Comments on: “Passage” Public Opening Photos http://laughingsquid.com/passage-public-opening-photos/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard Everett http://laughingsquid.com/passage-public-opening-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-20225 Richard Everett Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:24:30 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/06/17/passage-public-opening-photos/#comment-20225 I first saw them being delivered on a flatbead truck and thought it was a mess salvaged from the bay being hauled away. I wanted to commend the city for cleaning up. Now, on one of the most historic waterfronts in America -once home to the infamous 1934 strike- are these zombie like figures in front of the Bay bridge. It makes me feel hopeless no one cares about getting anything right anymore. How much public involvement occurred? The millions of dollars spent on the nonfunctional narrow cage of a pier alongside is fitting punctuation for a ruined site. So much for sittin on the dock of the bay -watching the mon-ee flowing away. I first saw them being delivered on a flatbead truck and thought it was a mess salvaged from the bay being hauled away. I wanted to commend the city for cleaning up. Now, on one of the most historic waterfronts in America -once home to the infamous 1934 strike- are these zombie like figures in front of the Bay bridge. It makes me feel hopeless no one cares about getting anything right anymore. How much public involvement occurred? The millions of dollars spent on the nonfunctional narrow cage of a pier alongside is fitting punctuation for a ruined site. So much for sittin on the dock of the bay -watching the mon-ee flowing away.

]]> By: Metroblogging San Francisco http://laughingsquid.com/passage-public-opening-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-19471 Metroblogging San Francisco Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:41:34 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/06/17/passage-public-opening-photos/#comment-19471 <strong>Lady and Kid - statues at Ferry Building...</strong> Luckily my chat-friend Jen Tharp showed me the way. It was a mystery to me, what this was, but then she linked me o'er to Laughing Squid, and yes, it's a Burning Man sculpture donated to SF from the...... Lady and Kid – statues at Ferry Building…

Luckily my chat-friend Jen Tharp showed me the way. It was a mystery to me, what this was, but then she linked me o’er to Laughing Squid, and yes, it’s a Burning Man sculpture donated to SF from the……

]]> By: Randy Mayfield http://laughingsquid.com/passage-public-opening-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-17433 Randy Mayfield Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:07:07 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/2006/06/17/passage-public-opening-photos/#comment-17433 I am an artist and art lover, But these sculptures are about as butt ugly as I have ever seen. Maybe it is the very large size. I am an artist and art lover, But these sculptures are about as butt ugly as I have ever seen. Maybe it is the very large size.

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