What is it ??

[snowbear]

No. You'd have a hard time walking on one of these.

 

[Borad]

Awning?

 

[snowbear]

Not an awning. These will be at ground level.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Planter?

 

[sm4him]

Well, shoot. I saw this thread early on, but didn't post any guesses because I didn't think I had anything I could use as a "guessing" picture. This morning, I took a couple of pictures I can use when it's my turn, then spent what seemed like forever hunting this thread down (because I forgot to "watch" it when I first saw it), and I finally find it, but…

I got nothin'. I have NO idea--no I have plenty of ideas, but they have either already been guessed and were wrong, or they are more common in rural areas than urban, or they are definitely NOT at ground level.

Think.
Think.
Think.

 

[Borad]

In NY City they're painted much better but I'll guess a subway car. The ones that haul trash may look like that.

 

[sm4him]

A light pole? That's a stretch, because I've never seen one painted green…ish.

 

[limr]

Dumpster? Not usually that color, though.

 

[sm4him]

Dumpster? Not usually that color, though.

Dumpster's been guessed. And that's a shame, because that's what I keep coming back to is, it looks like the side of a dumpster? So what else is near the ground, more common in urban/suburban settings than rural and painted whatever that color is??? I've even been looking at pictures of the Baltimore area on flickr, to see if I see anything that looks like that.

 

[limr]

Oops. Duh.
I'm 'heart-borken'

 

[waday]

Chipping paint on a thingamabob!

 

[snowbear]

Sorry, limited access to the site for a while:
Not a planter.
Not a light pole, though it is related to one of the utilities.
Not a dumpster, nor a subway car.

Let's try some vague hints:
1. This seems to be a very popular subject for beginning photo students that have to take multiple shots of one subject (point of view exercise)
2. I mentioned it was related to a utility, but which one?
3. The color and texture of this one may not be the same as one near you. In fact, the ones where I live now are smooth and yellow.

I am evil, aren't I?

 

[Scatterbrained]

Transformer box?

 

[limr]

A "Help" phone box?

 

[snowbear]

No, not a phone box