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Message of the Day – A Curtain

September 19, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Central High School, Curtain, Eletson Drive, Homecoming, Message of the Day, TP, Toilet Paper

Here is a curtain of toilet paper on Eletson Drive in Crystal Lake south of Berkshire is the location.  It’s Homecoming for Crystal Lake Central High School.

Want the full effect?

Here it is.

Message of the Day – A Curtain

August 31, 2009 By: Cal Skinner Category: Crystal Lake, Curtain, McHenry Avenue, Message of the Day, National Tea, Route 14

Today you see the old National Tea Store during demolition.

It was located at the Northeast corner of Route 14 and McHenry Avenue in Crystal Lake.

After National Tea retreated from the Chicago market, it was an Armanetti’s liquor store with some of the same clerks I bagged groceries for during high school.

In its final use it was a furniture store.

What caught my attention when I took this picture was the ceiling that turned into a curtain during the tear down. Click to enlarge the picture.

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