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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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The car lot went out of business in 2014, per this good blog post, which details its later history as the "Cat House," a flamboyant protest by the lot's owner, in objection to the local government's enforcement of its property maintenance laws on his land. The pink and yellow sunburst dates from that later period.

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In downtown Corunna, Michigan, on March 3rd, 2024, on the north side of West Corunna Avenue (HIghway M-71), east of North Woodworth Street. "OWOSSO MOTOR SPORTS" is faintly legible on the sign. In Google Street View imagery from 2008, the business is identified as Show Me Used Cars.

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And the 20th was a hugely important time for brick infills in select door openings of 19th-century buildings.

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In downtown Corunna, Michigan, on March 3rd, 2024, at the rear of a commercial building on the northwest corner of North Shiawassee Street and West Corunna Avenue (Highway M-71).

The building appears on an 1893 fire insurance map so it's at least that old.

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