In my opinion the upstairs windows need decorative shutters at their sides.

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In downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 2nd, 2023, 412 N Trade St (built 1906; designated a "noncontributing building" in the Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District due to "loss of integrity in materials and design") on the west side of North Trade Street, north of West 4th Street.

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You could see the upstairs windows through it, as I recall.

Is that rusty rear end your Dodge Durango? That Chevy Silverado used to be my dad's.

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In downtown Manistique, Michigan, on May 18th, 2024, was Putvin Drug, a/k/a Putvin Health Mart, on the east side of Cedar Street, south of Walnut Street.

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The gray clumps are ghastly but I do prefer them to the dented 2011 crew-cab GMC Sierra parked nearby.

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In Savannah, Georgia, on December 31st, 2023, was Spanish moss in crepe myrtle trees at the northwest corner of Barnard Street and West Bolton Street. The two-story house is a duplex built circa 1875 according to its record in the GNAHRGIS database, a "contributing property" in the Savannah Victorian Historic District, 74000665 and 82002392 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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manila international autoshow 2008

"Is that your red '97 Honda Civic hatchback, parked there downhill?" I sang.

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In San Diego, California, on July 2nd, 2024, in the Ocean Beach neighborhood, was a view of the northeast corner of Niagara Avenue and Ebers Street.

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A buff-colored commercial building from the 1940s and a white-colored sedan from the 2010s have found one another.

"1947 E. Dal Porto" reads the datestone at the top of the building. Chrysler 200s were manufactured in Sterling Heights, Michigan, for model years 2011-2017, and then discontinued.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 2101 Pine Ave at the southeast corner of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route) and 21st Street.

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I heard you love this.

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In downtown Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28th, 2022, was a view of Commerce Street, east of Coxe Avenue.

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In downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27th, 2022, a view of "909 Walnut" (originally known as the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company Building, built from 1930 to 1932; designed by Hoit, Price, and Barnes; a federal office building starting in 1951; partially converted to apartments in 2005; 97000908 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the East Ninth Street-Grand Boulevard Historic District, 100005660 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of Walnut Street and East 9th Street, as viewed from the southwest corner of 11th and Walnut.

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This creation combines gables with a mansard. There is a date stone above the door: "Joseph C. Del Grosso, circa-1981, 2524 Pine Ave."

The building's record in the Niagara County Property Record Online System says the building was completed in 1982. Based on my experience with some fishy records in this database, that could be true, or 1982 could be the year that the building last underwent a major remodel or expansion. For example, the record describes the building as two one-story buildings, each occupying an area of identical size. Maybe what actually happened in 1982 is an older building was given a new façade and a new second story?

Anyway, "Nineteen hundred eighty two, a gable roof with mansard. Paint its wooden shingles pink and all your prayers are answered."

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, 2524 Pine Ave on the north side of Pine Avenue (U.S. 62 Business Route) west of 26th Street.

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Nice to know not driving hasn't made me unable to tuck into a narrow parking space.

These are the good old days!

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In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on April 23rd, 2025, was a view to the west from the north side of River Street, between Canal Street and High Street.

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In downtown Rochester, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, was a commercial building on the west side of Broadway Avenue South, south of 2nd Street Southwest.

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On-street parking, tall palms corridor.

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In San Diego, California, on July 2nd, 2024, in the Ocean Beach neighborhood, was a view from the north of Narragansett Avenue, west of Bacon Street.

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The things along the top of the picture are my luxuriant eyelashes!

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In San Diego, California, on July 2nd, 2024, in the Ocean Beach neighborhood, was a view from the southwest corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and Del Monte Avenue.

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