I didn’t go in or venture further than this shot here but I love how in historic St. Charles, Missouri they have converted old (and some historical) buildings into modern shops and restaurants. When you enter these places you can see some of the original bits like exposed brick and wooden flooring and really narrow steps. Now where these bikes outside because someone had ridden them here or were they there for decorative purposes or something else? I have no idea!
Images by T.Dashfield Photography 
I think old buildings have such a great look and nobobdy is going to build them the same way again. It is great to see them repurposed like this. Nice bikes. They look ride-able.
Smiling at your assessment of the bikes 🙂 And if your rolled down the street from this cafe and across the railroad tracks I believe you’d be on the Katy Trail.
Love old buildings! I had friends who lived in a refurbished warehouse. The brick walls, the open ceilings and the personality of the place… made you want to just hug it! Nice picture!
Thanks and you are so right!
It’s always good to hear of a town that renovates old buildings and doesn’t bulldoze them in favor of another glass & steel structure or, worse yet, a strip mall. The old buildings have character that their replacements never will.
Durn tootin!
The composition is brilliant! In the Netherlands, any unlocked bikes are in danger of being stolen 😀 (my bike was stolen twice and they were locked!!)
That is terrible! I wondered about them being just out there like that. Maybe there was a secret lock or something 🙂
I do hope so 😀
And there were one or two more behind me in this shot too! They must have a system or they like “giving” away bikes 😉