Dummy houses in the heart of London (2007)

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73 points·DanBC··13 comments

Toronto has quite a few fake houses used as transformer stations with some looking pretty out of place with the boom in condo development.

Even further offshore, Anacapa Island has a water tank disguised as a building to stop people from shooting at it from their boats.

I’ve walked down there a few times, and never realised they were fakes. So they’re quite effective.

Dummy houses have been used to hide military bunkers [1].

A lot of real houses would benefit from having such a fake facade put in front of them.

There is a railway tunnel in Burnaby, BC with a ventilation structure disguised as a house.

Makes me wonder why the cell equipment can't be mounted atop an actual tree.

Trees aren't stable enough, and they tend to drop branches or occasionally fall down entirely.

Here is a water pumping station. Could have done a better job with the telemetry antenna.

Great photos, thanks! Reminds me of the "the world’s only Greek Revival subway ventilator" in Brooklyn: