The Flickr Westwashtenawstreet Image Generatr

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Occurrence of snowplow-wider-than-sidewalk. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Occurrence of snowplow-wider-than-sidewalk.

Grass scraped away!

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on February 25th, 2021, on South Butler Bouleveard at the northwest corner of its intersection with West Washtenaw Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• damage (condition) (300068940)
• evening (300343633)
• grass (plant) (300132397)
• mud (300014337)
• sidewalks (300003893)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• snow removal (300254115)
• snowplows (300228824)
• soil (300014330)
• streets (300008247)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 25 February 2021 (Q69305968)
• 2020-21 North American winter (Q103932131)
• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• February 25 (Q2356)
• February 2021 (Q61312935)
• Lansing – East Lansing metropolitan area (Q6487493)
• Treaty of Saginaw (Q1572601)

Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• No parking (Brddq)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Streets—Michigan (sh2001006444)
• Urban soils (sh90006222)

Typical urban landscape of Lansing Michigan in the winter! by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Typical urban landscape of Lansing Michigan in the winter!

We love our city for its distinctive appearance. We package its scenery into tidy rectangular bundles to carry around with us.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 1st, 2018, on West Washtenaw Street, west of South Butler Boulevard.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• vacant lots (300122264)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 1 December 2018 (Q45921928)
• December 1 (Q2297)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• overcast (Q1055865)
• Rust Belt (Q781973)
• vehicle track (Q42046202)

Out taking a drive! by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Out taking a drive!

As the snow melts away so shall our fond memories, and the evidences thereof huh. These were the vrooms of Oldsmobiles without mufflers.

Was this the "motorin'" the singers Night Ranger had in mind.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 1st, 2018, in a vacant lot on the north side of West Washtenaw Street, west of South Butler Boulevard.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• vacant lots (300122264)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 1 December 2018 (Q45921928)
• December 1 (Q2297)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• overcast (Q1055865)
• Rust Belt (Q781973)
• vehicle track (Q42046202)

At an intersection of sidewalks at the center of the universe. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

At an intersection of sidewalks at the center of the universe.

This needs a monumental bronze abstract sculpture.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 1st, 2018, at the southwest corner of South Butler Boulevard and West Washtenaw Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• intersections (300003871)
• sidewalks (300003893)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• vacant lots (300122264)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 1 December 2018 (Q45921928)
• December 1 (Q2297)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• overcast (Q1055865)
• Rust Belt (Q781973)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)

A heaven's gate of jersey barriers. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

A heaven's gate of jersey barriers.

In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 1st, 2018, on West Washtenaw Street, west of South Butler Boulevard.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• lampposts (300101536)
• snow (precipitation) (300055381)
• urban landscapes (300132447)
• vacant lots (300122264)
• winter (300133101)

Wikidata items:
• 1 December 2018 (Q45921928)
• December 1 (Q2297)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• overcast (Q1055865)
• Rust Belt (Q781973)
• Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains (Q53769966)
• streetlight (Q503958)
• vehicle track (Q42046202)

Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Barricades (Qtpsb)
• Street closure (Cratutts)

Salty cracked blacktop pavements and windowless walls of beige brick are two kinds of surface. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Salty cracked blacktop pavements and windowless walls of beige brick are two kinds of surface.

I am getting hungry for big inexpensive bags of high-sodium potato chips. Haha this windowlessness is comical.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 8th, 2018, at the northeast corner of South Capitol Avenue and West Washtenaw Street.

There is the former Masonic Temple Building, built 1924, 80001868 on the National Register of Historic Places, later occupied by Cooley Law School.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• asphalt concrete (300010739)
• beige (color) (300266234)
• blank walls (300002474)
• brick (clay material) (300010463)
• cracks (300209168)
• Freemasonry (belief system) (300375628)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• lampposts (300101536)
• law schools (buildings) (300264778)
• parking lots (300007826)
• pavements (surface elements) (300002088)
• stains (damage) (300379497)

Wikidata items:
• 8 December 2018 (Q45921983)
• 1920s architecture (Q7160080)
• Buildings and structures completed in 1924 (Q8318690)
• December 8 (Q2301)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• Masonic Temple Building (Q6783780)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• road salt (Q760081)
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Q17032823)
• winter sprinkling (Q10860855)

Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Asphalt concrete pavements (Pmrcppbmd)
• Fatigue cracking (Smfdbsf)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Brick walls (sh85016796)

Favorite underground utility. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Favorite underground utility.

I stood here in a cold wind daydreaming about the destinations of the underground conduit, and imagining workers digging up and then repaving its trench. Snot began to leak from my nose.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 8th, 2018, at the northeast corner of South Capitol Avenue and West Washtenaw Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• asphalt concrete (300010739)
• central business districts (300000868)
• cracks (300209168)
• parking lots (300007826)
• pavements (surface elements) (300002088)
• utilities (infrastructures) (300008601)

Wikidata items:
• 8 December 2018 (Q45921983)
• December 8 (Q2301)
• December 2018 (Q31179612)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• road salt (Q760081)
• winter sprinkling (Q10860855)

Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
• Asphalt concrete pavements (Pmrcppbmd)
• Fatigue cracking (Smfdbsf)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Underground utility lines (sh85139599)

LIGHT-UP SKY JEWEL for Washtenaw Street, a dangling pendant in downtown you-know-where. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

LIGHT-UP SKY JEWEL for Washtenaw Street, a dangling pendant in downtown you-know-where.

Caution!, a lightning bug.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on August 18th, 2016, West Washtenaw Street as viewed to the east from the west side of Townsend Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TE228 Traffic signs and signals—United States—Pictorial works.
NA9053.S7 Streetscapes (Urban design)—United States—Pictorial works.
HE355 Streets—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6215 Central business districts—United States—Pictorial works.
F574.L2 Lansing (Mich.)—Pictorial works.

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Transportation Research Thesaurus term:
Flashing traffic signals

Hello from downtown Lansing! by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Hello from downtown Lansing!

My gosh this ridiculous city, ha ha. I'm just standin out here in the middle of the street.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on May 26th, 2013, steam from the Lansing Board of Water and Light at the northeast corner of South Walnut Street and West Washtenaw Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Lansing (2052433)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• orange (color) (300126734)
• pipes (conduits) (300014662)
• steam (300011784)

Wikidata items:
• district heating (Q278784)
• Downtown Lansing (Q5303483)
• Lansing Board of Water & Light (Q17030936)
• May 26 (Q2586)
• May 2013 (Q2159002)