The Flickr Roundedbuilding Image Generatr

In downtown Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, was the Normal Public Library, built from 1972 (per its datestone) to 1973, at the northeast corner of West College Avenue and North Fell Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• McLean (county) (7019015)
• Normal (7014232)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• brick (clay material) (300010463)
• brown (color) (300127490)
• brownish orange (300126858)
• capital letters (300055061)
• curved (300010305)
• exterior walls (300002523)
• masonry veneer (300444225)
• public libraries (buildings) (300006877)
• signs (declatory or advertising artifacts) (300123013)

Wikidata items:
• 10 August 2024 (Q69307256)
• 1970s in architecture (Q17173162)
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• August 10 (Q2779)
• August 2024 (Q61313036)
• Bloomington-Normal (Q2907050)
• Central Illinois (Q5061228)
• curved wall (Q130221293)
• Normal Public Library (Q69474186)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Brick walls (sh85016796)
• Public buildings—Illinois (sh85064312)

An urban copse occurs, of palmae and eucalypti.

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In downtown San Diego, California, on July 1st, 2024, was a view of the east side of the intersection of Front Street and West Cedar Street. There was the off-ramp from Interstate 5 to 2nd Avenue; and the "Four Points by Sheraton San Diego Downtown Little Italy."

Per an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the hotel was built in 1970 as a Holiday Inn, and changed its name in 2012 ("Re-branding and renovation are planned for Holiday Inn," May 17, 2012).

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• San Diego (7014455)
• San Diego (county) (1002858)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• access ramps (300445628)
• Eucalyptus (genus) (300374859)
• hotels (public accommodations) (300007166)
• intersections (300003871)
• overpasses (300003846)
• palm (family) (300375395)
• round (shape) (300121969)
• streets (300008247)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• traffic signals (300003915)
• trees (300132410)
• urban landscapes (300132447)

Wikidata items:
• 1 July 2024 (Q69307216)
• 1970 in architecture (Q2812531)
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• California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion (Q5021203)
• Diegan Coastal Terraces (Q127179328)
• Downtown San Diego (Q3038344)
• Four Points by Sheraton (Q1439966)
• hexadecagon (Q263152)
• Holiday Inn (Q2717882)
• Interstate 5 (Q54725)
• Interstate Highway System (Q94247)
• July 1 (Q2700)
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• Little Italy (Q963087)
• round building (Q42898444)
• Southern California (Q844837)
• Southern California/Northern Baja Coast (Q63826298)
• signalized intersection (Q2940218)
• Treaty with the Diegueno, 1852 (Q127177878)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Hotels—California (sh2016001451)
• Palms (sh85097246)
• Streets—California (sh85128639)
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

From 2006 comes a bad and silly beige cylinder at a five-over-one condobldg with downstairs urgentcare. Wow that stupid notch in the building's stupid tiara has a set of ornamental horizontal poles that cutely reference the apartment balconies' railings: so stupid!

Discarded Lime scooter.

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In downtown Los Angeles on April 23rd, 2019, the Teramachi Homes, a condominium building erected in 2006, at the northwest corner of San Pedro Street and East 3rd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Downtown Los Angeles (7017736)
• Little Tokyo (7017734)
• Los Angeles (7023900)
• Los Angeles (county) (1002608)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• apartment houses (300005707)
• architectural ornament (300378995)
• balconies (300002588)
• beige (color) (300266234)
• colored glass (300380332)
• condominiums (built works) (300005610)
• curved (300010305)
• cylinders (solids) (300163037)
• medical clinics (buildings) (300006665)
• mixed use (300112289)
• Postmodern (300022208)
• railings (balustrades) (300002018)
• shop signs (300211862)

Wikidata items:
• 3rd Street (Q4636974)
• 23 April 2019 (Q57350059)
• 2000s in architecture (Q11186432)
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• April 23 (Q2527)
• April 2019 (Q47087596)
• Lime (Q39086685)
• motorized scooter (Q2399970)
• one-plus-five (Q63452621)
• postmodern architecture (Q595448)
• San Pedro Street (Q7415139)
• Southern California (Q844837)
• urgent care clinic (Q7900484)
• window film (Q480324)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Apartment houses—California (sh2016001450)
• Palms (sh85097246)

Hot dog what a credit union cooperative federation hq! Jeez there are so many powerlines here I can hardly see the bldg.

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In downtown Regina, Saskatchewan, on August 2nd, 2018, the Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan, a/k/a SaskCentral, erected 1975 according to the City of Regina Assessment & Taxation Department's property search website, at the northeast corner of Albert Street and 13th Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Regina (7013097)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• brick (clay material) (300010463)
• brown (color) (300127490)
• corporate headquarters (built works) (300132690)
• credit unions (300025984)
• curved (300010305)
• office buildings (300007043)

Wikidata items:
• 2 August 2018 (Q45920940)
• 1970s architecture (Q7160121)
• Albert Street (Q39075500)
• August 2 (Q2785)
• August 2018 (Q31179558)
• brick building (Q41955438)
• Buildings and structures completed in 1975 (Q8318763)
• credit union league (Q5183792)
• Southern Saskatchewan (Q14234758)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)

Doorstep but no doorknob.

The blinds were swaying in the breeze of a nearby air conditioning vent. No I'm just kidding, no they weren't.

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In downtown Syracuse, New York, on September 3rd, 2016, on the east side of South Townsend Street, south of East Water Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA3020 Windows—Pictorial works.
TH2276 Blinds—Pictorial works.
HD257 Abandoned buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6212 Commercial buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
TH3411 Commercial buildings—Remodeling—Pictorial works.
NA4120 Building, Brick—United States—Pictorial works.
TA432 Bricks—Painting—Pictorial works.
TP936.5 Paint—Deterioration—Pictorial works.
NA3010 Doorways—Pictorial works.
QC495.2 Red—Pictorial works.
F129.S8 Syracuse (N.Y.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• vertical blinds

People say it looks "off somehow but I can't put my finger on why" and then you tell them it's from 1933 and they say "ah, that makes sense."

"So there is a mismatch between the building's architectural style(s) and the actual time period of its erection; and between its architectural style(s) and its shape and proportions," you say, and they say "ah, yes, yes."

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In downtown Schenectady, New York, on August 29th, 2016, Schenectady City Hall as viewed from the southeast corner of Franklin Street and Clinton Street.

The building was designed by McKim, Mead, and White.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
NA4431 City halls—United States—Pictorial works.
NA705.5.N46 Neoclassicism (Architecture)—United States—Pictorial works.
NA705.5.H57 Historicism in architecture—United States—Pictorial works.
E159 National Register of Historic Places—Pictorial works.
E159 Historic buildings—United States—Pictorial works.
NA2930 Towers—United States—Pictorial works.
NA737.M4 McKim, Mead & White.
E169.1 Nineteen thirties—Pictorial works.
F129.S5 Schenectady (N.Y.)—Pictorial works.

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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• pilasters

I took this same photo a few years ago with a lesser camera. I have always liked it and today I went by and did a second shot. You know, because I love photography. :-)

Macau, S.A.R