Autumn Drive

where love goes to die

⚜ Victorian month on @mynocturnality

Gerry Pocha

farmer boy diner.  schenectady, new york. 2016

GE Administration Building, Schenectady, New York

State and Jay Streets in Schenectady, New York, circa 1958.  Photo from the collection of Al Ponte.

Mike’s Hot Dogs, Schenectady, New York, its neon looking pretty nice at dusk, July 21, 2017.  We were on our way home from Ballston Spa, having just adopted a dog from Mountain Rottie Rescue of NY.  In the excitement of the “meet & greet” involving our own two excited Rotts, we had neglected to eat.  This place was like an answer to prayer.  I asked for whatever the specialty of the house was, frankfurter-wise.  It turned out to be a couple of dogs with Mike’s signature meat sauce–quite good.

Postcard view of Union Station in Albany, New York, circa 1910.  The building survives, repurposed as an office building.  Image from an ebay listing.

The Grand Union Motel closed in recent years and is now called the South Broadway Inn and Spa. The motel still looks exactly the same. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Mist

Takato Yamamoto - Death is my lover