The Flickr Westkearsleystreet Image Generatr

Was the whitishness inflicted to the smooth granite panels as part of a wrongheaded graffiti removal project or...?

Or ?!!?

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, the former Genesee County Savings Bank, said to have been built in 1920 and remodeled in 1947, 100001836 on the National Register of Historic Places, at the northwest corner of South Saginaw Street and West Kearsley Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• anarchists (300136380)
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Wikidata items:
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• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
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Wow I would like to see a big roomful of mid20c washer-dryer parts, to match the sign.

I WISH THESE POWERLINES WOULD FALL DOWN ONTO THE GROUND so I could see the sign better.

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In Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, outside "1st Source Servall Appliance Parts" at the northeast corner of West Kearsley Street and Island Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• capital letters (300055061)
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• Mid-Century Modernist (300343610)
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Wikidata items:
• 9 December 2018 (Q45921992)
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Bicycle lanes (Pmrcpmc)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Laundry machinery—Parts

Ugh imagine how boring this parking garage would be to look at if it did not have the vines.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, at the northwest corner of Beach Street and West Kearsley Street, outside the Riverside Parking Garage.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• autumn (300133093)
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Wikidata items:
• 9 December 2018 (Q45921992)
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Urban plants (sh85141312)

Half of all ornamental junipers in the U.S. are prettier than this one. Half are less pretty.

People disagree about whether this particular juniper specimen is a shrub or a small tree. I say it is both.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, off the southeast corner of West Kearsley Street and Buckham Alley.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• discoloration (300053045)
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Wikidata items:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Conifers (sh85031129)
• Junipers (sh85071044)
• Urban plants (sh85141312)

Here was one in brown sunshine in a brown area of town.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, the Shepman Building at the northeast corner of West Kearsley Street and Buckham Alley.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• construction sites (300312090)
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Wikidata items:
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Here is a picture of one of my favorite collections of buildings and roadwork, in December sun.

My eyelashes accidentally got into the picture at the top left, and I apologize for that.

Yours sincerely,

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, a view from the southwest corner of Beach Street and West Kearsley Street. There is the "James W. Rutherford Parking Structure."

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Flint (7013765)
• Genesee (county) (1002406)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• central business districts (300000868)
• construction sites (300312090)
• intersections (300003871)
• townscapes (built environment) (300008923)
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Wikidata items:
• 9 December 2018 (Q45921992)
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Street closure (Cratutts)
• Traffic control devices (Dcmthr)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Road work zones (sh2005005055)