Welcome to Thursday Doors! This is a weekly challenge for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post in the comments below, anytime between 12:01 am Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time). If you like, you can add our badge to your post.

As I mentioned last week, I collected quite a few doors from deep in the archives. Some of these were taken more than twenty years ago.

Note: I will be away for a large portion of the day. I like to visit every shared post, but I may be late getting to some.

I had planned to write more about these doors, but I have been on the road for a short trip, so I’ll let the captions do the work today.

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Bridge to Nowhere

104 responses to “More From the Archive”

  1. I have been going through my folders too.
    I like the barn best. Good job on the box Dan :)

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    1. Thanks. I love bans.

      You found some good ones today.

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      1. thanks Dan. I found quite a number as I was looking around. It also gave me an idea for a future Thursday Door as well 🤫🤐

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  2. Hi Dan, I took your advice and I’m participating this week with just one door. Actually half a door. I hope it qualifies.
    These are some precious finds in of your archive. ‘The small door in the wall made out of another door’ is an interesting description. I like old and weathered. So, the door to the nursery where your wife buys her plants, is an easy favourite.
    And finally, here’s my post for the week.

    Dhaka Diaries: Thursday Doors-the Gate to Art, culture and Spring

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    1. I am glad you joined us again, Smitha. I enjoy seeing your photography and reading about the places you visit. It’s easy to slide in here with a door and then share beautiful photos. Especially spring colors when we still don’t have any.

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      1. Thank you,Dan, for letting me know you enjoy seeing my posts. No wonder I love participating here; you are an amazingly encouraging host. I’m glad I could share spring from this side of the world with you’ll.
        Have a wonderful weekend!

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        1. I hope you have a great weekend, too.

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  3. […] it for today’s episode of Thursday Doors, hosted by Father Dan. Have pictures of doors? You’re welcome to join, Just click on the […]

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    1. Thanks. That’s what you get when you go crawling through the archives ;-)

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  4. […] Posted for Dan’s Thursday Doors […]

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  5. I love the barn, Dan. Mine is also more than 20 years old…

    Thursday Doors – Évora

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    1. Back when we didn’t know people cared so much about doors :-)
      Thanks.

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      1. Very true. I’ve always had a thing for them, but thought it was just me.

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  6. […] more doors visit #ThursdayDoors hosted by Dan Antion, No […]

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  7. Some interesting doors Dan! I love trains too and their doors can be quite unique. It’s funny with doors that I tend to forget about those that aren’t attached to houses I.e. your clock door. Here are mine for this week https://wrookieschu.com/2023/02/09/doors-of-wordpress-v36/ 😊

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    1. If you like trains (well train stations), Wayne, you’re going to like my post next week.

      Once again, I had a hard time choosing a favorite at your place.

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      1. Amazing! Look forward to it Dan.

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  8. […] (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps […]

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  9. The barn is a lovely shot. Here’s another of the Goslar doors. https://misky.uk/2023/02/09/9-february-a-thursday-door/

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  10. The Molly Wee? Now I’ve got “here we go, round again…” bouncing around in my head! You do bring back some dusty memories! That room set up for Toastmasters is amazingly unwelcoming; I’d much rather meet in that old barn!

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    1. That speech was on “How not to be intimidated,” but you’re right, I’d rather be in a corner of the barn. The Molly Wee is a favorite, Maureen. It shows up often. Unfortunately, a developer wants to raze the entire block and build some stupid office building. I hope to get back to NYC before that happens.

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      1. Some stupid office building? Poor Molly! I find some irony in “How Not To Be Intimidated” in that closed, rigid-looking place. It takes a brave soul to give a speech there!

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        1. There’s an effort underway to stop the developer, but it’s a daunting task. That room strikes fear.

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  11. Safe travels, Dan. I love the photos you’ve selected. The Amtrak door brings back memories of going across the country with my kids.

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    1. I would love to travel across the country by train, Gwen. That had to be fun. The farthest I’ve gone is from north central CT to Washington, D.C. – that’s just under seven hours.

