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#16 Robert Giacometti

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 05:29 PM

Something to consider is this wall might be on private property and owned by the person who owns the house? If it is, then the owners might not be so agreeable to all of our ideas on what we want to do with their property.

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Posted 22 April 2012 - 10:04 AM

Something to consider is this wall might be on private property and owned by the person who owns the house? If it is, then the owners might not be so agreeable to all of our ideas on what we want to do with their property.



You certainly could be right sir, as if I remember correctly while the wall extends all the way to the corner, it appears it may be part of the residence? That said it still looks like it was built to have something on it. Only reason I even brought it up is that I live in that neighborhood and turn at that corner daily, that’s all. It really doesn’t bother me one way or the other, whether it says something or is just a wall.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 10:24 AM

You certainly could be right sir, as if I remember correctly while the wall extends all the way to the corner, it appears it may be part of the residence? That said it still looks like it was built to have something on it. Only reason I even brought it up is that I live in that neighborhood and turn at that corner daily, that’s all. It really doesn’t bother me one way or the other, whether it says something or is just a wall.

I wonder if that wall wasn't constructed as a barrier to prevent vehicles who maybe traveling too fast from crashing into the house as they try to make a left turn?

It would be interesting to know the reason behind it.

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Posted 22 April 2012 - 11:23 AM

You certainly could be right sir, as if I remember correctly while the wall extends all the way to the corner, it appears it may be part of the residence? That said it still looks like it was built to have something on it. Only reason I even brought it up is that I live in that neighborhood and turn at that corner daily, that’s all. It really doesn’t bother me one way or the other, whether it says something or is just a wall.


Same here, Pool Runner. I've always been curious about the wall and whether it had a name at one time or not.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 06:25 AM

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the house across the street on the corner also has some sort of concrete footing with a little bit of brick left on the bottom, but it's curved the opposite way.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 10:28 AM

I hear of an observation one time, called the broken window theory/

....It just takes one--and the neighborhood goes to pieces.


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As for the wall, my curiosity is piqued!

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:59 AM

So why can't you carve the letters in rather than glue them on? The Romans knew to do this.
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