Traverse City: basement windows at grade
The Traverse City State Hospital has a rough stone foundation course with basement windows set right at the ground line.
The questionWere these lower windows always meant to sit at grade?
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Traverse City State Hospital, Traverse City, MI - 28221298548
1 clue in this photo
Photo: w_lemay · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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