The Transformers Next Door

[halloweenjack]

No, not giant robots that turn into cars and such, although hey, you never know. These are electrical transformer stations that the city of Toronto has disguised as ordinary houses (avec le Boing Boing). Some of the comments are even more incredible, such as that one of these houses is in a neighborhood that has been taken over by high rises, so now it sticks out anyway (driving by, you might think that the nonexistent residents are gutting it out against greedy developers and sticking it to the Man), or that similar pseudodomiciles owned by the telephone company are staffed by employees on Halloween to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.

Pick out a house in your neighborhood that is well-maintained, but whose residents you never, ever see, and try to guess what's really behind the facade. My apartment complex sort of straddles a small house on the street side (there are entrances to the complex on either side of it); I bet it's a safe house for the Men in Black.

Comments

[a-nightengale.livejournal.com]

You know, that's actually kind of cool. There's a transformer station a couple miles from my house that's just out in the open. It's a great landmark, but it really does stick out.