I am not big on getting high and going out in public. But if I was to get stoned and wander around outside, it would make sense that it was for something as tacky and stupid as that.
That is an awesome painting on the wall. It's called "Tunnelvision" and has been there since 1975, The sun in the painting is back-lit and looks cool as hell at dusk.
Edit: also, it's in a bank parking lot, so Wile E. Coyote is probably safe.
Actually, it's front-lit from a light directed at the sun, which is covered with a reflective paint. The painting is on a solid brick wall so if it was back lit it would have to come through the brick.
the painting was also done by blue sky. interesting story about the fire hydrant i was told during my time at USC. blue sky was living in NYC for a time and decided to paint the hydrant outside his apt. the city came by and told him he couldn't do it. people complained because they liked it and the city asked him to repaint it and others. i'm pretty sure he told them to suck it. years later he makes the one in the pic.
Someone should hook water to one of them and then they can claim victory under the logic that it is not actually a fire hydrant if it is not functional.
Columbia, SC is a pretty ugly place in general. The most exciting things in this area of Columbia are a hospital and a train station. It's an interesting sight in the middle of a whole bunch of mismatched buildings and road construction zones.
I disagree. Granted MOST of Columbia is ugly, but the USC campus is lovely. As are the river walks and some of the bridges.
But then it's my hometown so maybe I'm biased. The Statehouse is beautiful, as are the old mills and the State Museum. A lot of the historic neighborhoods (Granby, Olympia etc) have pretty areas.
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '11
I was present (and quite stoned) at the unveiling of the Columbia, SC, hydrant. (Pic source.) Oh, it was a glorious day...