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Backalley poisonberries in a cute little nook.

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In downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 27th, 2020, was Phytolacca americana in an alley between East Main Street and East 2nd Street, east of South Market Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ottumwa (2035410)
• Wapello (county) (2000650)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• alleys (streets) (300008248)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Pokeweed (sh85103971)
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Lo the Western Union Telegraph Company Building, built in 1913-1914, originally known as the Masonic Blue Lodge Temple, by Tannehill Lodge No. 52 and Dallas Lodge No. 760 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F. & A.M.).

As documented for the Dallas Landmark Commission, the building became an unmanageable financial burden for the lodges, so they leased it to Western Union beginning in 1919.

The other two sides of the building are surfaced in Indiana gray limestone with "Egyptian"-style ornamentation. If you want to see that, you're on your own. I'm over here looking at the red bricks.

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In downtown Dallas, Texas, on February 18th, 2023, the Western Union Telegraph Company Building (2030 Main St; designed by Lang & Witchell), originally the Masonic Blue Lodge Temple, at the southwest corner of Main Street and South Pearl Street, as viewed from Commerce Street between South Harwood Street and South Pearl Street.

The building is a "contributing property" in the Dallas Downtown Historic District, 04000894 and 08001299 on the National Register of Historic Places. The district's official documentation incorrectly says it was built in 1930.

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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Lang and Witchell (American architectural firm, active 1905-1938) (500230379)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Buildings—Texas (sh85017805)
• Historic districts—Texas (sh95010327)

My apologies to the sculptor(s) if they poured their heart(s) and soul(s) into this. Its placement here seems desultory and cynical, as though the building owner would get a break on their property taxes if they installed a public art.

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In downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 2nd, 2023, the "West End Center" office building (built 1984) on the north side of West 4th½ Street, west of North Broad Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Brick walls (sh85016796)
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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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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Commercial buildings—Illinois (sh89006915)
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The shopping mall "Little Tokyo Galleria" was built in 1985 and its architects are widely mocked and disdained for situating a pee-stained emergency egress at the building's most prominently visible corner, overlooking a busy intersection.

Also the city of Los Angeles is widely mocked and disdained for its inadequacy of access to indoor toilets!

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In downtown Los Angeles on April 23rd, 2019, outside the Little Tokyo Galleria at the southwest corner of East 3rd Street and South Alameda Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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An outer structure of wooden siding forms a recessed shelter for a wall of 1960s-1970s-looking stone veneer surrounding the back door.

I FEEL THAT THE colors of the outer structure — gray paint for the wooden siding and grayish blue for the phony shutters — were well-chosen, comfortably modest.

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In downtown Decatur, Indiana, on July 27th, 2019, the backside of 138 North 2nd Street in an alley connecting Madison Street and West Monroe Street between North 1st Street and North 2nd Street.

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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Traffic cones (Dcmthrg)

We keep on pappin that eau in these 7 placements of asses.

It probably hardly ever happens that all 7 seats are occupied by 7 people at once. Look at those 7 diagonal protective awnings, 1 for ea. seat.

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In Montréal on May 29th, 2018, inside the Papineau metro station on the Green Line, completed in 1966.

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The Inglenook (First Floor) - An Inglenook is a chimney corner that is nestled under a grand staircase. You can sit on benches on either side of the fireplace. The Inglenook first appeared in American homes in the 1870s and became a common feature of entrance halls in fashionable homes built in the next decade. This cozy intimate space softened the formality of the hall, which for many years served strictly as a waiting room for visitors.

"Someybody's been smearing lipstick on that curb," my favorite joke to make about firetruck parking zones.

See the recessed corner area in the shadows back there: Tonight in my dreams I'm going to make that into a merchandise display window by glassing it in and installing some lighting and mannequins and a colorful backdrop.

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In downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 22nd, 2012, the valet parking entrance at the Millennium Hotel on the north side of West 5th Street between Elm Street and Race Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA6370.P37 Underground parking facilities—United States—Pictorial works.
SB405 Flowers—United States—Pictorial works.
SB423.75.U6 Beds (Gardens)—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6212 Commercial buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
F499.C543 Cincinnati (Ohio)—Pictorial works.