"I hate this air conditioner!" and/or "I shall extract the copper from this, and sell it!"

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In downtown Canton, Ohio, on July 23rd, 2008, on the north side of 4th Street Northeast, east of Rex Avenue Northeast.

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2 x Easy chairs, 2 x night stands, dresser, tv, skylight and window aircon. Clothes closet [out of image frame on left] Windows look out over Spencer Park.

I like to set my window unit to "TurboCool" 'round the clock but how many people in Pittsburgh can afford to buy $25 bellydancing scarfs in this awful depression? Several of the best bellydance shows I ever saw were in Pittsburgh but even then the scarfs looked like they cost $10 tops.

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In Pittsburgh on June 30th, 2009, outside Nick's Imports, along the north side of East Carson Street, between South 19th Street and South 20th Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

TH7687 Air conditioning—Pictorial works.

GV1798.5 Belly dance—Equipment and supplies—Pictorial works.

GT3911.A2 Signs and signboards—United States—Pictorial works.

Z43 Writing—Pictorial works.

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May 2, 2021 - Central Ohio Fire Museum located in former Engine House No. 16 at 260 N 4th Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

"The museum was founded in 1983 by a group of Columbus firefighters who wanted to preserve firefighting history. They formed a non-profit group that same year, the “Columbus Ohio Fire Fighter’s Museum” (our actual legal name). They were able to lease the current building from the city after the station was closed in 1982. It took 20 years of work and fundraising to get the museum open. It took about $900,000 to restore the outside of the building to its original look and renovate the first floor. The museum opened to the public in 2002." Previous text from the museum's website: www.centralohiofiremuseum.com

I dislike the house because I cannot help but associate it with the white people of early 1930s north-central Florida. I do like to see palms and junipers in proximity to one another.

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In Gainesville, Florida, on December 31st, 2017, a house at the southwest corner of Northwest 8th Street and Northwest 1st Avenue.

The house was built in 1930 and is currently classified as a duplex by the government of Alachua County.

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• Junipers (sh85071044)

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Kansas City

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Nikon D40x

Ready for summertime - Panama City, Florida

According to my analysis of Sanborn fire insurance maps of Hazleton, the building was probably erected sometime between 1905 and 1909.

My favorite things to buy at Melvin Grocery are jugos naturales y verde, sandwich, pagos de billes, and envios. My favorite things to buy at Closet Multiservice are Pennsylvania license plates, cell phones, and taxprep.

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In downtown Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on September 14th, 2020, a building on the west side of North Wyoming Street between West Holly Street and West Tamarack Street.

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Ah 1950s apartment buildings, with the small touches of glass block, and the poorly-insulated difficult-to-operate windows we associate the buildings of that time.

We do not wish to live in areas dominated by 1950s apartment buildings, but we enjoy having them scattered around here and there, among buildings from other decades, to look at.

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In Lansing, Michigan, on November 30th, 2018, 801 N Capitol (erected 1951) at the northwest corner of North Capitol Avenue and West Madison Street.

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Yea a real estate listing from 2021 says it's a fiveplex. It also asserts that it was built in 1930, but I looked at some old St Joseph city directories at the Library Edition of Ancestry.com and that does not appear to be true. A service station was located here into the 1950s at least.

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In downtown St Joseph, Missouri, on March 31st, 2022, at the southeast corner of Jules Street and North 6th Street.

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"Well I had always wanted to see it gray so that's what we painted it."

The current paintjob is from sometime after October 2015. That is interesting to know!

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In downtown Ford City, Pennsylvania, on July 9th, 2020, a building (erected 1900 according to its datestone around the corner) at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 128) and 9th Street.

Family ACTS, a/k/a Family A.C.T.S., is a substance abuse treatment center.

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The defunct Buckstaff furniture factory in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Note: the building was demolished in 2017.

IMGP4020-HDR

Wow I really like this color of gray paint.

