We’re back for a second look at Pawhuska, the town where Scorcese shot Killers of the Flower Moon. A lot of work was done to bring the town up - or rather back to its 1920s appearance, so the storefronts are rehabbed but bereft.

The Triangle Building.

Really:

Lucky is the town that has one of these.

A town platted out from scratch rarely has these. When old roads converge - old trails, old paths - you get these triangular lots, and landmarks arise.

It’s not particularly distinguished, but the details are nice.

Before the movie:

Remnants of a Woolworths, I believe.

Some before and afters.

After is better. I wonder how much of this was movie set-dressing, and how much was private. I suppose there’s a story about it. Seems like a lot of money was spent. Well, thanks, Marty!

In a way it’s cool, and in another way it leaves the place feeling like a Disney attraction.

Eh. The Commercial style could be underwhelming, and this just look confused and needlessly ambitious.

Stolid, but perfect. Clean and trim.

Hanging on to a scrap of its bygone neighbor.

I swear I see a suspended ceiling on the second floor. Which wouldn’t surprise, but yecch.

AF & AM: you know that has to be a Fraternal org. Googling . . .

But of course:

AF and AM are for Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. F and AM are for Free and Accepted Masons. In the United States and most parts of the world, it does not matter if you join an F & AM lodge or an AF & AM lodge. Every lodge in the United States is under a Grand Lodge in the state where it is located.

Okay then

I don’t think they had smoked copper windows in the Scorcese movie period.

The building says “Car Dealership” to me, but perhaps I’m influenced by the brick designs that suggest a Chevy logo.

Hmmm

Interesting building, if only for the decoration. There’s something exotic about it, and I can’t quite place the reason.

That’s one way to make it difficult for people to petition their government:

We close with the ugliest movie theater in town, and possibly the state.

Wik:

Constantine Theater in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is the second oldest performing arts center in Oklahoma. The Constantine Theater was built in 1914 and touted as the "Finest Opera House in the Southwest"

I assume it looked different when it opened.