Strolling around downtown Pine Bluff after voting on March 3, I took some photos with my phone, a cheap ($15 per month T-Mobile) flip phone that's not great at taking pictures, since a lot of times in full daylight I can't even see an image on the little screen, and sometimes the image is blurred. A few photos turned out all right yesterday.
In the foreground are my 2008 GMC Canyon truck and the decorated former bus stop bench area next to the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center at 8th and Main. In the background, starting on the right are the Pine Bluff library, the Chamber of Commerce building (where the Malco Theater once was), a glass wall covering the south side of an old brick building that once housed the Henry Marx Men's Store at 6th and Main, the as yet unrestored Hotel Pines (built in 1913), and close up on the left side the Arts and Science Center's satellite buildings (restored old brick buildings) housing, among other things, the Art Space on Main. An upper corner of the 11-story Simmons Bank Building (still the headquarters of the bank) can be seen farther back.
This is the old S. H. Kress building, what's left of it, still standing I'm glad to say, at 4th and Main, where the 4th Avenue railroad tracks are. Other buildings in this area are in decent shape and are usable. Indeed, just across the railroad tracks is the still being remodeled Baim Department Store building which will soon house the new location of Pop's Barbershop, currently at 3rd and Main.
(more photos to be posted soon)