Based on my interpretation of this Sanborn fire insurance map, I think the house was built no later than 1886.

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In downtown New Brighton, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, on the east side of 2nd Avenue, south of 10th Street.

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DOESN'T IT!

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In downtown Elkhart, Indiana, on September 14th, 2014, off the south side of West Lexington Avenue, west of South Main Street.

The building is said to have been erected in 1890. It was designated a "noncontributing property" to the Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District (i.e., it was REJECTED.)

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What with the sizes we Americans have gotten to be, the carpeted step isn't comfortably wide enough to stand on anymore, when we smoke ciggies and stare off into space. The downspout is impressively strong, to be able to carry all of that ice without peeling away from the building.

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In the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston, West Virginia, on December 29th, 2010, outside the Ivy Terrace Motel on the south side of MacCorkle Avenue (West Virginia Route 61), east of 53rd Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

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NK2812 Carpets—United States—Pictorial works.

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This award winner is locally admired for its likeable weirdness. It has:

• very, very new-looking first-floor windows;

• parging of ahem selected areas of the first floor, in light reddish brown, atop brownish orange structural clay tile;

• flawlessly reliable HVAC support platforms; and

• shrunken upstairs windows.

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In downtown Keyser, West Virginia, on June 29th, 2019, on the south side of Patrick Street, west of North Water Street. The building is classed as "mixed residential/commercial" and is said to have been erected circa 1920.

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This is in Wisconsin but it reminds me of South Dakota or someplace like that, except for the cone-shaped streetlight fixture, which doesn't remind me of anyplace but here.

Is this one building, or are these two or three buildings united in siding.

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In downtown Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on August 19th, 2021, at the Beaver Dam office of the Central Wisconsin Community Action Council and the Sweet Victory Baptist Church, on the west side of South Spring Street (County Road G), opposite Washington Street.

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Very very old-timey! More layers of paint than it would be possible to try and count.

Shall somebody soon come tromping through the snow to collect his or her cleaning supplies! Me, I try not to leave my stuff unattended outdoors because I don't want to have to worry about it getting stolen.

In the sky I see part of Ralph Rapson's famous Riverside Plaza from way back in 1973. Inside of my heart it is always gonna be the tallest building in Minneapolis.

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In Minneapolis on January 19th, 2009, on the east side of 15th Avenue South, south of South 5th Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

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NA3008 Awnings—Pictorial works.

NK1570 Stripes.

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F614.M543 Minneapolis (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

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The colors are "imperial blue metallic" on the Cruze and "crimson pearl" on the Civic. Both are gorgeous.

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In downtown New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, at the intersection of Huntington Street and Washington Street, behind an apartment building at 5-9 Huntington St, a "contributing property" in the Downtown New London Historic District, 79002665 and 88000070 on the National Register of Historic Places.

Per the historic district's federal documentation, the building at the left and center is from 1857; the protruding building toward the right (with the stairs) is from circa 1890. The fronts of the buildings are brick.

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Beautiful small town theater with vivid red colors, simple marque, and soothing blue skies in the background. This historic place captures the eye and was found in downtown Branson. It's a refreshing contrast to the modern day theater that sports digital lighting, sound, and seats thousands. The theater lover will love this image as places like this are a "dying breed."

Appliance Repair Staten Island

303 Buel Avenue,

Staten Island, NY 10305

(646) 200-5806

appliancerepairstatenisland@gmail.com

www.appliancerepairstatenisland.net

Appliance Repair Staten Island has been around since 1992 servicing New York's commercial and residential HVAC needs. We are your full service air conditioning, heating and ventilation contractor. We are committed to providing the highest quality service and installation.

We are Staten Island’s premier HVAC installation and service contractor specializing in air conditioning installation and service, including ductless mini-split systems, heating systems, furnace and boilers repair and installation, and hot water heater service and installation.

Appliance Repair Staten Island is a full-service heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor. We have grown in every year in size and scope of service because of our commitment to timely and thorough customer service, communication, and most importantly, ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient operation of your HVAC system.

