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Leftover bits of structures are a kind of accidental art

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Addison Del Mastro
May 10, 2022
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I recently wrote about the phenomenon known as “ghost buildings,” or the remains of part of a demolished building in the shared wall of an adjoining building. Like this:

I was in Hyattsville, Maryland the other week to meet a friend at a coffee shop (which I also wrote about), and I passed this neat example of a ghost building along the main drag:

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