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The murals inside Coit Tower’s first and second floors
First floor murals A couple years ago I visited the top of Coit Tower for the first time. In that blog post I noted: I should point out there is a second activity at Coit Tower that isn’t as well advertised, and I have yet to try it myself: in addition to the Depression era…
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Pony Express plaque on The Embarcadero
Today I stumbled on a plaque on the west side of The Embarcadero. It honors a long forgotten pier that once stood on the other side of the street facing Oakland: the Broadway Wharf. The plaque reads: Pony Express Wharf Nearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf, the wharf extended from Broadway and Davis…
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An oddly-behaved seal and the kindness of strangers
Walking along The Embarcadero this evening I encountered something unexpected. Near Pier 14 a small crowd had gathered. At first I thought a dog had somehow made it over the fence, but as I got closer I realized it wasn’t a dog at all, but a wild animal — a seal. Although wild aquatic mammals…
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Rest in ravioli
Over the weekend I wandered by a brand new mural by local artist Sirron Norris, whose cartoonish illustrative style and bright colors are instantly recognizable. This one’s located on a garage door in the Mission District. The imagery and the text “Soy de aqui” (Spanish for “I’m from here”) make the theme pretty clear: it’s…
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Tara Mechani
About two months ago Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley became the home of a new temporary sculpture: Tara Mechani from local artist Dana Albany. Originally built for Burning Man 2017, you may have also seen the 17-foot tall sculpture when it was previously on display in San Jose. Tara Mechani’s built out of reclaimed materials,…
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SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Community Day
Today I went to SFO not to catch a flight, but for the free “Community Day” to see the new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. No flights connect to it yet, the old Terminal 1 is still in service. Despite everything looking shiny and new, part of it felt like a throwback — there’s no airport…
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The Peanuts statues of Santa Rosa
All over Santa Rosa’s downtown I stumbled across statues in the likeness of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts characters (Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, etc.) They’re all about the same height, but made from different materials and from different artists. These were all commissioned after Schulz’s death in 2000, apparently because he didn’t like the idea of statues…
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Cyclisk
Easily the strangest thing I saw on this trip was the “Cyclisk,” an obelisk made of around 340 damaged bicycles. It was created by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector as a public art project for Santa Rosa. Ironically the statue is next to a car dealer and a car wash, but Grieve says “The statement…
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Luther Burbank Home and Gardens
I arrived in Santa Rosa this afternoon and made a beeline for the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. It’s the site of the home and a test garden of the wildly prolific horticulturist Luther Burbank. I bought a ticket for the hourly tour. Although not a household name, Burbank invented a number of common foods…
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Petaluma’s temperance fountain
I happened to walk by a stone drinking fountain in downtown Petaluma with a curious inscription on the side: ERECTED 1891 TOTAL ABSTINENCEIS THE WAY TO HANDLETHE ALCOHOL PROBLEM It seemed odd at first glance, I think mostly because the word “abstinence” is generally only used in modern American English by religious zealots peddling unscientific…
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