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  12. I liked seeing the transition of the DQ, and the door within the wall door also caught my eye. Enjoy your trip!

    Liminal Deities (Thursday Doors)

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    1. The soft serve stand in our town is as old as I am. It was good to see it get a facelift.

      I really liked the doors you featured today, particularly the details.

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  13. Interesting collection of doors and buildings today. Love the old barn and the grandfather clock doors. Train doors always pump up the imagination of who’s riding and where are they going. The room for the Toastmasters would make me run the other way! Not welcoming at all.

    MiMi curled up on the empty shelf is adorable and so “cat-like”!

    Hope whatever is occupying your day is something enjoyable! You know, like not a root canal or colonoscopy! 🤗
    Ginger

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    1. I’m trying not to spit my coffee out, Ginger. Not a root canal. I came up to Boston yesterday to see some old friends. But, I made a stop along the way that will be featured here next week. I predict you will enjoy that.

      MiMi always likes to be around when I’m working. When she was younger, she used to steal tools out of my bag. One, a tiny pry-bar remains missing to this day. I think it’s buried in the concrete surrounding the drain to a shower in the basement. either that, or she has a tool chest we don’t know about.

      I told Maureen, the speech was on “How not to be intimidated.” People groaned when I showed that image. They say most people fear speaking in public more than they fear death. I’m not sure about that, but maybe more than a root canal.

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  14. […] Inspired by Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge […]

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    1. It’s hard to beat a barn or a farm scene, Teresa. At least as far as I’m concerned. I loved the bright colorful doors yo had today!

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  15. […] One door from Germany (sent by my son, Amedeo), one from uptown, and one of a closed old restaurant, El Farro’s on my street. For Thursday doors https://nofacilities.com/2023/02/09/more-from-the-archive/. […]

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  16. […] see more doors, go to Dan’s blog where there are links to doors the world […]

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  17. I like your clock and barn doors best. Mine are mixed doors from Germany and New York City https://port4u.net/2023/02/09/mixed-doors/

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    1. Barns and furniture doors are high on my list, Sherry. Thanks.

      You had a nice group today.

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  18. Great photos, Dan. I like the theme of empty space (MiMi) is so cute!
    The barn/ farm is my favorite. I enjoy the weathered wood of those older homestead buildings; it is nice this one is still in use.
    Thanks for sharing your archive treasures, Dan.

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    1. I’m glad you liked these, Suzette.

      Your doors and poetry were very nice.

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      1. Thank you Dan. Have a great day. Cheers.

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  19. Oh, that Toastmasters room…nothing like a cold and unfriendly room to get you talking. I remember those days well, Dan.
    MiMi looks so cute. I guess you kept that shelf open for her. 😸
    They demolished the NPR building? Was it replaced by something nicer?

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    1. I knew you would be able to relate to the Toastmasters room, Lois. MiMi was disappointed, but the bookcase was put back into the use it was designed for. I think they built townhouses at that location in DC.

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  20. Another wonderful selection from your archives.

    Croatia doors part 4: https://scooj.org/2023/02/09/thursday-doors-9-february-2023/

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    1. Thanks Steve. You have a nice collection today.

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  21. Perhaps this will spark all of us to scroll through our photo archives. Hope you trip is going well.

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    1. Thanks Frank. Mine wasn’t a planned journey, but I did find a lot of interesting images.

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  22. Barn! Love me a barn. I go far afield today on my Thursday Doors: a friend sent me some doors from England! https://marianallen.com/2023/02/thursday-doors-frienddoors-guildhall-in-leicester/#Leicester#England

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    1. I love barns. This one is one of my favorites.

      You had great doors from afar. Thanks your friend for sharing them.

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  23. I love boxes like that, Dan! That looks like a great pencil box. Barn doors are a favorite too. 👏🏻👏🏻

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    1. Thanks Cheryl. Almost every time I try something new in the shop, I make a box. That barn in one of my favorites.

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      1. Boxes are magical things, Dan.

