Place Holders

Torrington, Connecticut

This is along the frontage of a building that is being gutted and refurbished. Signs in the windows say it will be up and going as a new incarnation this spring or summer, which I doubt. Meanwhile, I would guess they're holding a place for a very large dumpster to be delivered, even though this was seen on a Saturday afternoon.

FLIPPER TRIO

Torrington, Connecticut

The name is a little strange because the place is most definitely not in the middle of "towne"—which is about half a mile away from this mainly residential neighborhood. Well, residential and the giant electric/gas utility complex.

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Torrington, Connecticut

Winter in a small Connecticut city is less about pretty white powdery snow and more about slippery sidewalks and piled up salted sand that rots out cars and trucks long before they succumb to drivetrain failure.

Yellow Bike Rack

Waterbury, Connecticut

At the bus station.

Oversized

Waterbury, Connecticut

Somehow I find it hard to believe that this rig is truly stable and roadworthy. But then, this state doesn't have regular safety/road-fitness vehicle inspections, only emission standards tests. Of course if there were regular safety inspections I expect the owner would simply take the truck in without its outsized accessory.

Ironic side point—the state does insist on inspecting cars brought in from another state. So the ludicrous situation was that all those decades ago, when we'd been living in Pennsylvania for a while, where all cars and trucks had to be inspected every six months, we had to have our cars inspected by the state police to register them, even though cars in-state are never inspected. Bureaucracy reasons in strange ways.

Decorative Plant

Waterbury, Connecticut

Outside the main post office building.

Under I-84

Waterbury, Connecticut

When Interstate 84 was built it cut right through the center of town, elevated high above the city streets. There are lots of concrete walls and structures supporting the elevated highway, and they see lots of action from taggers.

Proud Retiree

Torrington, Connecticut

Double Salute

Torrington, Connecticut

This is a floor coverings dealership, and the pickup's back window repeats the mural theme.

NOTICE

Waterbury, Connecticut

Near the courthouse, an older municipal building.