I was at Grimsby's drive through banking machine yesterday. It faces towards Main Street. I was looking at the back of the tiny building beside the brand new bank building. It is the size of a shed, and is now a take-out pizza place. What got my attention is that the building is very interesting colours. The window trim is a deep ocean blue, and the walls look to me to be a pinky beige. I think it could be called a flesh colour. It seemed like an unusual combination. But then the building is a strange thing. If we go back in time, 24 Main Street East has been home to many things to be sold - coal products, an electrician's, real estate office and and insurance broker.
How different these two pictures seem. The first shows a characteristic building of the 1920s and beyond - probably in the 1950s given the air conditioner. The roof line and building seem balanced and in proportion, along with the window and door. The second picture? It shows roof signage that transforms the building into past-its-prime neglected shed with a patched on store front.
You can see the deep ocean blue trim. The back of the store has the pinky beige/flesh tone colour.
But that's not the real story at this spot on Main Street East. It is what will happen by 2026 in this location. Across the street will be 21 Main Street East where Unit 106 is offered for sale at $1,249,900.
We return to the scene of the sagging barn/shed. I thought I'd show you the story from all of its angles. The road view is what you see in the first two pictures. The surprise back is the third picture. Then we met the second urprise of the old car. Every old car has a story, so there's an abstract grunge photo to complete our trip around this old house.
Today is the last day we can declare "Until the end of August". Other than that there doesn't seem to be a lot of significance to the last day of August. It is tomorrow that has significance!