Our service technicians have many years of experience in the HVAC trade, and we invite our customers to ask questions and seek to improve the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in their homes and offices. Nothing makes us happier than providing our customers with the peace of mind that their families will be comfortable in their homes and their business will not be interrupted with HVAC-related breakdowns.

We diagnose, repair, maintain, and install portable air conditioners, window air conditioners, and home air conditioning systems, air cleaner filters, home air purifiers, whole house humidifiers, room humidifiers, ultrasonic humidifiers, home programmable thermostats, hot water heaters, boilers, furnaces, furnace filters, and ventilation systems.

Everybody loved GLAZED BRICKS IN NOVELTY COLORS, and we all clamored that GLAZED BRICKS IN NOVELTY COLORS would become ubiquitous in the U.S. architecture of commercial buildings, residential buildings, etc., for the next hundred-plus years. It did not happen, and we resent it!

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In downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, on November 22nd, 2018, the Richardson Building on the east side of 7th Street (West Virginia Route 618, formerly U.S. Route 50), north of Avery Street.

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The apartment windows have gotten reduced in size or covered over with siding.

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In downtown Logan, West Virginia, on July 23rd, 2010, on the north side of Stratton Street, between Jefferson Street and Holland Lane.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

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NA3020 Windows—Pictorial works.

F249.L6 Logan (W. Va.)—Pictorial works.

July 1, 2017 - We are now heading to dinner on a busy night in Hong Kong. Today is the 20th anniversary that Hong Kong was returned to Mainland China and after dinner we walked through Temple Street known for shopping followed by a ride on the subway since our bus was stuck in traffic. We then met up with our bus and drove up Victoria Peak to watch the celebratory fireworks display.

In downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 26th, 2018, the Butterworth Building (erected 1950 according to a plaque on the building), part of the abandoned Charity Hospital complex, at the northwest corner of Tulane Avenue and South Villere Street.

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This is a Polaroid photograph of the back door of my son's house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The old metal awning over the door casts a long shadow on the white aluminum siding from the morning sun.

My grandparents bought this house in the late 1950s; and my mother spent most of her childhood here. When my grandma died, my mom and my uncle inherited the house and sold it to my son. I live here with him.

9-23-22

boston, massachusetts

march 1969

beacon hill

alexander and quentin

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

Now you are living in a beach town in Florida, for 70-plus years.

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In Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on March 7th, 2019, an apartment building (erected 1948) at the northwest corner of 7th Avenue North and 2nd Street North.

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On a hot and humid day, from the window air conditioner. 6-20-10

And shrunken windows!

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In the Glen Elk neighborhood of Clarksburg, West Virginia, on July 6th, 2020, the Clarksburg Mission in the A & A Building (built 1919) at the southwest corner of North 4th Street and Clark Street, a "contributing property" to the Glen Elk Historic District, 93001232 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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"Before I looked at this digital picture I had not thought about 1906 for a long damn time," is the thing I am trying to get you to say. Say it!

Here was "The Peoples Building," a/k/a the People’s Union Bank & Trust Company Building, erected 1906. Haha "peoples."

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In downtown McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on July 1st, 2019, the Peoples Building at the northwest corner of 5th Avenue and Walnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 148).

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"Ya cain't have both, it needs to be one or the other," I always told my kids whenever they bellered for spaghetti and thaifood both. The transitioning restaurant is a house, with siding of boobies-drawings or ocean-waves design.

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In downtown Golden, Colorado, on July 10th, 2011, "Tony Rigatoni's Pizza & Pasta"/"Thai Gold Restaurant" at the northwest corner of 14th Street and Prospectors Alley.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

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TX724.5.T5 Cooking, Thai—Pictorial works.

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She is green, and spreads her wings to reveal her secret shame: a high school and football field where her bosom and abdomen are supposed to be.

