowers in who knows how long. This place hasn't been in business for many years, and it shows.

But at the back of the store a neon sign proclaiming 'radio service' still glows. It peeks out at passersby through the gaps in the blinds. It catches my eye whenever I pass the store. I am always amazed the building still has electricity, and that the neon on the sign is still lit. I hate to think of it ever going out.

To see the whole building, click on the thumbnail at right.

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