The Flickr Fourthavenuesouth Image Generatr

Or at least it's memorable now that I've got a picture of it to refer to later.

Help! I want to know if the pipes are aqua-colored so as to adhere to some kind of PIPING COLORATION SCHEME à la the ANSI/ASME A13.1 2007 standard. Or did the manufacturer just have an excess supply of aqua-colored plastic he or she was trying to use up.

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In Nashville, Tennessee, on March 5th, 2014, on the west side of 4th Avenue South, south of Peabody Street.

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Library of Congress classification idea:
TA448 Pipe, Plastic—Pictorial works.
TA403 Building materials—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F444.N243 Nashville (Tenn.)—Pictorial works.

A crowd of Seahawks football fans packs the intersection of 4th Ave. S. and S. Washington St., waiting for the victorious Seahawks players to pass by on Feb. 5, 2014.

This tree is taking a "splotches" or "patches" approach to revealing itself as it greets the Spring.

This being Minneapolis, I guess I'd have expected it to have been pre-engineered to present an evener unfurlment.

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In downtown Minneapolis on April 17th, 2012, at the intersection of 4th Avenue South and East 16th Street.

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Library of Congress classification idea:
SB435.5 Trees in cities—United States—Pictorial works.
TE280 Sidewalks—United States—Pictorial works.
NA9053.S7 Streetscapes (Urban design)—United States—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

I've come to pick up my mail

Sure, an open-sided dumpster enclosure like every building has, it's nothing special — but look at that massive spew of cables up there!, cascading out from the building and sweeping upward into the sky.

The little concrete cylinder on the ground, I think it's meant to be a table to put your bottle of Mountain Dew on while you're lighting your cigarette?

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In downtown Clinton, Iowa, on December 29th, 2011, outside a U.S. Bank branch 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:
NA4125 Concrete construction—United States—Pictorial works.
TD788 Refuse and refuse disposal—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6241 Bank buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
HG2567 U.S. Bancorp—Pictorial works.
F629.C6 Clinton (Iowa)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• corners (object portions)
• corrugating

In the small towns of the U.S. people have been thinking that their traditional ways of life — which had been dependent on the "videotan" business model (combining UV tanning with VHS movie rental) — are DOOMED because of changes nobody around here asked for. "Paperback books might get us by for a few more years but what then?"

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In downtown Clinton, Iowa, on December 29th, 2011, "'No Sweat' Tanning & Paperback Book Exchange" on the south side of 4th Avenue South, west of South 3rd Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TT958 Tanning salons—United States—Pictorial works.
Z286.P35 Paperback bookstores—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Shop signs—United States—Pictorial works.
HD2346.U6 Small business—United States—Pictorial works.
HD69.B7 Business names—United States—Pictorial works.
NA4133 Metal buildings—Pictorial works.
F629.C6 Clinton (Iowa)—Pictorial works.

The building's stupid 1980s architectural geometry is causing my picture's upper right-hand corner to look like it's not ninety degrees. I'm sorry for that but it's not my fault.

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In downtown Minneapolis on June 13th, 2012, the "Thrivent Financial for Lutherans" building, erected 1981, at the southeast corner of South 6th Street and 4th Avenue South.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TD788 Refuse and refuse disposal—United States—Pictorial works.
HD9975.U5 Refuse disposal industry—United States—Pictorial works.
TS1512 Tarpaulins—Pictorial works.
NA6232 Office buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
SB435.5 Trees in cities—United States—Pictorial works.
HS1510.T483 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans—Pictorial works.
E169.12 Nineteen eighties—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• refuse chutes

Naaah, I'm just kiddin, leave them alone, it's nobody's business. I admire that proud conifer don't you?

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In south Minneapolis on April 12th, 2011, along the north side of East 60th Street opposite 4th Avenue South.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA8390 Wooden fences—Pictorial works.
TS875 Engineered wood—Pictorial works.
F614.M56N65 Nokomis Community (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• oriented strand board

My favourite of the small buildups of fluffsome snowfall is the one atop the letter v.

The corp "Thrivent Financial" sometimes refers to itself as "Thrivent Financial For Lutherans," depending on circumstance/audience. The corp is the corporate descendant of an entity originally known as "Fervent Religiosity For Lutherans."

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In downtown Minneapolis on February 22nd, 2011, the Thrivent Financial Building, erected in 1981, at the northeast corner of South 7th Street and 4th Avenue South.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
HS1510.T483 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
GB2615 Snow—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6232 Office buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
E169.12 Nineteen eighties—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

But the shiny wooden antinoise wall stops people from needing to listen to the terrible superhighway noises, it's a pretty nice setup! I feel that the wall reminds me of old barns.

The freeway & its antinoise barrier are the frontier between the "Whittier neighborhood" and the "Phillips neighborhood" but nobody cares about that. Least of all, demographers and statisticians.

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In south Minneapolis on March 7th, 2010, a view from the southwest corner of 4th Avenue South and East 24th Street, under a pedestrian bridge crossing Interstate 35W and connecting the "Whittier neighborhood" (foreground) and the "Phillips neighborhood." There's one of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's "5th Avenue Highrises."

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TD892 Noise barriers—United States—Pictorial works.
TA419 Wood—Pictorial works.
TG428 Footbridges—United States—Pictorial works.
NA7861 High-rise apartment buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
HD7288.78.U5 Public housing—United States—Pictorial works.
HE356.I535 Interstate 35—Pictorial works.
HE355.3.I58 Interstate Highway System—Pictorial works.
F614.M56W45 Whittier Neighborhood (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

I got very wowed by the bright colour. I don't know if the thing happened as part of an official gov't-sanctioned beautification program or what but I think it's something the City ought to encourage for so long as it doesn't include profanity.

See that rustic wooden fence back there! You'd never guess it from looking but there's a noisy and bustling interstate on the other side of it. The fence is an idea to stop the freeway from getting seen.

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In south Minneapolis on February 16th, 2009, the southwest corner of 4th Avenue South and East 19th Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TD788 Refuse and refuse disposal—United States—Pictorial works.
ND2605 Street art—United States.
QC495.2 Pink—Pictorial works.
TD892 Noise barriers—United States—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

A view east down Fourth Ave. So. in Birmingham, Alabama. The center block is occupied by the Kirklin Clinic, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.