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Prada
Marfa Missing?
On July 17th, Cathy
Pittard answered the question of the "missing" Prada
Marfa by writing: "Regarding the last question in the
forum (January 2007): Prada Marfa
is still there - it's just located on the other side of town. Head
out of Valentine
toward Van Horn,
and it will be on your left in a mile or so. Glass and merchandise
intact, but looks like the exterminator visited the store recently."
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Courtesy Cathy Pittard, 2007 |
More Prada
Marfa Update
Well, Prada
isn't exactly alive but it/he/she is well. Just like the day it 'opened.'
I wonder if that is the original plate glass. Other than a little
repaired graffiti on one wall, it looks 'normal.' - Barclay
Gibson, June, 2007 |
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courtesy Barclay Gibson, June 2007 |
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courtesy Barclay Gibson, June 2007 |
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courtesy Barclay Gibson, June 2007 |
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courtesy Barclay Gibson, June 2007 |
Prada
Marfa Missing?
Dear TE, Is Prada Marfa even still there? I work in Big Bend National
Park and made a special trip out on Hwy 90 all the way from Marfa
to Valentine to shoot it, and could not find it anywhere. (I did
see the blimp base, however.) Is it right by the side of the road,
or is it off aways? Please advise.
By the way, I'm a former free-lance photographer from Dallas and
have accumulated a storehouse of West Texas images, and am still
at it. While visiting your wonderful site, I noticed there are more
than a few towns in your Texas Towns A-Z that don't have any images
at all, some of which I have. Just let me know if you would you
like me to send you some - Sincerely, Doug Duncan, January 09, 2007
Prada
Marfa and the "Lost Blimp" of Valentine
[Dear TE], I have had two wierd encounters on highway 90 from Marfa
to Van Horn that caused me to stop, then laugh.
My first encounter was when I was driving Hwy 90 for the first time
last December and I noticed the border patrol blimp from the back-end.
It looked like a propeller floating in mid-air - attached to nothing.
The road was so flat and had such little traffic that I was able
to watch it and drive at the same time using my peripheral vision.
At one point I actually got out of the car to study it and try to
figure out what it was. It was not until I got [directly] under
it that I could see the entire thing. Then I wondered all the way
to Van Horn who had lost their blimp. I imagined the Texas winds
placing [it] out in the middle of nowwhere. Someone in Van Horn
clued me in [as to the blimp's function and ownership].
This week I was making the same journey and noticed a small building
out in the middle of nowwhere that said something about Marfa. I
had an appointment and couldn't stop at that time. I had evidentally
driven past it the time before but hadn't noticed it as my eyes
were directed up at the blimp. On the way back I had more time so
when I passed by the building again - I turned around to see what
it was. Boy was I surprised! It almost makes you think you might
be on Candid Camera. I think [someone] should film the people that
stop to see it. Both incidents made me chuckle and were welcome
distractions on that lonely drive. I hope there is more to come.
Thanks for the entertainment! - Tammie Riley, Van Horn, Texas, September
08, 2006
Subject:
Prada Marfa
As me and my mom were on our way to Eagle
Pass we passed the shoestore [Prada Marfa] and we were not sure
if it was what we had seen. We wanted to make a U-turn and see if
it was really there. Well, on our way back it was there. We stopped
and took pictures of it. To us it was a store in the middle of nowhere,
but [we] enjoyed it as well. I told my brother about it and he doesn't
belive it's really there. - Marisa Flores, May 11, 2006
Subject:
MARFA STORE
YOUR STORE FRONT GOT OUR ATTENTION THIS LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AS WE
HEADED INTO MARFA TO SEE THE LIGHTS...WE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD AND TOOK A PICTURE OF YOUR PRADA SHOE STORE..AND THOUGHT
WE SAW ALIENS WEARING YOUR SHOES INSIDE ONE SMALL ALIEN FIGURE LOOKED
TO BE CARRING A PRADA HANDBAG...WHEN I CHECKED MY CAMERA LATER TO
VIEW THOSE PICTURES THEY WERE GONE EXCEPT FOR THE ONE PICTURE OF
THE ENTIRE STORE FROM THE HIGHWAY..YOUR PRODUCTS ARE NOW KNOWN THRU
OUT THE GALAXY....WE LOVED THE STORE AND WONDERED WHERE THE GAS
STATION WENT MAYBE NEXT TRIP WE'LL SHOP YOUR STORE DURING REGULAR
BUSINESS HOURS....THANK YOU THE KLOCK FAMILY FROM FARMINGTON NM,
January 08, 2006
Subject:
Prada Marfa
WE WANT SUCH A SCULPTURE HERE IN OUDTSHOORN - IN THE SEMI DESERT
VALLEY OF THE SWARTBERG MOUNTAINS!!!! - Sunny regards, Petra, Oudtshoorn,
South Africa, December 13, 2005
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