The Flickr Landscapinggravel Image Generatr

The erratics were strewn across the Upper Midwest during the Wisconsin glaciation of ~20,000 years ago. Personally I wish the building were something other than a church but oh well.

Oh man, I'd like to have some walls like this as walls for my wonderful house — on the interior and exterior both!

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In downtown Owosso, Michigan, on March 3rd, 2024, a view of the west (rear) elevation of the First Congregational Church (built 1891-1892; designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham; a "contributing property" in the Owosso Downtown Historic District, 14000126 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southwest corner of North Washington Street and West William Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Owosso (2052915)
• Shiawassee (county) (1002892)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• churches (buildings) (300007466)
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• downspouts (300052560)
• exterior walls (300002523)
• fieldstone (300011684)
• gravel (300011689)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• Romanesque Revival (300021467)

Wikidata items:
• 3 March 2024 (Q69307094)
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• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• Owosso Downtown Historic District (Q60760749)
• Wisconsin glaciation (Q2094246)

Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Malcomson and Higginbotham (architectural firm, active in United States) (500518686)

To illustrate an entry on my list of favorite U.S. urban phenomena! The snow almost looks like it was "puked" onto the junipers doesn't it.

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In Toledo, Ohio, on February 29th, 2020, outside a Boston Market restaurant on the east side of Secor Road between Monroe Street and Interstate 475.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Lucas (county) (1002611)
• Toledo (7014378)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• evergreens (300132417)
• gravel (300011689)
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• landscaping (300054709)
• night (300133095)
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• sidewalks (300003893)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 29 February 2020 (Q47253301)
• 2019–20 North American winter (Q85733854)
• Boston Market (Q603617)
• February 29 (Q2364)
• February 2020 (Q55018389)
• leap day (Q1597273)
• Northwest Ohio (Q7060133)
• ornamental shrub (Q41705489)
• Treaty of Detroit (Q1639077)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Junipers (sh85071044)
• Ornamental rocks (sh85095705)

For once there was peace and quiet in the area, thanks to the pandemic.

Fading blue on yellowing white!

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In East Lansing, Michigan, on April 11th, 2020, Tasty Twist on the north side of Grand River Avenue (Michigan Highway M-43) between Milford Street and Stoddard Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• East Lansing (7013674)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• blue (color) (300129361)
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• landscaping (300054709)
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• parking lots (300007826)
• plastic (material) (300014570)
• power lines (300008603)
• shop signs (300211862)
• shrubs (300132407)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• utility poles (300006446)
• white (color) (300129784)
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Wikidata items:
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• alliteration (Q484495)
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• April 2020 (Q55020106)
• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
• guy-wire (Q1283556)
• Lansing – East Lansing metropolitan area (Q6487493)
• M-43 (Q2353068)
• ornamental shrub (Q41705489)
• Qdoba Mexican Eats (Q1363885)
• Treaty of Saginaw (Q1572601)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Business names (sh85018315)
• Desserts in art (sh96011506)
• Ornamental rocks (sh85095705)
• Small business (sh85123568)

As I went downstairs to attorneys during numerous visits all throughout the 1970s I felt mildly zigzaggedly sheltered.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, the "Legal Arts Building" on the east side of South Grand Traverse Street between West 3rd Street and West Court Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• brick (clay material) (300010463)
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• folded plate structures (300001205)
• Mid-Century Modernist (300343610)
• office buildings (300007043)
• street addresses (300386983)
• zigzags (300165028)

Wikidata items:
• 9 December 2018 (Q45921992)
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• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
• December 9 (Q2304)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Law offices (sh85075320)

The signpoles' circumferences and diameters are too large and appear to have been repurposed in desperation. People viewing the advertisement are supposed to congratulate themselves that they aren't even thinking of the vulgar slang expression "dropping a deuce."

It is rude to serve pancakes and syrup on the same plate as savory foods.

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Off the Las Vegas Strip on November 24th, 2010, on the grounds of "Terrible's Hotel and Casino" on the east side of Paradise Road, south of East Flamingo Road.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Clark (county) (2001410)
• Paradise (2063056)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• breakfasts (300379055)
• gambling casinos (300049197)
• landscaping (300054709)
• outdoor advertising (300213181)
• price (300055694)
• signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) (300123013)

Wikidata items:
• food presentation (Q3480053)
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• November 24 (Q3022)
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• ornamental shrub (Q41705489)
• Terrible's Hotel and Casino (Q7703645)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Advertising—Food (sh85001125)
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Area (Nev.)

