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Bottle on ledge
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While walking to breakfast on a Sunday morning, a bottle was found laying on the ledge of a window. It had been emptied the previous night and lay oriented to create a letter O.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Sunday 6 November 2005)   •  (Photo taken in 1991)   •  © 2005 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #19910000_13
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Wire over a hole
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This hole was part of the old central freeway found during its deconstruction internal link to replace the old freeway with a new, earthquake safe freeway.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 May 2010)   •  (Photo taken in 08:56:53 Saturday 30 September 2006)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #085653_2429B
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Detail in grate
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A grate in a sidewalk had an odd metal ring spot-welded in one corner. There was not a valve under it, so its purpose remained unknown. Naturally that ring formed the letter O.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 May 2010)   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_01
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Brick cover
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Part of the brick sidewalk had been cut into this letter O. Evidently the larger portion surrounding it was an access hatch. This cut had been made to create easier access to whatever was underneath.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 May 2010)   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_03
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Brick hole
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Another hole in a brick sidewalk, but this time the removed plug both fell apart and was replaced upside down. Again the cut formed the letter O.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 May 2010)   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_04
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Round gate
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An odd round barrel top had been used to form a gate in a stone wall. The gate didn't appear to open, but a hole had been chewed into its base. Note the valve in the lower left of the gate as you face it. The gate itself was the letter O.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  Furbo internal link Ireland   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 25 May 2010)   •  (Photo taken in 2007)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #014354_3143B
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Rusted Pipe Stub
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A steel pipe had long ago been hammered into the dirt alongside a trail. Here it was years later with its flared top end rusted.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve internal link   •  East Bay Regional Parks District   •  Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, California   •  (Photo posted Saturday 6 August 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:59:04 Saturday 12 June 2010)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Preserve_6300BCX
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Plastic Submerged In Sand
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A the end of the trail, out by the beach just past the jack rabbit bush, a pail or a pice of plastic pipe had been sunken until just its top edge was exposed.


Letter O As Found Art   •  Fifteenth letter external link in the basic modern Latin alphabet   •  Chula Vista Nature Park internal link   •  1000 Gunpowder Point Drive, Chula Vista, California   •  (Photo posted Saturday 6 August 2011)   •  (Photo taken 10:54:00 Saturday 16 October 2010)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_0872
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