Sears Building at Friendly Center for Skywatch Friday

The Sears Building in Friendly Center is seen here from the side with the cloudless, cobalt blue sky above to celebrate SKYWATCH Friday. 

Sears has been a Greensboro business since just about everyone can remember. We met one woman who had retired from the local Sears after 42 years of employment! Anyone over fifty years of age will likely remember waiting in line to pick up their catalog order just in time for Christmas. People waited in line respectfully and often chatted to each other until it was their turn to be waited on.

We at Greensboro Daily Photo are nostalgia shoppers and love going to Sears. We took a picture of the less-visited side of the building to showcase the sky while the trees are without leaves. You can see that these trees are quite mature. Greensboro is known for its greenery-- even in our shopping centers! We'll try to remember to take this same picture for a Skywatch Friday in spring or summer with leaves on the trees. 

               

Comments

[angela]

This is a lovely contrast between the building, the sky and the trees. Thanks too for the informative text..

FYI: I couldn't access your blog from the comment you left on my blog. It may just be Blogger but it's worth checking..

[Linnea]

Those trees are magnificent against the blue skies! Great shot...

[cieldequimper]

What a wonderful Friday shot! So if I understand correctly, this is a shopping mall?

[Greensboro Daily Photo]

Yes, cieldequimper, this is the BACK side of a shopping mall.

[Jane Mitchell]

This appears to be the Sears Building at Friendly Shopping Center. It so, it is a separate building in the Center rather than part of a mall. This provides quite a different shopping experience. JTM

[Jew Wishes]

What a vibrant sky, and the architecture contrasts against it so nicely. Lovely photo.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

[Valkyrien]

Beautiful shot! Love the contrasts, the trees in front of that blue, blue sky!

[David T]

Technically, I guess Friendly Center is an outdoor shopping center. It definitely is not an indoor mall. Here are two other posts we have done from Friendly Center.

http://www.greensborodailyphoto.com/2009/01/macys-and-friendly-center.html

http://www.greensborodailyphoto.com/2009/02/apple-computer-store-in-friendly-center.html

Thanks to all our visitors from Skywatch Friday. Today was the first posting we've entered on that site. For those of you that haven't been there, here's the link.

http://skyley.blogspot.com/

[Brit' Gal Sarah]

I love the dominance that you gave to the tree's in this shot

[Kilauea Poetry]

What a shot..yes, the cobalt blue skies with the trees-

[Jim]

Your photos bring back memories, my wife is originally from Greensboro, I'm from Roanoke. Love to see the snow and familiar places. Thanks

[Connie]

The sky is so blue against the line of trees. Nice picture.

[Tanya]

Yay, I can finally visit you! I've tried for a few days and it kept saying "private"?...The Sears catalogs take me back to my grandparents house and laying on the living room floor going through them, picking everything I like best from page to page. I remember growing up, our Sears had a great candy shop inside!

Great photo with a story for skywatch :)

[Bohol Today]

This is a magnificent blue sky. Thanks for your visits. I'm glad I found you here on CDP. I've not been able to access your site through my blogsite. Dunno, who's at fault here. Maybe it's worth checking out.

Thanks and Happy Blogging. Nice page here.

[Guy D]

I love the blue skies, great shot over the Sears building.

Cheers!
Guy
Regina In Pictures

[Tuscaloosa Daily Photo]

Lovely skywatch! I love the vintage ads as well!

[Carver]

That's a beautiful shot of the sky, trees and Sears store. I've been going to the Raleigh Sears for as long as I can remember.