What Do You Think You're Looking At? #25

An illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings

Today we’re in suburban Richmond, Virginia. This time, the structure itself is new, replacing the old one on the site, which you can guess from the sign. The sign was still standing as recently as August, and may still be.

The new structure is a car wash, replacing a long-running pancake house. There are a couple of interesting things here. One is that t…