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Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
How Vivian Maier Was Discovered Before I ever knew her name, I saw a short YouTube video showing a handful of haunting black-and-white street photos. They were striking, strange, and full of life. That rabbit hole led me to Finding Vivian Maier, a documentary that not only introduced me to her incredible body of work,
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Neon Ghost on the Forgotten 66 – Nite Spot Café, Fairmont City, IL
A Hidden Café in My Own Backyard I’ve lived in St. Louis my whole life, just across the river from Fairmont City, Illinois. Somehow, I never knew this café was here. The Nite Spot Café was exactly the kind of old roadside gem I’d happily drive hours to find. Yet it had been hiding in
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- Welcome to RetroHWY!
- American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)
- The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois
- The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol
- Lesterville, Missouri General Store, More Than a Dot on the Map
- Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis
- Route 66’s Soulsby Shell Station: Still Standing in Mount Olive, IL
- Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley
- Neon Ghost on the Forgotten 66 – Nite Spot Café, Fairmont City, IL
- Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