The NE of CORNERS is getting saggy in preparation for falling onto somebody's head.

You're not going to be surprised to learn that the Seven Corners Apartments was/were erected in 1983.

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In Minneapolis on February 18th, 2012, at the northwest corner of South 2nd Street and 19th Avenue South.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA7861 Apartment houses—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
NC1002.L63 Logos (Symbols)—Pictorial works.
QC381.4 Shades and shadows—Pictorial works.
E169.12 Nineteen eighties—Pictorial works.
F614.M56C43 Cedar-Riverside Area (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

Q: Guess what kind of building this is!
A: A U.S. post office.

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In downtown South Bend, Indiana, on September 14th, 2014, outside a U.S. Post Office on the north side of East Monroe Street, opposite South St. Joseph Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
SB435.5 Ornamental trees—United States—Pictorial works.
NA712.5.M63 Modern movement (Architecture)—United States—Pictorial works.
NA4451 Post office buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
HE6371 United States Postal Service—Pictorial works.
NA3503 Decoration and ornament, Architectural—United States—Pictorial works.
NK1570 Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F534.S7 South Bend (Ind.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• landscaping

I interpret this as being about the artist being a star (famous celebrity) and wishing he could disappear up into a cloud, sometimes. The fish have died for lack of water. There are no wrong answers.

The bed of gravel reminds me of a salt-and-pepper-moustache — delicious!

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In downtown Muskegon, Michigan, on May 28th, 2013, the 1992 sculpture Sculpture with Stars by James Clover, in "Alcoa Celebration Square" (formerly Federal Square) at the northeast corner of 1st Street and West Western Avenue.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NB205.5.P83 Public sculpture, American.
NB205.5.O98 Outdoor sculpture—United States.
N7432.7 White in art.
N8251.S23 Star (Shape) in art.
N7668.F57 Fishes in art.
E169.12 Nineteen nineties—Pictorial works.
F574.M9 Muskegon (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

TUCSON SIDEWALK WITH SAGUAROS AND CARS.

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In Tucson, Arizona, on October 7th, 2015, on the north side of East Tanque Verde Road, east of East Grant Road.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA9053.S7 Streetscapes (Urban design)—United States—Pictorial works.
NA9074 Sidewalks—United States—Pictorial works.
TE23 Streets—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6215 Commercial strips—United States—Pictorial works.
QK495.C11 Saguaro—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
TN951.A5 Ornamental rocks—United States—Pictorial works.
F819.T943 Tucson (Ariz.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• landscaping

This drove me completely wild when I saw it, and unfortunately I acted out in public a little bit.

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In downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 11th, 2015, outside "Kalamazoo Commons," erected 2006, on the north side of East South Street, opposite John Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA3010 Doors—Pictorial works.
NA4120 Building, Brick—United States—Pictorial works.
NA3503 Color in architecture—United States.
TE280 Sidewalks—United States—Pictorial works.
TE278 Pavements, Concrete—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F574.K1 Kalamazoo (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

I often see this style of wall used for shielding people's eyes from views of dumpsters. And the woodland beyond it is just as ugly as a dumpster, right?

Here we can see that the bed of White Gravel is planted with scraps of shrubbery.

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In Bristol, Virginia, on December 26th, 2013, behind a Comfort Inn at the northwest corner of Lee Highway (U.S. Routes 11 and 19) and Kervin Drive.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
SB423.75.U6 Beds (Gardens)—United States—Pictorial works.
SB435.5 Ornamental shrubs—United States—Pictorial works.
TL175 Parking lots—United States—Pictorial works.
NA2940 Walls—Pictorial works.
SD143 Forests and forestry—United States—Pictorial works.
F234.B85 Bristol (Va.)—Pictorial works.

In a bed of gravel with a backdrop of painted cinderblocks.

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In Lansing, Michigan, on July 5th, 2014, off the south side of East Elm Street between River Street and South Cedar Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
QK495.C24 Silene—Pictorial works.
QK495.P714 Plantago—Pictorial works.
SB612.A2 Weeds—United States—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
TH1491 Concrete masonry—Pictorial works.
F574.L2 Lansing (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

This spruce was sculpted to resemble a poodle posing next to the stairs.

