A Front Door Barrier

Screwed onto the front entrance is a sheet of plastic preventing anyone from entering through the front door. It was promptly removed and I discovered the discolored plastic had obscured my ability to see its elegant lion head doorknocker. I wondered why a well known architect would place a plastic sheet here? It appeared to serve no purpose other than prevent its inhabitants entrance.


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