Earl Moore Photography
Corner Windows, In and Out

Many of the downtown buildings in Salisbury, NC, are multi-storied, with shops/stores on the ground floor and as far as I can tell the upper floors being used either for storage or empty. In the above photo of one of the corner stores you can clearly see there is nothing blocking aligning windows.

Earl Moore Photography
Shops and Stores

Part of the reason for this under utilization of the top floors might that in many of these buildings access to the upper floors is from inside the first floor making it hard or impossible to multipurpose each floor. However, I’m not sure how much access there is from behind these buildings — something for me to check out on my next morning walk about.


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Steve Skinner
12 years ago

Earl, your images of your city have a peaceful feeling about them.

In our city, we have many similar buildings with the upper floors vacant. In the past, many of these empty offices were occupied by doctors and dentists. Now the majority of these professionals are cluster in a large complex adjacent to the hospital.

Paul
12 years ago

I like “small town USA”. When I walk through, or view photos, I just think back to the early days and what it must have been like before Walmart and mega malls! I can understand why some small communities want to keep such giant corporations out and keep the small town feel.

Monte Stevens
12 years ago

I also like the small town feel and its history. One of my first thoughts is finding one of the those upper rooms would make a great studio. Get some of Pauls backdrops and hang up your sign. It reminds me so much of Westerville, Ohio where I lived for a couple years

NR | ExPlanet
12 years ago

Nice little town you live in Earl. Reminds me of my hometown of Fredericksburg, I live in the Old historic portion of Fredericksburg and most of places were built in the 17-1800s! If the shop has an apartment above, it has access through back of the building, generally speaking through a fire exit or something similar.

Ken Bello
12 years ago

In some of the small towns in our area buildings like this had housing on the upper floors and we can still see that on some. I could see how this would be a great convenience to people who relied on public transportation. These buildings look well cared for, a promise for another generation. The shot, by the way, are really nice.

Journey Photographic
12 years ago

It’s amazing how similar these photos feel to small-town Australia, even though the architectural style is quite different. I can’t believe all those upper storeys are empty… I second Monte and say they would make a great studio – and if they aren’t being used perhaps the rent will be cheap :)