Gone Elsewhere?

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and Greensboro is about as crowded as the front window of ELSEWHERE. Many people have gone to the beach or to the mountains. For sure, lots of our residents are are ELSEWHERE. North Carolina is lucky to have landforms ranging from the beach to the mountains and this weekend represents the kick-off for summer. Students are in school for a couple of more weeks; however, mentally, summer begins for us with this holiday. People who do stay in town, likely, will head to their community pool.

ELSEWHERE, photographed above, is "a living museum designing collaborative futures from old things." Basically, it is the remnants of a thrift shop where nothing has been for sale since proprietor Sylvia Gray died. Her grandson has transformed the space into a living, working museum in the 600 block of South Elm Street, across from the Mellow Mushroom. We love the dynamic nature of the storefront that changes almost weekly. If you read this before 2pm, you might want to stop by their Saturday creative workshop for children of all ages.

We're sharing this with our friends at Weekend Reflections where all the photos have some sort of reflection.

Comments

[Dina]

Elsewhere looks like an interesting place.

Your observations on Memorial Day remind me of an old cartoon about vacationing: one sign points to "Away from it all" and to the opposite direction a second sign points to "It all."

Have a good weekend, wherever you go.

[Ken]

That's a great concept. It's cool, promotes artists and their work, educational and fun for the local kids, ... all good things. Hats off to the grandson. Thanks for this very interesting post.

Bon weekend !
Have a good Memorial Day weekend !

[Jacob]

Good for Sylvia's grandson. It's a terrific idea because thrift shops are often filled with blasts from the past(s)...antique stores, too. That's why I avoid antique stores. Everything I see in one was popular and in use when I was growing up. Bah! Nah, truthfully, I like thrift/antique stores.

[magiceye]

this is so cool!!

thank you for your visit and comment on my travel blog!!