Here are a few more shots of the barn from the "Wide Open Sky" shoot. I'm fairly certain that inside the barn is where they would dry out the tobacco leaves, although his farm could have supported livestock or alfalfa or anything else for that matter. How the hell would I know. I have no idea how long the place has been abandoned, but it's years, at least. I'm surprised it's still there and not razed in the service of building yet another insipid neighborhood. Most likely only a matter of time.
My version of how the farm met its end changes each time I pass by. One version involves the shitwad great grandson of an honest farmer who sells out to a shifty real estate developer, hoping to make a buck instead of somehow finding a way to preserve his family's legacy. I hope the real story is more interesting and more noble than that. But probably not. Still, the farm remains, fighting for it's place in the world. So there's that.
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