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Spotted on the way around one of the myriad strip malls (different from “strip clubs“) sporting a “Recently Renovated” sign out front:

Renovations - overpainted sign — Renovations – overpainted sign

You just know what those signs said, right? Must not be important any more.

Around the corner, the painters couldn’t get to where they needed to go:

Renovations - paint underspray — Renovations – paint underspray

A Streetview image from seven years back tells the tale:

Renovations - Street View 2018 — Renovations – Street View 2018

So the most generous interpretation would be something like overspraying those signs was a mercy killing. I’m impressed they could get that much paint behind the UPS drop box!

Out front there’s another triumph of hope over experience:

Renovations - damaged pillar — Renovations – damaged pillar

If that pillar looks familiar, here’s what it looked like a little over two years ago:

Fake Stone Pillar - Impact Damage — Fake Stone Pillar – Impact Damage

Even in a recently renovated building, there’s never any money or motivation for repairs.

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Renovations Gone Awry