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Next, there was a door of oriented strand board in black paint. by Tim Kiser

It was set in a doorway of "midcentury modern" design, probably from the 1950s or 1960s, with a pleasingly impractical diagonal canopy.

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In downtown Corunna, Michigan, on March 3rd, 2024, on the west side of North Shiawassee Street (Highway M-71), south of West McArthur Street.

According to Google Streetview, the OSB door was installed sometime between 2012 and 2018, and the bricks were painted black during this period also. The OSB door was painted black in 2018 or 2019.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Grand flagwaving archway to door of painted OSB. by Tim Kiser

Pink paint weathers fleckingly away from a dark red basecoat, to distinctively good-looking effect.

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In downtown McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on July 1st, 2019, outside "Crown Fine Arts Picture Framing Co.," a/k/a "Crown Art Gallery," a/k/a "Crown Fine Art," a/k/a "Crown Fine Art & Frame," at the northeast corner of Locust Street and Shaw Avenue.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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A beautiful historic doorway of arches of stone veneer has captured a bounty of autumn leaves. by Tim Kiser

These arches need to be added to the National Register of Historic Places immediately, right? They're prob. from ca. 1960-1980, right?

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In Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 11th, 2018, on the west side of Broadway, south of Scott Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Unidentified mess at my door. by Tim Kiser

It looks gross but I do not know what it is. Somebody has bent open one of the indoor floor-to-ceiling window security grilles and bent back 6 venetian slats.

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In downtown Jacksonville, Florida, on December 30th, 2017, outside the "Physicians & Surgeons Building" at the southwest corner of West Church Street and Hogan Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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