Last month I shot a couple of photos of the beautiful mural by Brian Barneclo on the side of the San Francisco Bay Guardian building in Potrero Hill.
I especially love the section that includes Doggie Diner, Goat Hill Pizza, Anchor Steam and 17 Reasons Why, all some of my favorite things about San Francisco.
UPDATE: Alice tipped us of to a great video by Hidehiko Fujiwara of Brian Barneclo painting the mural at NOPA.
photo by Scott Beale
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i wonder what happened to the 17 reasons why sign. i loved that too.
bleh.
so on monday, telstar posted the fireboats, which i was gonna do tues. then yesterday sfist posts the drummer in harry bridges plaza, which i was gonna do today.
and now the squid posts the SFBG mural, which i was gonna do sat.
this is certainly a small small world we have going on here. im surprised none of us have bumped into each other.
nice,shots, btw ;)
Wow, I didn’t realize that the “17 Reasons Why!” sign was gone. I used to live a block from there in the 90’s.
Evidently, the sign was salvaged from a scrap yard in Benicia, and is now in storage.
http://www.sfbg.com/36/39/news_17reasons.html
That’s a local artist named Brian Barneclo. He also has a room at the Hotel Des Arts and he did the Food Chain mural: http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2006/08/brian-barneclos-food-chain-mural.html
Thanks Alice, I’ve been trying to find the name of the artist. I’ve just updated the post.
I have to go into some old boxes today to find something, maybe i’ll take a look for my shot of the 17 reasons sign for you.
Here’s a fun video of him painting the mural at NOPA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV6iwQETBBE
When, oh when, will they re-do the ugliest mural in the entire city, the blight of the Castro, the atrocity on the side of the Baghdad Cafe on Market?
Worst. Mural. Ever.
That thing needs a re-do. Or the building needs an earthquake.