List of fake buildings: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia
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This is a '''list of fake buildings''' which are [[fake building|structures that use urban and suburban camouflage]] to disguise equipment and city infrastructure facilities that are aesthetically unpleasing in non-industrial neighborhoods. The list does not include [[utility shed]]s such as small [[Pumping station|pumphouse]]s.
== Communication ==
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| West Hartford Data Center
| [[File:West Hartford Data Center.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 130 South Main Street
| [[West Hartford, Connecticut]]
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| {{Coord|41.75336|-72.74336}}
| Data center
| Built for telephone exchange, but later converted into a data center.<ref>{{cite web |title=130 South Main Street |url=https://gis.vgsi.com/westhartfordct/Parcel.aspx?pid=18144 |publisher=West Hartford, CT |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Monthly Permit Report: Report generated from 09/01/2020 To 09/30/2020 |date=15 October 2020 |publisher=Town of West Hartford, ConnecticuitConnecticut |pages=111–112 |url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1602853423/westhartfordctgov/oqwxfjafu4i51egqwybl/September-2020-Monthly-Permit-Report.pdf |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
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| 636 Orange Center Road
| [[File:636 Orange Center Road.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 636 Orange Center Road
| [[Orange, Connecticut]]
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| {{Coord|41.27995|-73.02723}}
| Telecommunication equipment
| [[Frontier Communications]] building disguised as a single family home with blackout windows<ref>{{cite web |title=636 Orange Center Road |url=https://gis.vgsi.com/orangect/Parcel.aspx?pid=2640 |publisher=Orange, Connecticut |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
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| 335 Glen Road
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| Henson
| [[File:Henson Data Center Dallas.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 13352 Blossomheath Lane
| [[Dallas, Texas]]
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| Henson 2
| [[File:Henson 2 Data Center Dallas.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 13229 Southview Lane
| Dallas, Texas
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| {{Coord|45.49273|-73.58139}}
| Ventilation shaft
| Historical landmark rebuilt brick by brick as a ventilation station for the [[Montreal Metro]]<ref>{{cite news |title=This old Victorian home has a secret: it’sit's part of the Montreal Metro system |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1934826/this-old-victorian-home-has-a-secret-its-part-of-the-montreal-metro-system |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Radio Canada International |date=22 November 2022}}</ref>
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| 23–24 Leinster Gardens
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| {{Coord|48.87920|2.35614}}
| Ventilation shaft
| For [[RATP Group|RATP]] [[Paris Métro]]<ref name="insider" />
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| 29 rue Quincampoix
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| Technical shaft
| Part of EOLE project<ref>{{cite web |title=3 rue de l'Aqueduc 75010 Paris |url=https://www.bercail.com/paris/75010/rue-de-l-aqueduc/3 |access-date=7 February 2024 |lang=fr}}</ref>
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| Yarmouth Street Ventilation Shaft
| [[File:Yarmouth Street Ventilation Shaft.jpg|150px]]
| Yarmouth Street
| [[Boston]], Massachusetts
| United States
| {{Coord|42.346207|-71.077265}}
| Ventilation shaft
| The ventilation shaft (the rightmost portion) was wrapped by a brick facade to create an appearance of a bow-front townhouse<ref>{{cite web |title=Yarmouth Street Vent Shaft, Boston, Massachusetts |url=https://stullandlee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Yarmounth-Street-Vent-Shaft-Tearsheet.pdf |publisher=Stull and Lee Incorporated |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref>
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| [[58 Joralemon Street]]
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== Water and wastewater management ==
This list fake buildings that are used to house equipment for [[water distribution network]]s and, [[sewage management]], and [[stormwater]] management.
