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An adorable little structure!

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In downtown Bloomington, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, was a structure at the backside of the former Grand Cafe, a Chinese restaurant at the southeast corner of North East Street (U.S. 51 Business Route) and East Locust Street (U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 9). According to online news reports, the restaurant relocated in 2017.

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This looks crunchy and delicious! And look at that pegboard.

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In Manistique, Michigan, on May 18th, 2024, was the D&D Home Center on the north side of Elk Street (Highway M-94), opposite River Street.

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The building is originally from 1934, but we know the people of the 1930s were not doing their buildings like this: The artificial rocks came later, to add beauty.

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In Los Angeles, California, on April 24th, 2019, outside the European Baking Co. at the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Berendo Street.

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The guy on the left is carrying a huge stack of cream pies, and the guy on the right is trying to balance a precarious pyramid of cans of itching powder and sneezing powder with loosely-secured lids: Let's watch what happens!

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In downtown Moline, Illinois, on May 21st, 2023, at the northwest corner of 7th Avenue and 15th Street. The building is a "contributing property" in the Moline Downtown Commercial Historic District, 07000856 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Next time I would like to see it painted glossy pink.

I want something like this for my residence. Indoors or outdoors, whichever.

Oh wow the building is from 1957.

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In Rapid City, South Dakota, on September 7th, 2019, outside a former service station at the northeast corner of East North Street (Interstate 90 business route) and North Racine Street.

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Here was a circa-1960s stone veneer, circa fifty years old and painted glossy black all over, to achieve an "anthracite" appearance.

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In Los Angeles on April 26th, 2019, at the southwest corner of West Avenue 28 and North Figueroa Street.

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Likeably weirdlooking. Painted lumpy surfaces are funnylooking and good.

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In downtown Gladwin, Michigan, on March 24th, 2018, off the northwest corner of South Antler Street and West Grout Street.

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But my design suggestion is: If the crunchy white wall were painted gray instead, it would appealingly resemble the surface of a cooked hamburger patty.

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In downtown Oakland, California, on June 29th, 2015, "Giant Burgers," a/k/a "Space Burger," at the southeast corner of Telegraph Avenue and 22nd Street.

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