In Washington DC, a homeowner on V Street is carrying out a renovation on their property. It looks like a gigantic middle finger.

The construction is getting a little bit of attention from local blogs like DCist and PoPville.com, the latter of which kindly gave us permission to run this picture.



At first the garish display is jarring, until you realize that this block of houses faces south, at which point the undoubtedly patriotic homeowner's intentions become totally obvious.

For those of you unfamiliar with the geography of D.C. here is the general map of what is going on here:

Well done, renovators.

Read more about it on PoPville.com >