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01-Feb-2026	Tim Betts

Creative use of ‘snowcrete’

Somebody built this “fort” around a tree in Lincoln Park using blocks of ice from the heavy sleet storm that hit the District after snow fell early on Sunday morning.

‘Snowcrete’ has covered DC, posted earlier:

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Julie Oldfield		03-Feb-2026 00:06
Maybe they can be used to keep iCE away. A very fun capture. V

Denise J T Lee		02-Feb-2026 22:04
See it to believe it. Honestly a creative "ice architecture", and truly an artistic shot to capture it. ~VVVVV~

Gerard KOEHL		02-Feb-2026 21:50
Y en a qui on des idées... V

Isabel Cutler		02-Feb-2026 21:10
That was a massive job!

Jola Dziubinska		02-Feb-2026 20:21
Maybe a beginning for igloo house? V.

hayl		02-Feb-2026 20:20
A lot of effort to build this and it will be around for some time. How awful to be hemmed in with this heavy "snowcrete" and unable to get your car free.

globalgadabout		02-Feb-2026 19:43
ICE is certainly in the news these days...tough as they are, they will be undermined and eliminated by a broad sense of decency and fairness..