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majorCaption  = new Array( 'Ali Baba\'s Palace. Can we say \"out of scale\"?', 'For this they removed eight giant oak trees and tore down a perfectly fine historic house.', 'Benstein Road and Glengary. Old Farmhouse (\"big Italian family, all farmers\", sez Dad) now converted to apartments. The farmland is now of course a neighborhood', 'An oldie, native glacial rock construction of the first story. Probably picked out of the farm fields. ', 'Benstein Road \'between the lakes\'. Used to be giant willows lining both sides, created a tunnel of trees. Removed for widening and \'safety\'.', 'Twin Sun Lake. Lake on the right in the previous picture.', 'Mom loves this one because it\'s wood sided, nice house, bad location.', 'Another farmhouse. Yuppie Cluster subdivision now engulfs it\'s farmland. Used to stand alone in a big open space.', 'Walled Lake Elementary School, near the corner of Maple Road and Ladd Road.', 'Welcome to Walled Lake! City Limits.', 'Caution! Turtle Crossing!', '\'New\' West Maple Road. You used to have to take a jog thru town before they punched Maple Road thru here. Too many yuppies got lost doing it so they added this section connecting Ladd Rd and Pontiac Trail.', 'The old Walled Lake School. Used to be the only one in town- Grades K-12. Later the middle school, now the Community Education Center, whatever that is. ', 'The \'new\' Melvin\'s \"Do It Center\". Lot of jokes about that.', 'Stonecrest. Site of the second Walled Lake School. Pioneers built it in 1836 after the original wooden building burned.', '\'Downtown\' Walled Lake MI.', 'Heading west on Walled Lake Drive into the old residential area.', 'This used to the route of the \'jog\' in Maple Road you had to take due to the \'missing section\'. ', 'It\'s not too late for a little more yardwork!', 'Love this one, comes with a barn!', 'Walled Lake Masonic Temple, having the annual Christmas Tree sale.', 'Giant Flag, Davis Iron Works, near the intersection of Benstein Road and Loon Lake Road.', 'An old landmark silo, and the Cookie Cutter Condo Association beyond it.', 'A glimpse of Wolverine Lake and a bit of the new pedestrian boardwalk. Safer for walkers and bikers, but spoils the view of the lake for the motorist.', 'Fuzzy shot of a bit of Clara Miller Park in Wolverine Lake. ', 'The Dairy Twist! Glengary and Benstein Roads. Former landmark  giant oak trees removed for \'safety\'.', 'Another fieldstone original, near the Huron River, Benstein and Oakley Park Road.', 'Benstein and Oakley Park Road to the right. The Huron River passes under the road just past the intersection. Slated for \'improvements\' next year.', 'The Huron as it exits Commerce Lake.', 'An old one, they still have a few of the apple trees in the yard left over from the orchard that was here.', 'Commerce Lake Highlands subdivision sign. Take the next right.', 'Nice manse, reminds me of a plantation. Probably one of the originals in the neighborhood.', 'Coming up to the old school bus stop. Meet the \"Wall Hotel\', a giant out of scale McMansion. It was so big, the neighbors had to cut down their oak trees to make way.', 'Debbie\'s remodeling is well underway. Turning her tiny brick and stone cottage into a nice log cabin.', 'A nicely done remodel...see, they don\'t all have to turn into view-obscuring, wind blocking McMansion Bigfoots.', 'Lakepointe Lane... almost home ', '\'The White Cottage\' ...and it\'s ugly-ass orange pontoon boat.', 'Dad\'s cedar trees mark the corner of the lot.', 'Don\'t miss the driveway!' );
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