In the past few years I have taken up reselling as a way to make an income.
On a 2021 September morning I checked the local ads and saw a listing for an estate sale of a home that was soon to be demolished. Sounded interesting, I decided to go.
I had a conversation with the gentleman running the sale, due to my chronic goldfish brain, I cannot remember his name.
He told me that the demolition of his property was hours away.
We talked about the other homes on the street, which had all been abandoned at this point. He told me that they were built with granite foundations, which he suggested they were built around the same time at the Salt Lake Temple. Which dates them back to roughly around 1890. (I haven't verified this sorry for spreading fake news maybe)
A couple arrived and he invited us all to look around the property and make an offer on anything we found. I didn't find much, but I did come across a massive collection of pornography on VHS tapes, stored in 5 or 6 large moving boxes in the corner of a storage space.
I asked if he had any cameras, he pointed me to a milk crate of digital cameras that had been left out in the rain.
The subject of my photography came up, we chatted about it for a bit, my instinct kicked in and I asked if I could take some pictures, which he was happy to indulge.
He asked me to take his picture holding the street sign of the soon to be demolished neighborhood. I recall him saying something about it being for historical record.
I finished up with my photos, said goodbye, and drove out.
The homes were demolished shortly after. On Street View you can still see his RV as of June 2022. But looking at the aerial map reveals that the RV has been removed as well.
In their place I'm sure are going to be more luxury apartments that nobody can afford to rent, they will be built like shit and look ugly as hell.
As a general rule I try to not take photos of subject matter like this, my lizard brain kicked in and demanded that I did.
I hope he is doing okay.






