Many, many years ago I was in my hometown to visit my parents and drove the familiar route through the parking lot to get to their neighborhood. We cut through this parking lot all the time, behind the Saratoga Lanes Bowling Alley.
Back then, the camera I always had with me was my Canon Elph APS - the smallest camera I could find back then, which was still pre-digital. It took APS or cartridge film, smaller than a standard 35mm roll. Like I always have my G9 or a camera phone with me now, back then I was never without my Elph.
On this day, as I cut through the parking lot for the thousandth time I saw the fences going up around the bowling alley - it was soon to be torn down to make room for - you guessed it - condos. I got out of the car & shot this through the fence.
It might be one of the last photographs ever made of an old neighborhood landmark we all still remember. Many of my friends have vivid memories of hanging out there. For the record, the condos are gawd-awful ugly.
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