Shop Shopping

It’s always been a fascination of mine, shop fronts. Today I wandered around the downtown area of Hamburg, Pennsylvania looking at store fronts for a dream of mine. Here you’ll see many of the ones I would consider for a business. Thanks to Ellie at Mint for the inspiring post yesterday.

#1 – This building would be my number one pick, mostly because of it’s size and it’s potential. Named after it’s owners Jacob & Anna, the Balthaser building would be perfect for a collective of creatives.

#2 – Next would be this lovely building on Fourth Street which is in a much more active area and has a beautiful facade, don’t you think?

#3 – This one I love strictly for it’s windows. My husband tells me it was a bakery not too long ago and I think it would be a great space but it’s much further away from the most active parts of the town. I’m not sure if that would be a good thing or a bad thing. But boy do I love those circular windows. Ooh! Oh, and I forgot – although you can barely see the garage doors to the left, it would be great to be able to let those open on fair weather days to let wanderers enter or maybe even for an exhibition space.

#4- This building is right in the middle of the action, next to a completely restored Strand theater and has the space and window front but it’s just not as appealing to me as the others.

#5 – And lastly, this building is closer to the entrance of the town, has the size and window fronts – but again – is not appealing to me as the others.

Some additional pictures from around town, some are close-ups of the buildings that I long for. As you can see this town has lots of potential, it’s just 15 minutes from Allentown, 2 hours from New York, 1-1/2 hours from New Jersey and 1-1/2 hours from Philadelphia.