http://m.ammoth.us/blog the herculez gomez of architecture blogs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:48:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/11/re-inhabited-circle-ks/ http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/11/re-inhabited-circle-ks/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:08:31 +0000 rholmes http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=990
["Mini-Mart, Albuquerque, NM"; photographer Paho Mann documents the diverse array of stores that re-inhabit the empty shells abandoned by the national corporation Circle-K; the current lives of Circle-K's include "a dry cleaners, a couple of florist shops, a tattoo parlor, a tuxedo rental place, several mini-marts and dollar stores, and Bridgett’s Last Laugh Karaoke and Fish Fry." More evidence of the suburb as a locus for informality in the American city. See the full slideshow at Places, and a map of the locations Mann is studying in Phoenix and Albuquerque on his website.]

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