Another in kinda-sorta North City

If you define North City to be "anything north of the great dividing line of Delmar Blvd" then yes, this is technically in North City, as it is just a few blocks north of Delmar. Hamilton and Clemens has a pair of dominoes (with colored dots, no less) in the fresh pavement that extends down Clemens. (Clemens has some once-beautiful houses by the way.)

Behold:

They were clear as day, too - should you decide to take a stroll. These dominoes have to be all over North City, I reckon. (spare me the bullshit, racist, prejudicial and deconstructive comments towards North City.) I wonder if we'll hit the 100 mark?

Stay tuned, brah.

Hampton and Bancroft, revisited

Yet another interesting development.

I have been through the intersection countless times, and have actually ALREADY found a domino embedded here. And yet, the pavement gods have seen fit to confound me further by allowing me to find another set in the very same intersection, though a different corner.

The first set, if you check the locations page at the top, is on the east side of Hampton, and south of Bancroft. Or in layman's terms, the "southeast corner." This newest set is on the southWEST corner, in front of the bank, only about a foot from the sidewalk.

This is only the second intersection that I have found to have more than one location - the first being at Arsenal and Kingshighway, where there are 3. WTF.

The fresh pavement extends into the StL Hills neighborhood as far back as I could see, so I'll have to do a little stealthy recon in the near future.

Also, stay tuned, as I may have learned about another set downtown, though I have yet to verify it - same goes for the location at Lindell and Grand. I'll keep you posted, so you should literally not move from your computer screen until further notice.

So they DO exist in North City!

I was in the car with some co-workers today, taking a short-cut/long-way (depending on how you look at it) back to the shop. My eagle-eyes spotted this set at the intersection of North Market and Parnell, in what would either be considered the St. Louis Place neighborhood, or the "JeffVanderLou" neighborhood. Either way, this is the farthest north I've yet found. Kinda tempts me to venture up there more often... But then I think twice - that place is just so saddening. Especially saddening is the near 100% decay in the St. Louis Place neighborhood - it is literally blocks and blocks of vacant, grassy lots, like an urban prairie. there isn't even rubble.

 Anyway, this one was a triple set.

I am counting this as #52.


I had been informed by a reader of a location at Grand and Lindell, however I visited that intersection and was unable to find them.I'll check it out again if I'm ever up that way, otherwise someone will have to give me proof.

Stay tuned.

#51: In Boulevard Heights, near the City Limits

Whilst riding yesterday with my broski, my spidey sense tingled just in time for me to catch a glimpse of the newest domino. It lies so close to the city limit, that at the time I was wondering if I was finding the first domino in the county. I held in my excitement until I could get home and check the map. According to Google Maps, the city limit line is just a few hundred feet away, passing through the cul de sac at the other end of the block.

These lay at the intersection of Weber Road and Webmore Drive, just off of Morganford. Note the new pavement, in which the dominoes lay.

Stay tuned.

Reader Submissions - Morganford and Loughborough

Happy 50th! Location, that is.

I was contacted recently by a nice reader who have me a hot lead on a location of which i was previously unaware. It was an easy one to miss, too - a single domino located in the middle of the crosswalk, as opposed to being near the corner or next to the curb, which is where I have more-or-less trained myself to look. The pavement was releatively new, apparently having been re-paved in the last 6 months or so.

Is this intersection considered Boulevard Heights or Holly Hills?

Anywho, she told me it was on the northwest corner, but I didn't see it at first, so I had to circle in the intersection like a chump for a couple minutes. NBD.

Perhaps these are all some sort of coordinate system for aliens when they attack - kind of like crop circles. I wonder if there are any of these dominoes placed in really hidden locations, where they'd likely never be found. So far, they've all be out in the open, easy to find if your looking down.

Stay tuned, brah.

Another in Carondelet

Thanks to my vast network of eyes and ears that are working on my behalf, I have become privy to yet another pair down at the intersection of Bates and Virginia, right in the heart of Carondelet.

3/3 to 5/6

The very little knowledge I have about the game of dominoes leads me to believe that those two dominoes would not be played in a formation like that. But to quote Forest Gump, "I'm not a very smart man."

Stay tuned...

Phantom Domino at Gresham and Kingshighway?

A few weeks ago I was out running, jammin' to a smoove mix of Isley Brothers and The Spinners, when I happened to look down as I crossed over Gresham. Being a sunny day, the shadows pointed out a subtlety in the (new?) pavement. I doubt I would have noticed this while on the bike, so it must have been destined by the gods atop Mount Olympus. I am reasonably sure there was recently two dominoes in a "T" formation until they were either removed or knocked out.

This location is in a veritable hotbed of pavement domino activity, and the size and depth of of the impression is spot-on for 2 dominoes like the ones I've already come across. I'm going to add this to my list of locations with a Barry Bonds-style asterisk next to it.

Were they removed on purpose? Is there a clashing faction of anti-domino activists working to rid the city of this mystery? Perhaps it is an inside job within the group who is installing them in the first place - someone who has seen my blog here and is trying to erase all the evidence - me included! Oh man, shit is about to get real. I better go buy some grenades.