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  24. Fun doors, Dan. Nice work on the wooden box. Hugs.

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    1. Thanks Teagan – Hugs.

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  25. Hi Dan, some fun doors this week. I like the door within a door, it’s novel.

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    1. Thanks Robbie. It was fun thinking about the times when I took these photos.

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  26. That’s a good collection of doors and buildings. I loved that barn, and what a cool historical record you have of the old NPR building!

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    1. Thanks Deborah. I drive by that barn often. It’s one of my favorites. I didn’t think about having a historical record, but I guess you’re right.

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  27. I think investigating whether or not MiMi has a tool chest is a worthy venture, Dan. I love the fact she found a “perch” to hang out on. The Dairy Cream re-do looks good.

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    1. Thanks Bruce. I’ve searched high, low and often for the min pry-bar she clipped. I have replaced it, but the only one I could find was slightly larger, too large for some uses. She had been playing with it (bapping it around) before it “disappeared.” The Dairy Cream was getting tired looking prior to the renovations (it opened the year I was born, hmmm).

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  28. […] Doors, a weekly challenge for those that find doors interesting and lovely. Hosted by Dan Antion of No Facilities blog. Head on over to his blog to find this week’s entries of doors from around the […]

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    1. Thanks for sharing the lovely church, Deborah.

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  29. Your post reminds me that many buildings don’t have fancy or even memorable doors, but those doors still have value and a purpose. I also like train doors and I have a friend who also makes boxes similar to the one you made. He made puzzle boxes for us to give our girls at Christmas (and I have one as well.) There’s a trick to opening them which makes them fun.

    Thursday Doors…at The White Dove

    janet

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    1. Thanks Janet. Puzzle boxes sound like fun projects. This one is pretty easy to open. It was an exercise in learning how to use a new router guide that could be precisely adjusted to match the width of the inlay perfectly. I’m glad you like trains. I visited a train station while I was away. Some doors to come.

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  30. Great doos, Dan Good to see the dairy story getting a remodel

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    1. That’s our favorite soft serve place, John. We can’t afford to lose it.

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  31. I like the first Dairy Queen photo and that bar the most. I wonder what this says about me.

    In my post doors are well hidden but you get four summer adventures with mum in Slovenia. https://manjameximexcessive6.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/thursday-doors-9-2-23-summer-in-ljubljana-with-hidden-doors/#Slovenia#Ljubljana#mosque#basketball

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    1. We don’t judge here at Thursday Doors (especially since I took those photos).

      I enjoyed your photos today. Hi to your mom.

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  32. I love that old clock with the three doors – reminds me of the old movie Laura. I’m not getting around much these day but I did manage to spot ET hiding in my closet door! https://jttwissel.com/2023/02/09/et-phone-home-thursdaydoors/

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    1. Thanks Jan. I do like that clock.

      I also have to wonder what might be visiting your closet.

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  33. My favourite is the reflection of the building in the building. But then MiMi looks fabulous. And I do love French doors… You never disappoint my friend.

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    1. I’m glad you like these, Pam. I love reflections, but I’d get in trouble if I didn’t shine a light on MiMi. I think she didn’t want us to put books on that shelf.

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  34. nice variery from the archives, Dan

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  35. […] Hello Readers – Today we have some green doors from Richmond, VA to join Dan’s Thursday Doors (here).  […]

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  36. […] These are for Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge and you may find some doors in there too incorporated for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge. […]

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  37. A very interesting collection of buildings, doors, and such, Dan! My favorite shot is the city scene and I do love that clock. I hope you have a nice trip. Here’s my contribution for this week: https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2023/02/11/thursday-doors-one-more-puerto-de-la-cruz-tenerife-spain/

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    1. Thanks Brenda. I enjoyed your post. Love the beach.

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  38. Great assortment of doors from different time periods! Love them all, but have to say the old barn would be a favorite!!

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    1. Barns are hard to beat, Kirt. Thanks.

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  39. Gotta love a barn door!

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