Car Wash

6 photos · 2021–2024

6 photographs tagged Car Wash, 2021–2024.

Evict The Police on building across from police station — Graffiti reading "George Floyd Evict The Police" is spray-painted on the garage door of the Cyclone Car Wash, located across from the Minneapolis Police Department's Fifth Precinct.

Park and Lake Car Wash in the rain — Park & Lake Car Wash in Minneapolis during a late fall rainfall.

Street vendor on Lake Street — A street vendor displays plush toys for sale on Lake Street in Minneapolis, with the prominent Park & Lake Car Wash signage visible in the background.

National Pride Car Wash facility illuminated at night on South Torrence Avenue in Chicago. — National Pride Car Wash operates a self-serve facility at 2637 S. Torrence Avenue on Chicago's Southeast Side, in the East Side neighborhood near the Indiana border. The address numbering places it along a stretch of Torrence Avenue that has long served the area's industrial and residential mix, historically tied to the nearby steel mills that once anchored the local economy.

The abandoned Nicollet Self Service Car Wash in Minneapolis is covered in graffiti and overgrown vegetation — The Nicollet Self Service Car Wash on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis has been abandoned for years. The structure, once a functional piece of urban infrastructure, now serves as a canvas for graffiti artists. Overgrown vegetation and puddles of water suggest a period of neglect and the encroachment of nature on the built environment.

Park & Lake Car Wash, a green and white building with neon signage, operates on Lake Street in Minneapolis. — Park & Lake Car Wash sits on Lake Street in Minneapolis, near its junction with Park Avenue. The business takes its name from that cross-street location, a common naming pattern for Twin Cities car washes.

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