C&T Publications Eye on Fine Art Photography - August 2014 | Page 38

Many times I come upon scenes that have a 1970's feel to them like the local bowling alley with classic cars from that era parked
outside. Richfield High School with its football stadium seemingly straight out of the movie "Grease." Homes - simple but with
immaculate gardens and lawns. Obviously much treasured and adored.

1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe outside Lariat Lanes Bowling Alley © Amanda Stadther.

Some residents, like my husband, were born and raised here. His father, a butcher, had a store which is now part of a strip mall, its
new occupants, a cable television company and pizza joint. A Hispanic Day Care in a building which had been a gas station and a
bakery in its previous lives.
For some residents of Richfield change is not coming easily. A local private Catholic school must sell off some valuable land
adjacent to a Dairy Queen and Best Buy outlet. They say it is the only way they can pay off a $9 million deb