The Flickr Downtowndayton Image Generatr

Ladder 11, thank you...!

I was born in 1964 and it hurts my feelings to see the datestone in such a condition of filth and deterioration!

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In downtown Dayton, Ohio, on October 12th, 2019, outside the Montgomery County Courts Building at the southwest corner of North Perry Street and West 2nd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Dayton (7013511)
• Montgomery (county) (1002689)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• concrete (300010737)
• county courthouses (300005979)
• corners (attribute or configuration) (300404760)
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• date stones (300374978)
• deterioration (300054106)
• Modern Movement (300121793)
• oblique views (300015503)
• soiling (300379469)

Wikidata items:
• 12 October 2019 (Q57350627)
• 1960s in architecture (Q11185676)
• 1964 in architecture (Q2812362)
• Dayton-Kettering, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Downtown Dayton (Q5303412)
• October 12 (Q2920)
• October 2019 (Q47087606)
• Southwest Ohio (Q14221358)
• Treaty of Greenville (Q767317)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Concrete—Deterioration (sh85030662)
• Courthouses—Ohio (sh85033550)

I hope the motleyness of this clump will only increase, and that none of these buildings will ever be demolished, even for many thousands of years.

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In downtown Dayton, Ohio, on October 12th, 2019, a view from the southeast corner of West 4th Street and South Wilkinson Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Dayton (7013511)
• Montgomery (county) (1002689)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• central business districts (300000868)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• skylines (300075416)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• townscapes (built environment) (300008923)
• urban landscapes (300132447)

Wikidata items:
• 12 October 2019 (Q57350627)
• Dayton-Kettering, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Downtown Dayton (Q5303412)
• October 12 (Q2920)
• October 2019 (Q47087606)
• Southwest Ohio (Q14221358)
• Treaty of Greenville (Q767317)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Streets—Ohio (sh91000658)

"Ohio Bell, will you dominate us with limestone telephony!" clamored the people of Dayton back then. "We are small!"

Dayton was significantly more populous in 1930 than it is now!

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In downtown Dayton, Ohio, on October 12th, 2019, the AT&T Building (built in 1930 as the Ohio Bell Building, designed by Schenck & Williams) at the northeast corner of North Perry Street and West 2nd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Dayton (7013511)
• Montgomery (county) (1002689)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• Art Deco (300021426)
• beige (color) (300266234)
• building stone (300011700)
• buses (300212677)
• intersections (300003871)
• limestone (300011286)
• oblique views (300015503)
• public transit (infrastructure) (300155835)
• telephone exchanges (300005416)
• traffic signals (300003915)

Wikidata items:
• 12 October 2019 (Q57350627)
• 1930 in architecture (Q2744912)
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• AT&T Corporation (Q2843047)
• Dayton-Kettering, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Dayton-Springfield-Kettering, OH Combined Statistical Area (Q105129400)
• Downtown Dayton (Q5303412)
• Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (Q5600523)
• October 12 (Q2920)
• October 2019 (Q47087606)
• Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Q7080749)
• Schenck & Williams (Q7431143)
• signalized intersection (Q2940218)
• Southwest Ohio (Q14221358)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)
• Treaty of Greenville (Q767317)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Telephone stations (sh85133431)