Interesting building on Shorpy

[Ray Dunakin]

I saw this unusual store/post office on Shorpy:

https://www.shorpy.com/node/26907?size=_original#caption

Looks like they wanted to add a second story but didn't want to remove the roof of the main structure, so they built it over the porch. But I wonder about access -- where did they put the stairs??

[finescalerr]

Inside. -- Russ

[SandiaPaul]

In about 1974 or so I was at a party in Soho NYC. I was dragged there by my older brother and was a shy kid and intimidated by all the older people. The party was at a loft of a photographer, a kind of famous one as it happens, Mary Ellen Mark. I picked up a book on a table of photos by Walker Evens and was hooked immediately and have been a fan ever since. So this photo was very familiar to me. I always wondered what use that little space was on the second level. After your post I did some digging and found this about the building:
http://www.marvhamm.com/my_family_page2.html

[Barney]

Inspiration at its Highest - Just love the Brickwork on the base and a nice bit of concrete holding up the fuel pump !
Barney

[Krusty]

Walker Evans is God.
I've never got over reading American Photographs as an impressionable yoof. The 1971 MOMA book Walker Evans Photographs sits on the bookshelf alongside my computer....

[WP Rayner]

Walker Evans is God.
I've never got over reading American Photographs as an impressionable yoof. The 1971 MOMA book Walker Evans Photographs sits on the bookshelf alongside my computer....

Agreed... absolutely. I worked at the International Museum of Photography in the late 70s and early 80s, and had the pleasure of examining his prints first-hand. His work had a profound impact on my approach to photography.

[Stuart]

A model of this would be a lovely addition to your In-ko-pah railroad!

[nk]

What a great photo. Thanks for posting Ray. And I am glad to see some Walker Evans fans here.

[Mobilgas]

Ray, I like the Coke sign and the Fry Gas Pump in the photo