Timed with today’s Inauguration, Bush Street signs in San Francisco were changed to Obama down the entire length of Bush Street from Presidio to Battery.
There are more photos of this municipal “upgrade” on Flickr.
Violet Blue created a Flickr group pool for the Obama Street signs.
More Coverage
- SF Gate
UPDATE 1: Here’s more Obama Street sign shenanigans, this time with the SFPD.
UPDATE 2: The San Francisco-based organization Concerned Republicans Assaulting Posterity (C.R.A.P.) is claiming responsibility for the Obama signs. Here’s their press release and video of how it all went down.
photo by Vanessa Naylon, Laszlo Thoth, Reed Kennedy, Matthew Williams & Timmmii
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genius
this should be made official by the B.O.S.
I saw this take place to some extent shortly after the election, at least at the intersection of Bush & Larkin. Nice to see it go city-wide though.
Someone was bound to do it. I’ll get photos later tonight when I pass the signs on Polk.
Icing on the cake!
wonder if this was the same group of artists who changed ALL the bush st. signs to puppet st. back in jan 2000????
I wonder how many people missed their exits because of this
YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!
sublime… !
obama SUCKS!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!
This is a most excellent statement. A stimulating civic statement would be to permanently rename San Francisco’s Bush Street to Obama Street.
loves it!!
Job well done :)
Chris, shut up and support your President. Remember? It was SOO unpatriotic to criticize Bush. So be quiet.
This is bloody brilliant…
Bravo
A lots of french friends love OBAMA
You should have the “victoria Cross” for this exchange !
Request: Block out more of the cop’s face.
We NEED cops like that on the SFPD, and it’d royally suck if some spiteful Bush-loving city councilmember had him reprimanded for OKing “defacement of government property” or some BS. The cop was cool, so look out for him.
You know, this was just done by a bunch of aging hipsters that are trying to be cool. I find it somewhat disappointing that a collection of losers that have never accomplished anything chose petty vandalism as their means of self expression. Pathetic.
Yeah, because “Bush” street is OBVIOUSLY named after President Bush … it couldn’t POSSIBLY be named after anyone else. It’s not like it was named Bush street before GWB took office … oh, wait … yeah it was. Retards.
@russell
No, but it was inspired by that magnificent work.
I mean…that’s what I heard…*cough*
It’s very clever and relevant to current times.
At the end of the day, however, renaming the street does a disservice to J.P. Bush for whom the street was supposedly named and ultimately detracts from the great history of San Francisco.
My $0.02. Keep the change.
This is absolutely brilliant. I just moved here from conservative shit-hole Kansas and am in love with these types of shenanigans I see here all the time. Also, a super-republican acquaintance of mine from KS just moved into Bush street last week… I’m sure he’s thrilled :)
@UtopiaGodzilla To say changing the street name to Obama for less than 24 hours some how detracts from the thin history of an unremarkable assistant of City Surveyor Jasper O’Farrell and former ship deserter is pedantic, trivial complaint and you know it.
Brilliant prank. I would fully support a city ballot measure making the change official/permanent.
Scott, page Chicken John and let’s make this happen! *Removing* Bush’s name from street signs is *way* better than *adding* it to a sewage plant.
I would be in favor of renaming Bush street but not until after President Obama leaves office. No one really knows who the street is named after. Plus generations from now will think it was named after Prescott Bush, Bush 41’s father. But you will probably get some flak for a name change. The cost to businesses and to the city will be considerable, and in keeping with current economic crisis, I think there are more pressing issues. (A better street to rename is Polk — a very bad imperialist 19th Century President who dragged this country in a needless war against Mexico.)
change the name if you wish, but you pay for the change. This state had better not be putting one cent into changing street names, especially when they are stealing the money i earned (no tax return).
On behalf of the world’s other Chris’, I feel I should point out that Chris K. does not speak for us.
I think this is great! Another vote for the council to make this a permanent change.
SHUT UP BURSTEIN.
it never gets old.
Brilliant!
Bitchin’!
