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Rearview Mirror — Brooklynian

Rearview Mirror

ana.log
ana.log
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
I snapped some random pics on my way home from Soda Bar tonight. This was the oddest ... a rearview mirror hung just outside the window of an apt. building on Prospect between Washington and Underhill. I can't decide if it's clever or paranoid....

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Ack,, how do I make that display?

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  • dailyheights
    dailyheights

    Subject: Re: Rearview Mirror

    ana.log wrote: Ack,, how do I make that display?
    done. :)

    I'd say it's practical. I know somebody else who does this - she can see who's at the front door without leaving her upstairs living room.
  • withachaser
    withachaser
    wow. that's beautiful. who cares if it's functional and/or diagnostic!!!

    wish i'd thought of it first. thanks for sharing :wink:
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    here's ana's whole "walking home from Soda" photo session:

    http://selfindulgence.typepad.com/selfindulgence/2005/08/on_the_way_home.html
  • emily
    emily
    What a neat idea...now, if only I had an upstairs...
  • sje
    sje
    Mirrors like this are a tradition in Amsterdam, almost everyone has them so they can see what's going on in the street without sticking a head out the window or being observed. Mind you, Amsterdam is also a town where no-one uses any curtains, because they "have nothing to hide".

    I say we carry on the tradition here in PH, like this person, and all get mirrors outside our windows. Maybe this tenant is from Holland.
  • ana.log
    ana.log
    sje wrote: Mirrors like this are a tradition in Amsterdam, almost everyone has them so they can see what's going on in the street without sticking a head out the window or being observed. Mind you, Amsterdam is also a town where no-one uses any curtains, because they "have nothing to hide".

    I say we carry on the tradition here in PH, like this person, and all get mirrors outside our windows. Maybe this tenant is from Holland.
    Cool! I learned something new today.
  • emily
    emily
    Speaking of Dutch people, there has got to be at least one on my block, because I picked up a Dutch novel off the street the other day! I bet its owner was surprised to see it go so quickly.
  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: busybody!

    These things are common in Philadelphia, where they're called busybodies, and everyone thinks they were invented by Ben Franklin.
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