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The Deleted Scenes

What Do You Think You're Looking At? #6

A fun illustrated series on the unexpected lives of commercial buildings

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Addison Del Mastro
May 12, 2021
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Today’s entry comes from Fairfax, Virginia, within the limits of the actual city of Fairfax. There’s a small historic downtown, but most of the “city” is laid out along a five or so mile stretch of U.S. 50, about 20 miles from Washington, D.C.

Here it is.

Car dealer. How could you guess what it used to be, other than maybe another car dealer? Well, there…

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