I’ve got a group pool @ Flickr and there are some *amazing* photos — so many, considering they didn’t last for 24 hours. some brilliant night photography, too:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/obamastreet/
i rode down bush around 6:30pm starting from Laguna and i didnt see anything. i was upset cause i wanted to take a picture, did they get taken down or something?
Cute idea, but seems like it will be a lot of money from the hope jar to correct. =/
Idiots wrong Bush!!!!!
How dare you defame the good name of J.P. Bush.
(BTW, the story was on ABC’s Nightline.)
Wow, that one made me laugh seems like something I would do had I the time or patience. There’s a Bush river here where I live, but I don’t think we’re getting that renamed anytime soon lol.
No way…they did this where? SF? I dont believe it.
very very awesome – now, here’s a prank I could get behind… just adore the snap with the SFPD!
this was done during the election, they were arrested (or nearly) for defacing city property. glad to see the sfpd were happier about it this time.
Cute. Now our cash-strapped city has to divert resources to clean up all the signs because tourists and business can’t find their way around. Brilliant.
that guy chris k. is a douche
Chris,
There is plenty of room for you in Texas…
You’ll love it there!
Chris K,
When people say things like “Open your eyes people” about Obama it implies that there is a hidden agenda. The paranoia you are exhibiting Chris K would have been better spent focused on the covert chicanery of the Bush presidency. Your time has come and gone bro.
Finally a change for the good.
Right on>>>> Let it be.
Haha.
Chris K is a retard
I LOVE this so so so much! I love SF. This is so great. And yes, they should rename the street permanently. And Chris K? you are an idiot.
I’m with you Nix R. Lesson learnt from 2000 and 2004, “if you don’t like, you can leave the country.”
What they should do is have the city of San Francisco establish a petition to actually rename the street after Barack Obama!
Jeb Bush 2012
Haha the cops don’t even care. LOL!
Dear Chris K…
President Obama is our president & you, as an American citizen must respect the office. Are you unpatriotic? Are you a terrorist sympathizer? Are you against us? Do you want to do harm to this wonderful country & its citizens? Why Chris k, do you hate freedom?
Why, Chris K, do you hate this country so much?
;-)
I am a Republican and although I did not vote for Obama, I DO support him because we should support our leadership. I will respect him and give my country my all, hoping that Obama can change things for the better. Those 2 sentences of support is more than ANY I saw over the last 8 years for President Bush by any Democrat. You can say it’s all the stuff about the war and what not, but that’s B.S because you all wouldn’t have supported McCain & Palin. Just look at the way they were treated during the campaign.
Support your president. What we need now more than ever before is blind trust in order to preserve our unquestionably great nation!
“Chris K” hasn’t even posted again, and probably won’t even read any of these responses. Of course, of all the responses people posted to this everyone decided to go after the easiest target. Typical, weak-sauce liberals.
The problem is, most of you people are a bunch of hypocrites. You bashed the hell out of Bush while he was in office, but now one guy says one thing about Obama and you all jump down his throat calling him “unpatriotic.” Get off your high-horses, you’re no different.
Also, this is a ridiculous, ignorant stunt. The road isn’t named after G. W. Bush, so it’s a completely weightless “statement.” Maybe we should just rename all instances of “Bush” to “Obama” — wouldn’t that be “brilliant?”
“Time to go out and trim the Obamas, they’re getting out of control.”
“The Australian Obama is quite treacherous.”
Although, that could run into trouble, when using the new convention with sentences like, “Bush Babies are sometimes referred to as ‘little night monkeys’”…
@Bleeding Heart Moonbats
The road isn’t named after G. W. Bush, so it’s a completely weightless “statement.”
Grow a sense of humor
My heart is pounding with delight, I wish I would of been a part of this party
ROCK ON!!!
Grow a sense of humor
Just because some of us aren’t as vindictive as Leftist supporters of mass murderers doesn’t mean we lack a sense of humor.
this is really cool. I Think obama is doing a good job! lets give him enough time. he is and will be a good president for our country!