A picturesque relic of the Pearl District's old industrial days, outside what's now the Ecotrust building. FWIW, the title of this post is just "rusty" in French & Italian; since it's the Pearl, titling a post "rusty shutters" or something would be insufficiently upscale and simply wouldn't do, even if I went my usual all-lowercase route. Oh no, this is ultra-premium, exclusive Euro-rust, like you'd find on the Eiffel Tower, or the underside of your Lamborghini.
For that matter, the north of England has whole cities made entirely of Euro-rust. Well, Euro-rust and broken alcopop bottles. Or so I've gathered from various British news sites. It's possible their coverage is on the alarmist side, though. At any rate, we now have an example of our very own, right in the heart of the Pearl, because we're sophisticated like that.
To avoid an unforgivable faux pas, be sure not to say you can't tell the difference between Euro-rust and classic blue-collar Detroit-style rust. The rust snobs will snicker and gossip and make corrosive remarks about your plebian tastes, as is their wont. Deep down they all know you're absolutely right, but that never really seems to help much, socially.
I'm told that if you monkey around with these rusty shutters too much, you'll score an exclusive opportunity to experience Euro-tetanus. I'm not actually recommending that, but if you're going to get tetanus you might as well go to the Pearl and catch the fancy kind.
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