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I'm no religioso but I do enjoy casually thinking about old years.

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In downtown Ottawa, Illinois, on August 13th, 2024, was a datestone at Christ Episcopal Church (built in 1871-1872, a "contributing property" in the Ottawa Commercial Historic District, 11000850 on the National Register of Historic Places, also in the Washington Park Historic District, 73000710 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of Columbus Street (Illinois routes 23 and 71) and East Lafayette Street.

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Good 1940 of art deco numerals.

We are expected to comprehend immediately and subconsciously that "1528" is a street address and "1940" is a year. Is that expectation fair?

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, at Rock Island City Hall (built 1940, surfaced in Bedford limestone, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southwest corner of 3rd Avenue and 16th Street.

Bedford limestone, a/k/a Indiana limestone, is known geologically as the Salem Limestone formation of the Sanders group, formed during the Viséan age of the Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era, ~346.7 to ~330.9 million years ago.

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In my opinion the number 1 is a little too long, and a little too close to the 9, and maybe a little crooked.

Moreover, according to the official documentation of the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, the building was completed in 1909. If that's true then 1909 is what the datestone should say!

This was built as the Swedish Olive Lodge #583 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The I.O.O.F. had a whites-only requirement in its constitution until 1971, which is a good reason to defy societal pressure to feel warmly toward the organization, or nostalgic about its history.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, was a datestone outside 1305-1307 5th Ave, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places, at the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 13th Street.

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, at the Rock Island Public Library (completed in 1903; a "contributing property" in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 19th Street.

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Spot the segmental arch. Circle it with your finger.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, on the south side of 4th Avenue (Illinois Route 92) between 13th Street and 14th Street, at the side of 1316-1318 4th Ave, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Favorited!

Do not park a car in this space because to do so would block everybody's good view of the downspout.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, on the south side of 4th Avenue (Illinois Route 92) between 13th Street and 14th Street, at the side of 1316-1318 4th Ave, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

The building is said here to be from 1899 with an addition from circa the 1930s. The shorter portion at the left might be the addition, but I'm not sure.

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At the bottom of the wall, the parged areas call visions to mind of crashing waves of graywater at one's door: Scary!

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, on the south side of 4th Avenue (Illinois Route 92) between 13th Street and 14th Street, at the side of 1316-1318 4th Ave, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The guy on the left is carrying a huge stack of cream pies, and the guy on the right is trying to balance a precarious pyramid of cans of itching powder and sneezing powder with loosely-secured lids: Let's watch what happens!

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, at the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and 15th Street. The building is a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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You're my "corrugated pipe in salmon-colored paint": I love you.

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, in an alley between 4th and 5th avenues, east of 20th Street, in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Here, sit down and have a cigarette, I'll tell you about them. Can I get you something to drink.

There were two doors side by side, and each one had an awning. The awnings were gray fabric with vertical white stripes, stretched onto a triangular frame so they look like little gables above the doors. They were back in a backalley where hardly anybody ever goes.

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, the backside of 1806 3rd Ave (the Safety Building Annex, a/k/a the Cable Music House, built 1912, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places) as viewed from a parking lot in an alley east of 18th Street.

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Taken together, the buildings and electrical infrastructure of the backalley seem to be arranged to express an intentional disorderliness that we unfairly declare to be "typical of Rock Island Ill lol."

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, a view of an alley between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue, east of 20th Street, in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Parked comfortably here were (L-R):

• a 2011 BMW 3-Series,
• a 2016 Chevy Colorado, and
• a 2017 BMW 3-Series Sport Wagon.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, the backside of a building on 5th Avenue an alley between 4th and 5th avenues, west of 17th Street, in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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This was May 20th so there were still eleven days of nonmowing to go. Go grass go, go go go, get high.

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, at the United States Post Office and Courthouse (built 1957, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 19th Street.

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In Moline of all places was a HUGE HOTEL from 1922, formerly situated in the bustling center of the city. Now it is an apartment building off by itself, isolated from other buildings by expanses of car parking. Did you ever see so many brown bricks in one place.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, the LeClaire Apartments (built in 1921-1922 as the LeClaire Hotel, 94000025 on the National Register of Historic Places, converted to apartments in 1996 per Wikipedia) at the northwest corner of 5th Avenue and 19th Street.

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Its fanciness of Art Deco was surely not intended to mock the suffering and desperation of the innocent victims of the Great Depression, but I guess that's what ended up happening.

Verily here was the Axis Hotel in downtown Moline, opened in 2019 in the Fifth Avenue Building, a/k/a the Fifth Avenue Block, originally an office building. The official documentation of the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District says the building is from 1930, as does the Rock Island County GIS Public Mapping App. The hotel's website has a page about the history of the building, which says it was built in 1927, even as it shows a series of pictures of the building under construction, dated from December 1929 well into 1930, as if we wouldn't notice the discrepancy. This page prepared by members of the Moline Heritage Preservation Commission says construction didn't begin until 1931, which is contradicted by the pictures on the hotel's website.

But anyway, I have DECIDED TO BELIEVE it was completed in 1930, at least mostly.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, the Axis Hotel at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and 17th Street, a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Since 1969 a magnificent display of corrugated concrete DELIGHTS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND ILL, at a bank branch on a prominent streetcorner in the city's downtown.

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, a branch office of American Bank & Trust, formerly a U.S. Bank branch (built 1969, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, 100004433 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of 5th Avenue and 16th Street.

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I'd've guessed it's from the 1970s but I have DECIDED TO TRUST the work of the compilers of the official documentation of the Downtown Rock Island Historic District, wherein the building is designated a "contributing property."

Per Goolg Streetvue, the building's most recent occupant was a branch of American Bank & Trust, which moved to a smaller building across the street sometime after July 2019. Do not forget!

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, 1622 4th Ave, occupying the block bounded by 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, 16th Street, and 17th Street, as viewed from the northwest corner of 5th Avenue and 16th Street.

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It's silly-looking but it makes people happy.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, a skyway connecting the Midtowne Ramp (left, completed in 2005 along with the skyway) and the Axis Hotel (right, opened in 2019 in the Fifth Avenue Building, a/k/a the Fifth Avenue Block, built 1930), above an alley on the west side of 17th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue.

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Here was an idea from the mid-2000s for a "wonderland" or "pleasure palace" of automobile parking in Moline. Involuntarily our mouths become upraised in smile shapes when we see it.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, the "Midtowne Ramp," a/k/a the "Midtowne Parking Facility," opened in 2005, at the northwest corner of 6th Avenue (Illinois Route 92) and 17th Street.

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Goodbye goodbye goodbye!

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In downtown Rock Island, Illinois, on May 20th, 2023, a former Goodyear shop (Erickson Tire, later Bell's Auto Service LLC, which closed sometime between July 2017 and July 2019, per Google Streetview) as viewed from the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 18th Street.

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