The Flickr Weedsincracks Image Generatr

Weeds-in-cracks emerge to welcome spring. I wish they were as green as the paint!

Funfact: Per Googla Streeeview [sic], both the gray paint and the green paint were applied no earlier than June 2021.

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In Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, at the backsides of commercial and industrial buildings in an alley between West 3rd Street and West 4th Street, east of Myrtle Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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• May 2023 (Q61312956)
• Quad Cities (Q1660598)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Brick walls (sh85016796)
• Concrete masonry (sh85030722)
• Concrete walls (sh85030747)
• Urban plants (sh85141312)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

In downtown Quincy, Illinois, on October 30th, 2020, in a parking lot on the northeast corner of South 7th Street and Jersey Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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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)
• Small business (sh85123568)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

In downtown Danville, Virginia, on May 31st, 2022, a view toward the Downtown Danville Historic District (93000830 on the National Register of Historic Places) from the north side of South Ridge Street, between Main Street and Patton Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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• Pavements—Cracking (sh87003617)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

"Yep, looks like the U.S. midwest!" we exclaim happily in unison as we walk side-by-side.

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In downtown Defiance, Ohio, on October 15th, 2022, 5th Street as viewed to the west from the northwest corner of its intersection with Perry Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Out here enjoying the summer!

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In downtown Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, off the northwest corner of 12th Street and Tank Alley.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Urban plants (sh85141312)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

Everytime I see a pants store I go in and look for ultra-high-waisted pants but Paul Arrow's was closed.

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In downtown East Liverpool, Ohio, on May 14th, 2020, on the east side of Market Street between East 6th Street and Summit Lane.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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"Out here willingly! Sightseeing!" I would have called out with a friendly smile, had I seen any other pedestrians. But I didn't see any.

"NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS" the changeable-letters sign used to read. Area code 319!

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In downtown Keokuk, Iowa, on October 28th, 2020, Johnson Street as viewed from its intersection with South 11th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Weeds (sh85145920)
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A brilliant summer day!

I would like the skyscraper more if it didn't have that awful sign on top.

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In downtown Rochester, New York, on June 10th, 2021, Five Star Bank Plaza (built 1968-1970 as Marine Midland Plaza, designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as viewed from the west side of Ajax Street, north of East Broad Street.

The sign is from 2017.

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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
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I think the weeds are prettier than the ornamental shrub. Everytime I go to Bay City I end up emotionally exhausted from having to look at this style of architecture everyplace.

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In downtown Bay City, Michigan, on July 31st, 2020, outside an office building on the east side of Adams Street, north of 7th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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• Urban plants (sh85141312)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

We wish the light-gray-and-red building were instead painted dark-gray-to-black, to match the pavement, the building next door, and the privacy slats.

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In Dayton, Ohio, on October 12th, 2019, on the west side of South Patterson Boulevard, south of East 6th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Asphalt concrete pavements (Pmrcppbmd)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Weeds (sh85145920)

Yea the bldg is from 1930 and here it was in 2020. Great!

A chainlink fence's red privacy slats prevent us from seeing the red car parked on the other side of it.

Ah the views of the outdoors afforded to the BLDG'S LUCKY PAST OCCUPANTS by the long-gone upstairs windows.

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In Erie, Pennsylvania, on May 13th, 2020, a warehouse on the west side of French Street, north of East 16th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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I like the paint color too.

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In downtown Decatur, Indiana, on July 27th, 2019, off the west side of South 1st Street, south of Madison Street, outside American Legion Adams Post No. 43.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Very very comfortably familiar phenomena!

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In downtown Elyria, Ohio, on July 7th, 2018, off the south side of Broad Street, west of Chapel Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Asphalt concrete pavements (Pmrcppbmd)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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Most of the Fort Wayne people don't think it's charming but you and I know it is. Look at the dents and soiling.

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In Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 11th, 2018, on the east side of Fairfield Avenue, south of Walnut Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
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We need to be honoring, romanticizing, the ruins of the walls of glazed blocks from this era.

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In Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 11th, 2018, outside "Tri-State Vacuum" at the northwest corner of Fairfield Avenue and Taylor Street. The building is said to have been erected in 1945.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Weeds (sh85145920)

Vines are weeds, just as much as pavement weeds are. All of these are charming.

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In downtown Niles, Michigan, on September 13th, 2014, in an alley west of North 2nd Street, between Sycamore Street and East Main Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
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• Weeds (sh85145920)

Like wildflowers along a hiking trail in a national park!

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In Lorain, Ohio, on July 8th, 2018, on the east side of Broadway (Ohio State Route 57), north of East 22nd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Chicory (sh85023316)
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WHAT IS HEARTBREAKING IS: Per G. Streetview the sign used to charmingly read Displays Displays Displays in a comical mid-20c style. That is now lost!

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In Lorain, Ohio, on July 8th, 2018, on the east side of Elyria Avenue, south of East 20th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Lorain (7015732)
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Pavements—Cracking (sh87003617)
• Weeds (sh85145920)

THESE DISUSED EXPANSES OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE afford a broad view of numerous distant buildings and cars.

"We park our cars on the grass and leave the paved areas empty."

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In downtown Macon, Georgia, on January 5th, 2018, on the north side of Plum Street between 1st Street and 1st Street Lane.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Urban plants (sh85141312)
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Do the noncrumbling blocks also have this weirdness inside them?, the smoothsided concrete cylinders suspended in concrete aggregate?

We have all agreed that objects serving the purpose of bollards are bollards, regardless of physical shape.

Tim Hortons cup.

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In Niagara Falls, Ontario, on April 16th, 2016, at the boundary of a parking lot on the east side of Victoria Avenue, north of Falls Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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