Not too many things left that are as mechanical as a shoe repair shop...

Luxuriant foliage while waiting to pick up a pair of eyeglasses...

Renovations often look worse for a long time before they start to look better...

Don't know why these were hanging up, and my bad for not asking. But they sure introduced a sober note as the tumblers tumbled and the agitators agitated and the people folded their laundry...

Well, yes, I was...

The front of this shoe repairman's shop was blocked off for reconstruction of the building's facade, so all customers were directed to the back...

Village Laundry in Upper Montclair has some serious hangups.

Who says a laundromat can't venture into the deep waters of interior decoration?

The entrance to Village Laundry in Upper Montclair, seen from within, begins Plain Sight's six-part series on two very different sudsing spots.

It was a rush to the bottom as two leaders met behind the Saunders Hardware Store in Upper Montclair.

An auto repair shop takes on a Raymond Chandler aura under glancing headlights.