This photo is from the summer of '10, and Big Creek High School had closed forever only two months prior, its students relocated to a new school in a different town. "We are trained in the U.S. to regard the closure and merger of smalltown schools with sadness," I observed as I snapped photos.

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In downtown War, West Virginia, on July 23rd, 2010, on the north side of Main Street (West Virginia Route 16.)

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N8217.E3 Education in art.

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In New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, 36 Truman St (built in 1918 according to the City of New London's online property database, and confirmed by Sanborn fire insurance maps) on the west side of Truman Street between Belden Court and Blackhall Street.

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This picture is from 2007 and in them [sic] days I wouldn't have thought twice about pulling myself up the staircase and ringing the doorbell of this/these stranger's/strangers' house. Times have changed in the U.S. and nowadays there's a good chance I'd be shot to death for trespassing if I did that.

"Two window air conditioners and vines on the awnings," maybe a good line for a sentimental song about a house.

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In Clarksburg, West Virginia, on December 21st, 2007, on the north side of Hickman Street, opposite Preston Street.

As of google streetview's passthru in Sept. 2013, one of the air conditioners had decided to get moved to a different window, and the address numbers were gone.

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Carbone - Greenwich Village - Manhattan - New York City, NY

To my eyes it looked like the painting could use a restoration or at the very least a hosedown, but I'm not in charge of anything so I just hissed quietly at it and kept walking.

I said, "I guess maybe it used to be pretty back before it got faded and dirty."

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In downtown Hudson, Wisconsin, on January 18th, 2009, along the east side of 2nd Street, south of Walnut Street.

Thanks to C.H.W.-M. for the ride to Hudson.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

ND2605 Mural painting and decoration, American.

N8239.S24 Sailboats in art.

F589.H87 Hudson (Wis.)—Pictorial works.

Yea, verily, 1927. I see you admiring those brick lozenges upstairs.

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In downtown Monaca, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, MexiSoul Smokehouse & Taqueria on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, west of 15th Street.

Per its website, MexiSoul is a catering business and restaurant that "blends the vibrant tastes of Mexico & the comfort of down home soulfood," and was established in 2018.

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Imagine the cloud is looking down at the city with a benevolently smiling face. The "fall rentals" sign on the house is in reference to the fall semester at UW-Madison.

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In Madison, Wisconsin, on August 17th, 2021, a house (built 1894, currently subdivided into five apartments) on the east side of North Hamilton Street, north of North Webster Street.

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boston, massachusetts

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part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

From 1962 we inherit somebody's bold idea that chunks of black rock should be glued in randomized arrangements upon a white background, within broad stripes on the exterior walls of an apartment building, as decorations.

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In Los Angeles, California, on April 24th, 2019, a 9-unit apartment building (built in 1962) on the east side of North Berendo Street, south of Santa Monica Boulevard.

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Gray was a weird choice of paint color for the first floor but I guess it looks okay. We have dark red brickwork atop a wall of tan bricks.

The local assessor website (for Beaver County, Pennsylvania) asserts that the building is from 1930. The latest city directory I was able to find for Rochester online is from 1927-1928, and the building was not yet listed at that time.

I see where the building formerly contained a cigar shop. The building's Beaver County property record card says it used to be a laundromat.

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In downtown Rochester, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, a building on the north side of Brighton Avenue between Hinds Street and Pleasant Street.

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This is getting me super excited to explore the inside of the building.

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In Keyser, West Virginia, on June 29th, 2019, a building at the southwest corner of North Main Street and Mozelle Street.

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Few, if any buildings in Belgrade, Serbia, that were built more than 30 years ago have central air conditioning as it was not a priority in Communist countries.

FOR A FUNERAL: a columned entryway glowing the way I like, at mourners.

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In downtown Macon, Georgia, on January 5th, 2018, "Snow's Funerals • Cremations," a/k/a "Snow's Memorial Chapel," on the south side of Cherry Street, opposite New Street Lane.

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