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When a
family of beavers moved in to a creek in the bayside town of Martinez, CA, in 2006, they gained both fans and detractors. Concerned about flood control in the struggling downtown area, the city council formed a
Beaver Subcommittee to explore the options, including extermination, relocation, and engineering fixes.
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posted by mudpuppie
on Sep 30, 2011 -
28 comments
Oakland's Turf Feinz (
previously)
dance in memorial for Oscar Grant (
previously). While the riots in Oakland received more media coverage (
previously,
previously), there's been
several memorial murals painted across Oakland and
numerous songs channeling local anger,
outrage,
observations,
lamentations,
reflections, and
frustration. The news gave the nation broken windows and burning cars, while the town continues peaceful protest, 2 years later.
posted by yeloson
on Jan 1, 2011 -
11 comments
You’d need years to
really study these
murals of Califonia’s history -
the artist certainly had a lot a free time to create them. You'd probably also need a special invitation to engage in a multi-year study in the
gallery - and you probably don't want one.
posted by rtha
on Aug 20, 2007 -
8 comments
The
inside of Farmer John's hog rendering plant in Vernon, California, is among the worst places on Earth if you happen to be a hog, which is why the outside of the building is such a case study in
mural based irony. In 1957, perhaps as a trap to lure in unsuspecting piglets who had come to Los Angeles to make it in the movies, the folks at Farmer John's
hired Hollywood set designer Les Grimes to begin painting a mural on the outside of the factory, a job that he continued until his death 11 years later. The result, entitled "Hog Heaven", depicts a
pastoral wonderland, clearly a prime destination for any visiting out of town porcine rube. Surely one of the world's largest murals, the work stretches
around the entire square cityblock worth of slaughterhouse, and (legend has it) is so large that not unlike the Golden Gate bridge, no sooner is it done being painted than the painter must begin touching it up all over again.
posted by jonson
on Aug 6, 2006 -
36 comments
Brief gallery of the works of a Brazilian mural artist who works using the medium of apples of varying colors.
posted by jonson
on Sep 4, 2005 -
18 comments
From the website: "Since its inception in 1984, the
Mural Arts Program has completed more murals than any other public art program in the nation - more than 2,300 indoor and outdoor
murals throughout Philadelphia." To find a specific Philly mural by artist or location, try
this.
posted by moonbird
on Aug 20, 2003 -
8 comments
