The Flickr Concreteblockwalls Image Generatr

I still remember the windows it once had.

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In Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, the backside of 1029 W 4th St as viewed from an alley east of Myrtle Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Davenport (7013507)
• Scott (county) (2000642)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• alleys (streets) (300008248)
• back views (300264745)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• infills (filled lacunae areas) (300264840)
• oblique views (300015503)
• paint (coating) (300015029)
• peeling (300054127)
• power lines (300008603)
• rear (300010287)
• yellow (color) (300127794)

Wikidata items:
• 20 May 2023 (Q69306805)
• Black Hawk Purchase (Q879963)
• Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q7268261)
• dumpster (Q8703132)
• Eastern Iowa (Q14214551)
• May 20 (Q2579)
• May 2023 (Q61312956)
• Quad Cities (Q1660598)
• Republic Services (Q7314415)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)

"VERILY YON VOUSSOIRS alternate between brick and stone don't they," I thundered as I took pictures from a vulnerable position in the expansive driveway of a busy gas station across the street.

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In downtown St Joseph, Missouri, on March 31st, 2022, 205-207 S 4th St (built circa 1875, a "contributing property" in the South Fourth Street Commercial Historic District, 91000124 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the east side of South 4th Street, south of Edmond Street.

The building formerly had a third floor.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Buchanan (county) (2001175)
• Saint Joseph (7014443)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• blind arcades (300002582)
• brick (clay material) (300010463)
• brick red (color) (300311462)
• building stone (300011700)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• double doors (300002806)
• evening (300343633)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• keystones (300001183)
• pilasters (300002737)
• remodeling (300135427)
• semicircular arches (300001062)
• two-story (300163703)
• voussoirs (300001177)

Wikidata items:
• 31 March 2022 (Q69306385)
• 1870s in architecture (Q74241498)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area (Q111496508)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• March 31 (Q2461)
• March 2022 (Q61312974)
• Platte Purchase (Q1112748)
• South Fourth Street Commercial Historic District (Q28006243)
• Treaty with the Iowa, etc., 1836 (Q111633398)
• Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes, etc., 1830 (Q27989232)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Commercial buildings—Missouri (sh2003007753)
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)

The Wood County auditor says it is a one-family residence. Good!, I want it, or something like it, for my family.

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In Parkersburg, West Virginia, on December 23rd, 2018, in an alley north of 16th Street between St. Marys Avenue and Lynn Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Parkersburg (2119512)
• Wood (county) (2002303)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• dwellings (300005425)
• garages (300007806)
• paint (coating) (300015029)
• rustication (300080140)
• stairs (300003228)
• two-story (300163703)
• vines (300132406)
• white (color) (300129784)

Wikidata items:
• 23 December 2018 (Q45922080)
• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)
• 1935 in architecture (Q2811632)
• December 23 (Q2676)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna metropolitan area (Q7138431)
• rusticated concrete block (Q48795875)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)
• Dwellings—West Virginia (sh89004849)

When these walls were new people thought they were beautiful!

A waste of stairs is occurring over there, stairs-too-wide.

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In Los Angeles on April 21st, 2019, on the west side of North Virgil Avenue, south of Fountain Avenue.

The walls were presumably built at the same time as the buildings with which they were associated: 1966 (left) and 1984 (right).

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Los Angeles (7023900)
• Los Angeles (county) (1002608)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• apartment houses (300005707)
• boundaries (300055590)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• fences (site elements) (300005044)
• paint (coating) (300015029)
• planters (containers) (300237566)
• retaining walls (300005073)
• stairs (300003228)

Wikidata items:
• 21 April 2019 (Q57350053)
• 1960s in architecture (Q11185676)
• 1966 in architecture (Q2812421)
• 1980s in architecture (Q11185955)
• 1984 in architecture (Q2812893)
• April 21 (Q2525)
• April 2019 (Q47087596)
• East Hollywood (Q5328620)
• ornamental plant (Q199182)
• slope (Q944588)
• Southern California (Q844837)

Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Traffic cones (Dcmthrg)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)

Q: Are the employees at "A Touch of Heaven" aware that the tree outside their door (an Ailanthus altissima) is known as "tree of heaven."

A: I hope so. I am too shy to call and find out.

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In downtown Keyser, West Virginia, on June 29th, 2018, on the west side of Apple Alley, south of Armstrong Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Keyser (2118817)
• Mineral (county) (2002279)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• alleys (streets) (300008248)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• corners (object portions) (300266471)
• gas meters (300197524)
• doors (300002803)
• downspouts (300052560)
• gray (color) (300130811)
• rustication (300080140)
• shop signs (300211862)
• trees (300132410)

Wikidata items:
• 29 June 2019 (Q57350255)
• Ailanthus altissima (Q159570)
• Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q5193813)
• Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (Q1923612)
• invasive plant (Q3391537)
• June 29 (Q2659)
• June 2019 (Q47087599)
• noxious weed (Q7067310)
• rusticated concrete block (Q48795875)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Business names (sh85018315)
• Small business (sh85123568)
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

To know what they are called is to like them: rusticated concrete blocks.

Ailanthus altissima is an invasive noxious weed and we North Americans are supposed to be unhappy when we see it.

The building is inadequately protected from auto traffic.

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In downtown Keyser, West Virginia, on June 29th, 2019, a building (said to have been built circa 1930) at the southwest corner of Patrick Street and North Water Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Keyser (2118817)
• Mineral (county) (2002279)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• concrete blocks (300374976)
• rustication (300080140)
• trees (300132410)
• two-story (300163703)

Wikidata items:
• 29 June 2019 (Q57350255)
• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)
• Ailanthus altissima (Q159570)
• Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q5193813)
• Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (Q1923612)
• invasive plant (Q3391537)
• June 29 (Q2659)
• June 2019 (Q47087599)
• noxious weed (Q7067310)
• rusticated concrete block (Q48795875)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

Feral Pigeon / columba livia domestica. Private site, Derbyshire. 25/09/15.

Glorious evening sunlight and this pair of Feral Pigeons are making the most of it and doing some pair-bonding as well.
The hen bird on the left is revealing her bare brooding patch very clearly.

In downtown Clinton, Iowa, on December 29th, 2011, in an alley between 4th Avenue South and 5th Avenue South, east of South 3rd Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA3060 Stairs—Pictorial works.
NA3010 Doors—Pictorial works.
NA6212 Commercial buildings—Remodeling—Pictorial works.
TH1491 Concrete masonry—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Red—Pictorial works.
F629.C6 Clinton (Iowa)—Pictorial works.