Actually it's Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, KS. It's still a fully active mall but this was right as it was closing for the day last weekend while a friend and I were leaving the arcade.

I wound up putting another comment down below, I spoke to a friend of mine that also grew up there and whose parents still live there and have for quite a while, turns out it's a running joke from the property owners, idl what type of tp they're using or if there's some other roll of paper that looks like tp they put on but you're mostly correct, the original building burnt down a long time ago but the roll holder was left, so the property owners where putting on regular tp rolls as a joke, and have been doing it for about 30 years now, I assume they're using some kind of rolled wax paper now considering the condition it looks to be in so it doesn't degrade as fast but yeah, turned out to be just a running joke the owners do.

For those wondering, I just spoke to a good friend who also grew up in the same town and mentioned the traction this post got and he clarified that the roll is actually real, the holder is leftover from when the previous building burnt down decades ago but the property owners replace the roll on it every few years when it inevitibly decays and have been doing so for about 3 generations, hence why it was there when we were kids and still is now, it's just sort of a running joke/"urban legend" for the town.

I can confirm that other than the contrast and saturation being tweaked slightly because I can't stand when the color temp feels off in my photos, it's completely unedited, it's up there, and has been since I moved to that town when I was about 6, idk if it helps as proof but here it is on google streetview lol

The odd thing about it, the building it's on is currently a financial investment broker, there's a small mural lower down at ground level on the wall with various 1800s politicians, and that roll has been there since I was a kid and has been there about 22 years at least, up until the investment broker moved in a few years ago, the building was abandoned, it was owned by a real estate mogul who owned most of the buildings on the square but moved several states away decades ago and left the properties to rot, he died a while back and his children sold the properties off so things started opening and the roll is just... still there lol I have no clue if it's art, if it's a joke, or if it's real and decades of the elements just petrified it or something, the rumor around town when I was in elementary school was the building previously in that spot (there's a parking lot below frame now) burned down but the toilet paper roll survived and will be there until the end of time.

That's entirely fair! The stop sign and street definitely adds to the liminality in that one.

I'd argue they can be if they seem a bit more surreal or dream-like, one of the more popular liminal space images that I know of is a landscape but I also understand the argument against it.

It should probably also be noted that the impetus for the accusation is a misquote of him in a video where he said he approves of common sense gun control legislation to ensure that "The weapons of war which I carried, in war is the only place they will be" he did say it a little fast so the publications quoting him dropped the very necessary comma in that sentence and claimed he was saying he carried them during a war, neglecting the fact that with the comma, it makes sense grammatically, and without the comma it doesn't at all, which is a mistake I doubt a teacher would make, even if they were a social studies teacher and not an english one.

Ah thank you! I tried finding the correct term for them and was kind of stuck between Arcus, Volutus, and Morning Glory clouds but all the images associated with them didn't line up quiiite right, so looks like I went with the wrong name lol

Thanks! Wish I could remember exactly where but it was taken while I was on the road with some friends last year, based on its position in the camera roll most likely along Highway 287 south of Ennis, MT.

Yeah sure thing!

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I appreciate it! They're definitely some of my favorites as well, especially my dead mall shots.

Thanks! I started out doing liminal space photography mainly, I've since branched out but I've tried to bring over the general feel from my earlier work into my newer photos as well.

I'm not quite sure, I do know that it's in the area around here so it very well could be.

It's actually a set of a cabins in a reeeaally small town in western Missouri

Uhhhhhhhhhh what? Lol

Indeed

I'm in complete agreement, I honestly really like the look of industrial buildings, urban decay, etc. I do a lot of nature and landscape photography but what got me started in the first place was Liminal Space and abandoned or worn down buildings. Just kind of reminds me of driving around the more run down parts of the city with my dad when I was younger. I have a picture I'm particularly fond of that I need to dig around for, of some vines and red leaves growing down over the open door of an abandoned garage that I need to upload.

Man I love that song, their first album doesn't really get enough love compared to Good News or Lonesome Crowded West

My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy for liking brutalist architecture and long stretches of open highway, but I can't help it, the concrete look and utilitarian designs just scratch an itch in my brain lol

Aha, being subscribed to my state's conservation magazine does come in handy lol

I believe it's actually Bush Honeysuckle but I'm not entirely certain.

Hey not bad! I love low angled shots like that.

Ahh okay that makes a little more sense, glad it worked!

Thanks! I'm not sure if the image may be getting compressed by lemmy upon upload but this one should be 23 Megapixels, unfortunately I don't have a higher res version since 24MP is the max resolution of the camera I used.

They did indeed have a windowed elevator so I had to stay on the side close to the balconies, I'm actually really afraid of heights myself, if I look down from too high at close enough of an angle I get really bad vertigo, I have since I was a little kid when my grandpa took me to the roof of an animal feed plant he managed and I looked over the edge with him (I am very very midwestern), honestly, focusing on the viewfinder or screen of a camera really helps with it, sorta turns the depths in a "2D" field that I can deal with much easier, part of why I love photography as an art form.

No problem! Thanks I appreciate it!

I think it may have been a breastfeeding area, it was in the family bathroom of a mall that's slated for demo in the next few months

It's in the back of the arcade at a pizza place I used to have my birthday parties at as a kid, can confirm there were lol

I've had a few people say it looks like a render before and I totally agree. It is touched up in lightroom a bit but not much, just straightened a little as it was slightly off center before and it drove me insane to look at lol I had to smooth a little bit of image noise out too since it was such a high ISO photo as they had all the lights down low late at night. Other than that it's pretty untouched, I don't like to edit photos too much when going for a liminal shot.

Hey thanks! I was wondering if I'd actually posted a bit too much today lol I've got plenty more so don't worry they'll keep coming! Your username's pretty sick too ngl 🤙

Huh that's cool! Most ones I've stayed at in the past have unfortunately been kinda... sterile? Looking, it was really cool staying at this one, I got a few film photos as well but this was easily the best I got on that trip.

I'm not actually entirely sure what it was but I wouldn't be surprised if it used to be a B&B or AMC theater as it was in Joplin, MO

It's actually the University Plaza Hotel in Springfield, MO. Most surreal looking hotel I've ever stayed at lol

Even I didn't notice it until I read this and now my disappointment in my own work is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Thanks! Bebop's one of my favorite shows, and I love the jazz aesthetic so that's a huge compliment, I appreciate it!

Actually this was taken pretty late at the University Plaza Hotel in Springfield, MO. It looks a bit less liminal and backroomy during the day but with the lights lowered and no one around it looks really cool, this was around 11pm or so I think.

Not at the moment, or if I do the account is so old I don't remember it lol

Oh wow, thanks! I'm glad you like the photo, It's actually my home screen at the moment as well! Lol