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Caitlin Brooking's avatar

Boy howdy I love learning a new word: palimpsest <3

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David's avatar

That’s the key to all of it! Western Hills has been rebuilt and reconfigured so many times — the sign itself looks like it’s being scraped away. The Alabama’s sign is a fresh glyph placed on what literally looks like a stone tablet; the letters on the Nick’s sign change day to day, and the whole place is covered with stickers and staples from fliers long gone.

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