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| Duffus Street pumping station
| {{Upload image}}
| 5211 Duffus Street
| [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| Canada
| {{Coord|44.67087|-63.60195}}
| [[Sewage]] [[pumping station]]
| [[Halifax Water]] underground station with an entrance disguised as a [[split-level home]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ruskin |first1=Brett |title=Inside the underground pumping station blamed for Halifax Water warnings |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-wastewater-pumping-facility-failure-1.6539582 |access-date=7 March 2024 |work=CBC News |date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
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| North Oakville East Wastewater Pumping Station
| {{Upload image}}
| 345 Dundas Street West
| [[Oakville, Ontario]]
| Canada
| {{Coord|43.470066|-79.739913}}
| Sewage pumping station
| Disguised as an early 20th century fire station.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Oakville East Wastewater Pumping Station |url=https://www.oakville.ca/business/2013-livable-by-design-awards-345-dundas-street-west.html/ |publisher=Town of Oakville |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622205920/https://www.oakville.ca/business/2013-livable-by-design-awards-345-dundas-street-west.html/ |archive-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
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| WNY1 Solids & Floatables Facility
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| {{Coord|40.78640|-74.00329}}
| [[Combined sewer overflow]] screening facility
| A facility disguised as townhouses, built in 2009 by [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson Sewerage Authority]]<ref name=wny1>{{cite book |title=Combined Sewer System Characterization Report for the River Road Wastewater Treatment Plant |date=1 July 2018 |publisher=North Hudson Sewerage Authority |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/pdf/CSO_SystemCharacterization_NHSARiverRoad_20180701.pdf |access-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028060244/https://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/pdf/CSO_SystemCharacterization_NHSARiverRoad_20180701.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>
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| H1 Screening and Wet Weather Pump Station
| [[File:H1 Screening and Wet Weather Pump Station.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 99 Observer Highway
| [[Hoboken, New Jersey]]
| United States
| {{Coord|40.73546|-74.03131}}
| Combined sewer overflow screening and flood [[pumping station]]
| Disguised as a modern building that has an architectural connection to the [[Hoboken Terminal]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hortillosa |first1=Summer Dawn |title=Wet weather pump station in Hoboken now ready to alleviate city's flooding woes |url=https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2011/10/wet_weather_pump_station_in_ho.html |access-date=4 February 2024 |work=The Jersey Journal |date=17 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Colaneri |first1=Katie |title=Hoboken reveals new wet weather pump station design |url=https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2010/08/hoboken_unveils_new_wet_weathe.html |access-date=4 February 2024 |work=The Jersey Journal |date=23 August 2010}}</ref>
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| United States
| {{Coord|39.02586|-94.61692}}
| [[Sewage]] pumping station
| [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County Wastewater]]<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=Living the Pipe Dream |publisher=Johnson County Wastewater |page=13 |url=https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/ace111ae/files/uploaded/3-24-15%20Wastewater%20101%20Presentation.pdf}}</ref>
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| Nall Avenue Holding Station
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| {{Coord|38.99347|-94.64951}}
| Sewage pumping station
| Johnson County Wastewater<ref name="johnson" />
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| Wade Avenue Pump Station
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| {{Coord|35.80076|-78.67854}}
| Water booster pumping station
| Raleigh Public Utilities Department<ref name="wunc">{{cite news |last1=Mennel |first1=Eric |title=VIDEO: What's Inside This House On Wade Avenue? |url=https://www.wunc.org/science-technology/2014-01-15/video-whats-inside-this-house-on-wade-avenue |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=WUNC |date=15 January 2014}}</ref>
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| Lake Gaston Pipeline Pump Station
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| United States
| {{Coord|27.89821|-82.49224}}
| Stormwater pumppumping station
| Disguised as a [[bungalow]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Pump station disguised as a bungalow will keep South Tampa neighborhood dry |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/pump-station-disguised-as-a-bungalow-will-keep-south-tampa-neighborhood-dry/1271930/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=24 January 2013}}</ref>
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| Locust Valley Pump Station
| [[File:Locust Valley Pump Station.jpg|150px]]
| 20 Meleny Rd
| [[Locust Valley, New York]]
| United States
| {{Coord|40.90480|-73.58274}}
| Sewage pumping station
| Disguised as a small single family house<ref>{{cite news |title=Pump Stations Go Undercover (And Viral) |url=https://www.wateronline.com/doc/pump-stations-go-viral-0001 |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Water Online |date=24 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nardiello |first1=Carolyn |title=Plan for Sewage Plant Splits Neighborhood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/06sewerli.html |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=New York Times |date=6 January 2008}}</ref>
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| Glannon Pump Station
| [[File:Glannon Pump Station.jpg|150px]]
| 3788 Mt Royal Boulevard
| [[Allison Park, Pennsylvania]]
| United States
| {{Coord|40.55423|-79.97106}}
| Sewage pumping station
| Disguised as a single family home with a front [[porch]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Panizzi |first1=Tawnya |title=New pump station in Hampton strategically disguised to look like a home |url=https://triblive.com/local/new-pump-station-in-hampton-strategically-disguised-to-look-like-a-home/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Trib Total Media |date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
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| Highland Park Wastewater Treatment Facility
| [[File:Highland Park Wastewater Treatment Facility in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.jpg|150px]]
| 316 Highland Park Road
| [[Sellersville, Pennsylvania]]
| United States
| {{Coord|40.34509|-75.30164}}
| Wastewater treatment plant
