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Again, The Continental Life

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Johnny Crabcakes

Sometimes muses are made of steel and stone…

This one might be mine…seen again and again and again…

…Meandering around Mid-Town…

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5 thoughts on “Again, The Continental Life”

Rebecca Moon Ruark on April 7, 2022 at 08:49 said:

Wow. Love that!

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- Johnny Crabcakes on April 9, 2022 at 13:30 said:
  
  Thank you, Rebecca–she’s a beaut. And one that I am repeatedly drawn to image.
  
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Holly Lofgreen on April 8, 2022 at 11:00 said:

Art Deco maybe? My old muse in KC was the Western Auto sign ablaze atop a building filled with loft apartments.

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- Johnny Crabcakes on April 9, 2022 at 12:59 said:
  
  Yep–Art Deco:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Life_Building
  
  And a sandwich almost ended it all…..
  
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  - Holly Lofgreen on April 9, 2022 at 15:19 said:
    
    It’s quite influential as a piece of architectural history. I love the fact that the apartment building in Ghostbusters was modeled after it.
    
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