The Flickr Orangeandwhitebarrel Image Generatr

The blue building is a post office erected in 1945, loomed o'er by a family of grain elevators, arranged in a bouquet.

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In downtown Fayette, Ohio, on November 2nd, 2024, was a post office (built in 1945 according to Fulton County property records at qpublic.schneidercorp.com) on the east side of South Cherry Street, south of West Main Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Fayette (2079552)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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• United States Postal Service (Q668687)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)
• Post office buildings—Ohio (sh91005124)

In downtown Columbia, South Carolina, on January 2nd, 2024, 915 Main St. (identified on page 90 of the Columbia Downtown Historic Resource Survey as the "Forsyth Building" and the South Carolina Department of General Services, erected 1950) on the west side of Main Street between Pendleton Street and College Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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When I told you I live in a concrete block apartment building you probably didn't picture something like this did you sweetie.

According to the building's documentation for the National Register of Historic Places, the funny cornice was reconstructed circa 2014, as the building was being converted to apartments, to replace the original cornice, which was removed in the 1960s.

The "Peterson Paper Co." painting is intended to trick people into thinking that such businesses still exist in the U.S.

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In downtown Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, the backside of the former Davenport Bag and Paper Company Building (built circa 1907-1908; 100001972 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the Davenport Motor Row and Industrial Historic District, 100004113 on the National Register of Historic Places; occupied from circa 1940 until 1992 by the Peterson Paper Company; converted to loft apartments in 2014) at the southeast corner of East 2nd Street and Pershing Avenue, as viewed from the northeast corner of East River Drive (U.S. Route 67) and Pershing Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Davenport (7013507)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Business names (sh85018315)
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• Industrial buildings—Remodeling for other use (sh88001084)
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The horizontal white line through the grassy area in the distance is the top railing of a chain link fence, to try to discourage us from walking onto Interstate 74, and/or under it.

Ooh look at the brown stains down the middle of the sidewalk, maybe they're rust.

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, on the south side of 5th Avenue, east of 19th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Moline (7014089)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Streets—Illinois (sh88002225)

Per Ggl Streetview, the gray-'n'-beige paintjob is from sometime between August 2009 and August 2013. Before that, the concrete was nude.

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In downtown New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, the northwest corner of the Water Street Garage (built 1975 according to the City of New London's online property database) as viewed from Atlantic Street, east of Eugene O'Neill Drive.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• New London (7014213)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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Here was a balcony cookout with white plastic chairs on the second floor of a commercial building from 1916.

I see where the stack of chairs tipped over sometime between November 2015 and July 2016.

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In downtown Monessen, Pennsylvania, on July 1st, 2019, a building on the north side of East Schoonmaker Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 906), east of 5th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Monessen (7016282)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Traffic control devices (Dcmthr)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Buildings—Pennsylvania (sh85017803)

The pattern on the upholstery is beautiful. We compare its size to that of a nearby construction barrel.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, in Brush Alley north of East 3rd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Traffic control devices (Dcmthr)

It's a good name for a business because the two words sound beautiful with one another. To speak the words is to sing.

It's a lawn care/landscaping business, not a florist.

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In Lexington, Kentucky, on June 14th, 2014, at the intersection of West Maxwell Street and Annie Alley.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA6212 Commercial buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
SB472.53 Landscaping industry—United States—Pictorial works.
SB433.27 Lawn care industry—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
HD69.B7 Business names—United States—Pictorial works.
F459.L6 Lexington (Ky.)—Pictorial works.

This next song is about an orange-and-white construction barrel, a Sharpie, a pothole, and an employee of a municipal sewer department.

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In downtown Bay City, Michigan, on May 25th, 2013, on the east side of Saginaw Street between Center Avenue and 6th Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TE220 Roads—Maintenance and repair—Equipment and supplies—Pictorial works.
TD716 Sewerage—Maintenance and repair—Equipment and supplies—Pictorial works.
TE220 Potholes—Pictorial works.
HV675 Reflective materials—Pictorial works.
Z43 Writing—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Orange (Color)—Pictorial works.
F574.B3 Bay City (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

I wondered, "Is it unusual for daily-rate rooms to be furnished? There's a Uhaul Shop down the road so maybe oftentimes people would be bringing their furniture to Vegas with them for a night or two? I'm just asking?"

Not that it would be a good idea for people to flock to Vegas with their furnishings, what with the 15% unemployment rate. Plus we all know gov't-distributed unemployment numbers are always way way lower than the unemployment numbers people are experiencing in their living reality — perhaps especially so in cities with scam-and-racket-based economies such as what Las Vegas has got.

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In downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 25, 2010, the Par-A-Dice Motel on the north side of Fremont Street, west of Eastern Avenue.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TX909 Motels—United States—Pictorial works.
GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.
SB413.P17 Palms—Pictorial works.
N8217.G32 Gambling in art.
F849.L35 Las Vegas (Nev.)—Pictorial works.

Casts a loooong shadow. Landscapes the plaza area. Gives the smokers a thing to stand underneath of.

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In Minneapolis on March 6th, 2009, the "Riverside Campus" of "University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview" on 24th Avenue South, north of Riverside Avenue.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TA145 Construction projects—United States—Pictorial works.
RA982.M56 University of Minnesota. Hospital and Clinic—Pictorial works.
F614.M56C43 Cedar-Riverside Area (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Pictorial works.
F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

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Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term:
• Tree stumps

Dangling things!

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In Philadelphia on December 29th, 2008, along the east side of 12th Street, north of Spring Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TA492.C6 Chains—Pictorial works.
TL175 Parking lots—United States—Pictorial works.
TE220 Roads—Maintenance and repair—Equipment and supplies—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Orange (Color)—Pictorial works.
F158.68.C47 Chinatown (Philadelphia, Pa.)—Pictorial works.
F158.68.C43 Center City District (Philadelphia, Pa.)—Pictorial works.
F158.37 Philadelphia (Pa.)—Pictorial works.

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Transportation Research Thesaurus term:
• Traffic cones