A wall of appropriate length for this many newspaper boxes.

And it's tall enough to shield you from the sights and sounds of that portable Ingersoll Rand 185 cubic-feet-per-minute air compressor over there, while you're helping yourself to free(!) real estate advertisements.

 

I don't know what all this construction is for but I'll be glad when it's over!

 

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In downtown Durham, North Carolina, on June 1st, 2011, outside Durham City Hall at the northeast corner of North Mangum Street and City Hall Plaza.

 

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

NA2940 Concrete walls—Pictorial works.

NA712.5.M63 Modern movement (Architecture)—United States—Pictorial works.

NA4431 City halls—United States—Pictorial works.

HF5483 Vending machines—Pictorial works.

PN4784.F74 Free circulation newspapers and periodicals—Pictorial works.

TJ990 Air-compressors—Pictorial works.

HE336.R63 Road work zones—Pictorial works.

TE220 Roads—Maintenance and repair—Equipment and supplies—Pictorial works.

F264.D9 Durham (N.C.)—Pictorial works.

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