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The Fake Townhouses Hiding Mystery Underground Portals
- Patrick_Devine 10y agoHere's one in a suburb in Vancouver close to where I used to live. It's for a railway tunnel that runs to a bridge leading to the north shore. https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2792941,-123.0184348,3a,75y,4.96h,89.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skZy-DF793NXKBCn3eD9tiQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2792941,-123.0184348,3a,75y,... I agree with the above commenter though. These aren't that unique and I'm sure they exist in most cities.
- lighttower 10y agoWhat object do you want to call attention to in the Street view image you linked
- lstamour 10y agohttp://www.vanrail.ca/railfanning http://www.vanrail.ca/railfanning Look under "Railroad Oddities" -- in street view here, there's a house with no windows...
- Patrick_Devine 10y agoIt's the house behind the fence. I guess if the whole point is to blend in with the neighborhood, it did its job.
- beachstartup 10y agoi wish they would do this in LA. our transformers, water pumps/storage, and subway access are out in the open and ugly as hell.
- shalmanese 10y agoLA actually has a ton of oil wells hidden behind building facades, dotted all around the city.
- PeterWhittaker 10y agoA better headline would be "Fake houses hiding tunnels and shafts whose existence is reasonably well documented, well known to those working in specific fields, and neither rare nor mysterious in anyway" but that would generate fewer clicks....
- VLM 10y agoI've seen some nice telco central offices in small towns that blend right into the residential subdivision neighborhood. Usually they screw up the illusion by installing enough "property of xyz telco" signs and maybe a bucket truck or two in the driveway, but the CO itself is just residential house. Must be some weird story behind that.
- leggomylibro 10y agoI remember seeing one in St. Louis - it was just an ordinary drab, beige-brick corner office building, and you wouldn't pick it out besides the 'AT&T' signs and the blinking rows of servers barely visible behind barred first-story windows. Interestingly, it was right across the street from a gas station that often had a 'Nuisance Abatement Vehicle' (Bearcat) parked outside which was covered in cameras and painted with a gaudy, "We are watching you!" slogan complemented by an icon of an eye inside of a magnifying glass. But I think that was just the PD trying to justify its budget expenditures.
- guard-of-terra 10y agohttp://www.bunker42.com/eng/ http://www.bunker42.com/eng/ There's also this one, the entrance tries to look like an ordinary house.
- walrus01 10y agoEven better are the manholes you can see near major satellite earth stations labeled "TELEPORT" http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVfE2qcyzXU/TJvJ6mq58zI/AAAAAAAAAhA/uWHBE1MPp4A/s800/manhole-art-teleport.jpg http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVfE2qcyzXU/TJvJ6mq58zI/AAAAAAAAAhA/uW... Teleport, of course, is a common industry term for any facility that serves two way Tx/Rx satellite services... But ordinary people find it amusing to stand on them and take a photo.
- hammock 10y agoDowntown Chicago has a number of electrical substations that are disguised as buildings. If you are just driving past you would probably have no idea. See photos here: http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/12/13/lights-on-but-nobody-home-behind-the-fake-buildings-that-power-chicago/ http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/12/13/lights-on-but-nobod...
- DrScump 10y agoOne such row of "houses" was featured in an episode of "Sherlock".
- grkvlt 10y agoIn fact, they used the exact one that is mentioned in the article: 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens (although incorrectly called Terrace in the article)
- Mz 10y agoCharming variation of how civilization is a thin veneer.
- kixpanganiban 10y agoThis is really fascinating. Reminds me of cell towers disguised as trees in uptown NY. Would definitely love to see more of modern infrastructure blending in their environment!
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI think my favorite part is the fake door installed by an artist. Are there other examples of this sort of thing? It reminds me a bit of power outlet stickers.