| [[Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania|Hilltown Township]] Water & Sewer Authority. Plant disguised as a red barn.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Jeff |title=A Pennsylvania Clean-Water Plant Masquerades as a Red Barn to Blend in With Its Scenic Surroundings |url=https://www.tpomag.com/editorial/2018/02/a_pennsylvania_clean_water_plant_masquerades_as_a_red_barn_to_blend_in_with |access-date=7 March 2024 |work=Treatment Plant Operator |date=February 2018}}</ref>
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| Wyndgate Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Plant
| {{Upload image}}
| 128 Wyndgate Valley Drive
| [[O'Fallon, Missouri]]
| United States
| {{Coord|38.74815|-90.80847}}
| [[Membrane bioreactors]] wastewater treatment plant
| A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a two-story single family house to blend in with the neighbors.<ref name="duckettcreek">{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://duckettcreek.com/about/duckett-creek-sanitary-district-facilities/ |publisher=Duckett Creek Sanitary District |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Missouri State Operating Permit: MO-0131300 |publisher=Missouri Clean Water Commission |url=https://dnrservices.mo.gov/env/wpp/permits/issued/docs/0131300.pdf |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
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| Riverdale Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Facility
| {{Upload image}}
| 1400 Riverdale Manor Drive
| O'Fallon, Missouri
| United States
| {{Coord|38.88364|-90.74379}}
| Membrane bioreactors wastewater treatment plant
| A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a horse barn.<ref name="duckettcreek" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Missouri State Operating Permit: MO-0132152 |publisher=Missouri Clean Water Commission |url=https://dnrservices.mo.gov/env/wpp/permits/issued/docs/0132152.pdf |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
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| Southport Unit 5 Vacuum Station
| {{Upload image}}
| 2281 SE Sidonia Street
| [[Port St. Lucie, Florida]]
| United States
| {{Coord|27.27287|-80.30376}}
| Sewage pumping station
| Disguised as a bunkalow.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fontenay |first1=Blake |title=Port St. Lucie officials experiment with 'stealth' sewage pumping station |url=https://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/2021/09/29/port-st-lucie-creates-tropical-feel-sewage-station-opinion/5882933001/ |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=Treasure Coast Newspapers |date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
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| Kennedy Avenue Pump Station
| {{Upload image}}
| 6448 Kennedy Avenue
| [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| United States
| {{Coord|39.18771|-84.41348}}
| Water pumping station
| Disguised as an apartment building in the [[Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati|Kennedy Heights]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weingartner |first1=Tana |title=Hidden Works: What's really inside that house? |url=https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2014-08-22/hidden-works-whats-really-inside-that-house |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=WVXU |date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
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| [[District heating]] / [[District cooling]]
| Enclosure with facade that has fake windows<ref name="wunc" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Metro Nashville District Energy System |url=https://filetransfer.nashville.gov/portals/0/sitecontent/DistrictEnergySystem/docs/newsletter/2003-Winter.pdf |access-date=7 February 2024 |issue=Winter 2003}}</ref>
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== Electric power distribution ==
{{See also|List of fake buildings in Toronto}}
{{Expand section|date=February 2024}}
This lists fake buildings that are used for [[electric power distribution]], such as [[distribution substation]]s and [[transformer]] houses.
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| 640 Millwood Road
| {{Upload image}}
| 640 Millwood Road
| [[Toronto]], Ontario
| Canada
| {{Coord|43.70424|-79.37574}}
| Substation
| [[Toronto Hydro]]<ref name=insider/>
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| Duncan Station
| {{Upload image}}
| 29 Nelson Street
| Toronto, Ontario
| Canada
| {{Coord|43.64870|-79.38864}}
| Substation
| Toronto Hydro<ref name=insider/>
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| [[Strecker Memorial Laboratory]]
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| Mott Haven Substation
| [[File:Mott Haven Substation 05.jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 415 Bruckner Boulevard
| [[Bronx, New York]]
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| 51 W Ontario Street
| [[File:Old ComEd Building, Near North, Chicago, Illinois (11004366204).jpg|150px]]
| {{Upload image}}
| 51 W Ontario Street
| Chicago, Illinois
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| {{Coord|41.89306|-87.63000}}
| Substation
| [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] building with fake front doors, and windows that are used as vents.<ref name="insider" />
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| Metro Nashville District Energy System
| {{Upload image}}
| 90 Peabody Street
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| United States
| {{Coord|36.15847|-86.77039}}
| [[District heating]] / [[District cooling]]
| Enclosure with facade that has fake windows<ref name=wunc/><ref>{{cite news |title=Metro Nashville District Energy System |url=https://filetransfer.nashville.gov/portals/0/sitecontent/DistrictEnergySystem/docs/newsletter/2003-Winter.pdf |access-date=7 February 2024 |issue=Winter 2003}}</ref>
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| 4227 40th St NW
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| Substation
| [[Pepco]] substation disguised as a two-story brick house. Side windows painted as blinds.<ref name="wtop3">{{cite news |last1=Basch |first1=Michelle |title=This DC 'home' has been fooling people since the '50s |url=https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2017/12/funny-business-pepco-home-real-doormat-fake-blinds/ |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=WTOP News |date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 4225 40th St NW
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| Substation
| Disguised as a shred behind 4227 40th St NW<ref name="wtop3" />
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| 4000 Van Ness St NW
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| Substation
| Pepco substation that imitates an old train station but with whited out windows<ref name="wtop2" />
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| Pepco Darnestown Substation
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| Substation
| Pepco substation that imitates a large barn with metal [[silo]] in a rural area<ref name="wtop2" />
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| 2530 Norton Street
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