The Flickr Windowless Image Generatr

Here was the "Costa Azul Suites Virginia Beach" hotel. According to city property records at propertysearch.virginiabeach.gov, the building was built in 1972. According to Google Streetview, it was formerly a Super 8 motel; see it here in 2007. Also according to Streetview, the hotel was remodeled circa 2011 and this wall was resurfaced in buff-colored EIFS (I think), at which time it was also rebranded a "Clarion Inn & Suites." Sometime between 2019 and 2022, the wall was painted light bluish gray and the hotel was again rebranded the Costa Azul Suites. Sometime prior to January 2025, it was rebranded the "Garner, an IHG Hotel."

What a boring history!

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In Virginia Beach, Virginia, on October 10th, 2023, were the Costa Azul Suites Virginia Beach at the northeast corner of Pacific Avenue (U.S. Route 60) and 26th Street, as viewed from 27th Street.

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Arundel, West Sussex

I like the stone veneer but I wish there were more of it, wrapping around the corner to cover the wall of concrete blocks at the left, and extending upward several stories into the sky.

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In downtown Wauseon, Ohio, on November 2nd, 2024, was an addition to 117 Beech St on the north side of Beech Street, east of North Fulton Street.

According to Fulton County property records at qpublic.schneidercorp.com, the addition was built in 1976, expanding the 1964 building at the right.

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Transit Ventilating Tower at 1190 2nd Avenue (architect unknown, probably 1980s). This is part of the string of opaque, brooding, Brutalist ventilating complexes following the subway's IND 63rd Street line. See counterparts in Long Island City here and here. I swear I didn't make a point of shooting all these on dour, overcast afternoons! Out of the whole set, this is the most functionalist and the least interested in sculpting its windowless mass into some approximation of castellation or the like. I suspect it's only a matter of time until the whoel front gets painted MTA blue, with little letters "M" and "A" tacked on somehow to the left and right.

New York City Transit Sheepshead Substation (architect and date unknown) at East 15th Street and Avenue Y. This is a windowless brick lump of transit electrical infrastructure, with some efforts at Deco-esque ornamental brickwork around the entrance.

New York City Transit Sheepshead Substation (architect and date unknown) at East 15th Street and Avenue Y. This is a windowless brick lump of transit electrical infrastructure, with some efforts at Deco-esque ornamental brickwork around the entrance.

Maroa Lumber, 229 East Main Street, Maroa, Illinois. Apparently Maroa Lumber does not believe in windows. Purchased by Charles Hamilton in 1955, Maroa Lumber Company is currently run by his son Dennis Hamilton, granddaughter Jennifer, and Brad Roberts.

tucked away in the depths of a café within hamburg's alster arkaden, a peculiar corridor reveals itself. captured on a journey to the restroom, this windowless passage speaks of an odd charm. ornate sconces and delicate floral arrangements attempt to inject life into the space, while mismatched seating awaits patrons in a state of quiet anticipation. the walls, seemingly bent with age and wear, give a sense of unease and intrigue. each step through this curious corridor, nestled beneath grand rooms with skewed views of the alster, invites a surreal pause in the everyday bustle above.

Inevitable Wars and Rumors of Wars

Unspoken Agreements

Indications

Windowless City

Somewhere in eastern Iowa.

We flew to Iquitos from Peru; in fact Iquitos, on the Amazon River, can only be reached by air or the river. There are no overland roads. This rickety looking window-less bus met us at the airport and drove us down to the dock where we boarded a flat bottom boat for a 45-minute trip down river to the Explorama Lodge on the shores of the Amazon River.

This was one of the longest trips we had taken up to that point, consisting of 3 flights, 1 bus ride and a boat ride to get to the resort. As I recall, we took a nice long nap in our nicely air-conditioned room when we arrived !

A building with no windows on the upper floors, and few on the ground floor, seen at 1331 12th Avenue, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

A building with no windows on the ground floor, corner of North Main Street and West Elm Street, Bluffton, Ohio

Part of the Mansfield Brewery Site which opened in 1855 and closed in 2002. This Nottinghamshire Limestone wall with bricked-up windows and doors looks older than 1855 to me. Part of the iconic Edwardian building next door is now, appropriately, a micro pub.

Former New York Telephone exchange building (architect and date unknown, probably 1960s-1970s). #9 South Avenue (NY 9-D), Wappingers Falls, NY.