Cars, Birds

16th Street at Bryant, San Francisco. This sign (or signs) has been here for years, just behind The Double Play bar. I'll dig up the story behind them -- there's at least one similar art piece on 6th Street, south of Market -- at some later date.

[That later date is now: KQED friend and colleague Molly Samuel advises they're by a San Francisco artist who goes by the handle Rigo 23 (if Wikipedia is to be believed, his full name is Ricardo Gouveia.) Thanks, Molly!]

Comments

[Molly Samuel]

Hey Dan, they're by a local artist named Rigo 23. --Molly

[Rob]

I love it. I don't think it will work, though. Cars can't read.

[Dan]

Cars are getting smarter all the time!

[Kevin Morrison]

You must be talking about the 'Tree' sign at 6th...?

[Dan]

Hey, Kevin: I was actually thinking of the "Inner City Home" mural, which looks like a giant Interstate highway sign. It must be five or six stories tall, and faces south (toward the freeway as it comes off--or goes up to--the Bay Bridge). That "One Tree" mural is also south of Market someplace -- I saw a reference to it being near 10th and Bryant, and that sounds right. It's right near one of the 101 on-ramps.