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In downtown Bristol, Tennessee, on December 26th, 2013, outside "Rice Dental Arts" at the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Shelby Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
SB435.5 Ornamental shrubs—United States—Pictorial works.
SB463 Topiary work—Pictorial works.
QK494.5.P66 Spruce—Pictorial works.
HE336.S77 Street addresses—Pictorial works.
F444.B8 Bristol (Tenn.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• landscaping
• vertical blinds

That ought to shut them up for awhile. Some trees always seem to need to be crying and hollering for more gravel, well now are ya happy finally!

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In Detroit on October 12th, 2013, on the north side of Temple Street, west of Woodward Avenue.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
QK494.5.P66 White pine—Pictorial works.
SB435.5 Trees in cities—United States—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F574.D443 Detroit (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

This was in November 2010, which was during a "hard times" period that hasn't yet ended, so I figure this house is probably still available if it hasn't been arsoned. Telephone numbers that lack area codes are charmingly old-fashioned and "downhome."

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In Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 26th, 2010, on the west side of North Martin Luther King Boulevard, north of West Bonanza Road.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
HD259 Residential real estate—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
SB413.P17 Palms—Pictorial works.
NA9074 Sidewalks—United States—Pictorial works.
TE23 Roads—United States—Pictorial works.
Z43 Writing—Pictorial works.
F849.L35 Las Vegas (Nev.)—Pictorial works.

That stick on the ground down toward the lower left sure is casting a long shadow isn't it.

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In Sharonville, Ohio, on December 23rd, 2012, at a Motel 6 on the north side of Hauck Road, west of Lebanon Road (U.S. Route 42).

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA7840 Motels—United States—Pictorial works.
NA2880 Arches—Pictorial works.
F499.S537 Sharonville (Ohio)—Pictorial works.
F499.C543 Cincinnati Metropolitan Area (Ohio)—Pictorial works.

This is a Motel 6 swimming pool room in Waterloo Iowa.

The open window at the left is an invitation for rodents to enter. Has too much gravel been applied to this flowerbed.

Spot the McDonald's sign among the window reflections, it's time for a sausage patty sandwich.

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In Waterloo, Iowa, on April 12th, 2010, at a Motel 6 off the west side of Logan Avenue (U.S. Route 63), north of Heath Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TP1185.F8 Plastic furniture—Pictorial works.
NA7840 Motels—United States—Pictorial works.
TR659 Windows—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
TX941.A23 Accor (Group)—Pictorial works.*
F629.W3 Waterloo (Iowa)—Pictorial works.

* — The Motel 6 chain was owned by Accor S.A. until October 2012, when it was sold to The Blackstone Group L.P.

This is fine. I can't immediately think of anything I'd do differently.

If nobody has any other comments to make, why don't we move on to our next stop, which promises to show an interesting response to a more difficult and unusual design problem than this one.

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In downtown New Castle, Indiana, on December 18th, 2011, at the northeast corner of Broad Street (Indiana Route 38) and North Main Street.

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Library of Congress classification idea:
SB435.5 Ornamental shrubs—United States—Pictorial works.
NA4133 Metal buildings—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F534.N429 New Castle (Ind.)—Pictorial works.

For my picture I was glad for the powerlines to be on thither (vs hither) side of yon buffet signage.

UPS driver bringin people their Amazon. Chinese buffet words are traditionally meaningless; there are no grand villages anyplace near here.

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In East Peoria, Illinois, on August 31st, 2011, outside the "Grand Village Buffet" on the east side of West Camp Street, north of Mach Drive.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TX945.4 Chinese restaurants—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
HD69.B7 Business names—United States—Pictorial works.
TX738.5 Buffets (Cooking)—United States—Pictorial works.
HE5903.U545 United Parcel Service—Pictorial works.
TL230.12 Trucks—Pictorial works.
HF5780.U6 Delivery of goods—United States—Pictorial works.
F549.E18 East Peoria (Ill.)—Pictorial works.
F549.P4 Peoria Metropolitan Area (Ill.)—Pictorial works.

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Transportation Research Thesaurus term:
• Delivery vehicles

It might have gotten bred wrong from the start?, for the difficult conditions it would be facing, a little strip of landscaping gravel between a parking lot and a sidewalk.

I like the dead conifer way better than I like the orange four-door monstertruck it's doing its best to shield my tired eyes from, behind it.

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In downtown Minneapolis on April 24th, 2012, on the north side of South 12th Street, between LaSalle Avenue and Yale Place. There's an orange "Chevrolet Avalanche."

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
QK46 Dead trees—Pictorial works.
SB435.5 Ornamental trees—United States—Pictorial works.
TL175 Parking lots—United States—Pictorial works.
TA455.G73 Gravel—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.