The Flickr Dirtysnowpiles Image Generatr

They were! We did! Bollards and signs, sidewalks and messes. Buildings.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on February 5th, 2022, on the south side of West Kalamazoo Street, east of South Capitol Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• bollards (300001993)
• central business districts (300000868)
• footprints (foot impressions) (300263476)
• parking lots (300007826)
• sidewalks (300003893)
• signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) (300123013)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• snow removal (300254115)
• streets (300008247)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 5 February 2022 (Q69306327)
• 2021-22 North American winter (Q108888189)
• Abraham (Q13367920)
• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• February 5 (Q2319)
• February 2022 (Q61312936)
• February 2022 North American winter storm (Q110832781)
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q6487493)
• parking industry (Q64514560)
• slush (Q1047031)
• Treaty of Saginaw (Q1572601)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Streets—Michigan (sh2001006444)

I walk with an ostentatious clumsiness to match the clumsy arrangement of the objects around me.

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In downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on March 7th, 2020, on the west side of East South Street, north of Portage Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Kalamazoo (7013819)
• Kalamazoo (county) (1002529)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• bollards (300001993)
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• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• tilted (300250429)
• trees (300132410)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• utility poles (300006446)
• winter (300133101)
• yellow (color) (300127794)

Wikidata items:
• 7 March 2020 (Q57396657)
• March 7 (Q2394)
• March 2020 (Q55018431)
• ornamental shrub (Q41705489)
• ornamental tree (Q33249028)
• pruning (Q500094)
• puddle (Q152841)
• Southern Michigan (Q7570136)
• streetlight (Q503958)
• Treaty of Chicago (Q928799)
• West Michigan (Q3358100)

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

In Mancelona, Michigan, on March 29th, 2019, the Mancelona village offices and the Antrim County Township Ambulance Authority on the north side of West State Street (Michigan Highway M-88), east of Monroe Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Antrim (county) (2000945)
• Mancelona (2052564)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• ambulance stations (300006659)
• artificial stone (300010788)
• beige (color) (300266234)
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• flagpoles (300082991)
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• towers (building divisions) (300003615)
• veneer (material) (300012855)

Wikidata items:
• 29 March 2019 (Q57349976)
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This is one of my favorite parking lots!

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In Lansing Charter Township west of Lansing, Michigan, on December 1st, 2018, at the "Westland Center" shopping center at the northeast corner of West Saginaw Street (Michigan Highway M-43 and Interstate 69 Business Route) and North Waverly Road.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• parking lots (300007826)
• shopping centers (300005268)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• snow removal (300254115)
• snowplows (300228824)
• soiling (300379469)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 1 December 2018 (Q45921928)
• Business Loop Interstate 69 (Lansing, Michigan) (Q23724491)
• December 1 (Q2297)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Edgemont Park (Q2136198)
• Lansing – East Lansing metropolitan area (Q6487493)
• Lansing Township (Q6029779)
• M-43 (Q2353068)
• overcast (Q1055865)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Shopping center parking facilities (sh85121781)

Formerly these were happy times in a good area. But now these were UNHAPPY TIMES in a BAD AREA, thanks to these INTRACTABLE SNOWPILES.

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In Lansing Charter Township west of Lansing, Michigan, on March 8th, 2015, a stripmall at the northeast corner of North Waverly Road and West Saginaw Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA6218 Shopping centers—United States—Pictorial works.
GB2615 Snow—United States—Pictorial works.
TD868 Snow removal—United States—Pictorial works.
F574.L22 Lansing (Mich. : Township)—Pictorial works.
F574.L2 Lansing Metropolitan Area (Mich.)—Pictorial works.