About this Website. I have been passionate about commercial architecture and roadside related things all my life. I grew up in California but New York City has been my home since 1980. I started this website in 2000 simply as a way to organize my own photos. Since then, it has become a bit of an obsession and grown to well over 1,000 pages.
I take many roadtrips with my dogs each year to different parts of the country to gather more goodies for this website. You might also enjoy my flickr photostream which contains a sampling of what goes to this website. There's also my roadtrip blog with daily postings of things that don't make it to this website.
These webpages are intended to be photo-rich so many of them take awhile to load. If any of the pictures appear as a red "X", try hitting your refresh/reload button to correct the error. I go skimpy on descriptions when there are other websites that already cover the subjects well. Instead, I provide links so that you can easily find more info and photos. The official name of my website is "Roadside Architecture" with the domain name of "RoadsideArchitecture.com".
About the Photos. Sometimes I am stuck taking photos in poor light or weather conditions. However, I'd rather get something for now and reshoot again later. You never know how long these roadside treasures will be around. These photos also reflect the improvement in my cameras over the years.
If you are interested in knowing when the photos were taken, I began coding the images in 2005 (e.g., anything starting "agilitynut.com/06/10/..." was taken in October 2006). Many of my photos are larger than your screen and your computer will automatically reduce the size. To fix this, look for a floating magnifying glass icon or hover your mouse in the lower right hand corner and click on that icon to get the larger size.
My photos are copyrighted so you need to contact me before using them for anything. If you want to use the photos in a blog, that's fine as long as you include an obvious direct link back to the page you borrowed the image from.
Maintenance. Winters are usually devoted to reorganizing and doing research for this website and future travels. During the rest of the year, I'm busy adding new photos and updating descriptions. This sometimes means some pretty long and slow-loading pages by Fall. And, yes, I do have an unrelated full-time job.
Your Assistance Wanted! Since this is a one-woman effort, I really appreciate hearing about dead links, typos, inaccuracies, updates, and new info. I also really love hearing about new places, websites, etc. that I can add to my personal To-See list and/or lists of links throughout my website. If you send photos (please do!) and I use them at my site, I will definitely give you credit. I keep lists of things to see for the whole country and there are probably things that I need photos of near you. Just let me know and I'll send you a list.
