The Flickr Tanbrickbuilding Image Generatr

"A picture of a fourplex brings to life the quasquicentury just passed, in the form of our imagined memories of events in the lives of the fourplex's residents during that period," I bellowed as I took pictures from across the street. Then I waved at the faces that appeared in the windows.

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In Bloomington, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, was a fourplex (built circa 1910, per my review of Bloomington city directories at ancestrylibrary.com) on the west side of North Lee Street, south of West Market Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Gray was a weird choice of paint color for the first floor but I guess it looks okay. We have dark red brickwork atop a wall of tan bricks.

The local assessor website (for Beaver County, Pennsylvania) asserts that the building is from 1930. The latest city directory I was able to find for Rochester online is from 1927-1928, and the building was not yet listed at that time.

I see where the building formerly contained a cigar shop. The building's Beaver County property record card says it used to be a laundromat.

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In downtown Rochester, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, a building on the north side of Brighton Avenue between Hinds Street and Pleasant Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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The earliest Goog. Streetview imagery available here is from October 2008, and the weathered Bram sign was already truncated at that time.

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In downtown Waterbury, Connecticut, on September 20th, 2021, outside Bram Commercial [Refrigeration and?] Restauraunt Equipment [__?] on the west side of Meadow Street, north of Freight Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Watch as the façade curves around to the metal-framed glass door, with a sidelight on the left. Wow, do you see it?

The dark blue awning with beige stripes is so perfect for the building, why, I cannot even imagine the building without it.

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In downtown Jacksonville, Illinois, on October 31st, 2020, Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois on the north side of East Morgan Street, between South Mauvaisterre Street and South East Street, in the "Arthur Vogts Building," a "contributing property" to the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District, 100002915 on the National Register of Historic Places, built circa 1950.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Sometime some of you urbex people ought to get inside and report back on whether you can find rooms where it still smells like old milk!

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In the Glen Elk neighborhood of Clarksburg, West Virginia, on July 6th, 2020, the former Imperial Ice Cream Co. (erected circa 1915) at the southwest corner of Clark Street and Mayo Street, a "contributing property" to the Glen Elk Historic District, 93001232 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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See the comically over-the-top debasement of this poor old building by these brickings-in of its sandstone doorways.

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In downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, on May 13th, 2020, a warehouse (built in 1912) on the south side of West 11th Street, east of Sassafras Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Its damage is part of its charm!

I have a beautiful tan-and-aqua shirt I love.

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In downtown Ford City, Pennsylvania, on July 9th, 2020, on the west side of 5th Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 128), north of 9th Street.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Imagine the array of metaphysical activities these Indiana spiritualists are doing inside. See the entrance ramp, the unkempt shrubbery, and the building's adorable cornucopia ornament up top.

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In Fort Wayne, Indiana, on September 22nd, 2019, at the northwest corner of Wells Street and Spring Street. The building was erected in 1928.

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Yea the Jr. O.U.A.M. were the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and were totally nativist as of 1913: only white native-born male protestants allowed, united in prejudicial dislike of individual members of the out-groups they had chosen.

Yea the building was completed in 1913 according to the Historic American Buildings Survey report on Jeannette, Pennsylvania. A banquet hall was on the first floor; apartments were on the second and third floors; and the lodge meeting room was on the fourth floor.

"I am anti-Jr. O.U.A.M. and I endorse the Fair Housing Act of 1968," I clucked in self-satisfaction as I took pictures of the building.

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In downtown Jeannette, Pennsylvania, on June 30th, 2019, on the north side of Clay Avenue between South 1st Street and South 2nd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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I take what I want from it: The fun of saying "Oooh it's from 1901." All I want is 1901. Just give me the 1901.

I do not care about the gray-and-white siding and the bright orange panels. It is fine with me that there aren't any flowers in the window baskets upstairs.

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In downtown Kittanning, Pennsylvania, on July 9th, 2020, a building at the northeast corner of South Jefferson Street and Diamond Way.

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Your assignment is: Forecast a twenty-year outcome for the building under each of three different economic policy regimes of your choosing (existing or imaginary). BE CREATIVE!

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In the Juniata neighborhood of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on June 28th, 2019, the former Park Floor Coverings on the west side of North 4th Avenue between North 7th Street and North 8th Street.

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