Not all of Lubbock's downtown is a wreck. Here is some preserved old signage, and a funky wall. And I must admit that the local economy is doing very well. It's just that Lubbock is growing to the South and Southwest, and other parts of town are simply left behind.
No, Joyland is not what you think. It is an amusement area in McKenzie Park. My wife and I took some pics and I'm posting them here, in my efforts to "document" Lubbock, Texas. I'm foolish enough to continue this effort even though I realize that I live in a police state, that we are all potentially subjects of searches and seizures of property with no warrant, or even confinement for indefinite periods with no hope of speedy trial or legal representation. Even though I am contending that the Constitution of the United States has been reduced to the status of mere toilet paper, I am not ranting. I am merely stating facts. At any rate, here are the pics! JOYLAND! Have fun while you can!
We decided last Saturday to get even more pics! I will show them all to you in the future, but I processed some of them and got some rather moody black and white "artsy" effects. I post them here without further comment:
This is still stuff from when my wife and I got out to photograph odd stuff downtown. That was two weeks ago! Well, I'm going to post the rest of that. After leaving downtown's mysteries and vacant buildings and deteriorated roads and curbs, we drove East and found an illegal dump just off Ash Avenue:
And then we took a road to Aztlan Park or Aztlan Area in the Guadalupe Neighborhood and saw some much nicer things. Guadalupe Neighborhood is kind of off the beaten path for most, but I'd rather live there than in Tech Terrace. But here is some of what we saw in the Aztlan Area (or park):
Now, this might not look like much to you, but here in Lubbock anything that is not dirt or concrete is considered to be "scenery". Note the water! WATER!!!
We left the mystery zone and found what used to be a skating rink!
Of course, it was in disuse, long abandoned and boarded up. The eaves were interesting, however. Probably a lot of old lead paint:
And in the streets, more evidence of urban decay:
The theme of downtown Lubbock seems to be: Yes, we have no BIZZWAX, and of BIZZWAX we have none!
