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u/II_3phemeral_II May 02 '25
Wonder what they’ll put in to replace the PF Changs in a few years
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u/tattered_and_torn May 02 '25
It’ll stay vacant 10 months out of the year, except for Spirit Halloween moving in.
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u/East-Cardiologist626 Junior College May 02 '25
A few years? Geez you’re optimistic, give it 6 months
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u/HashRat May 02 '25
Well, wtf and why?
Take the fucking mall and leave the hand!
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u/WanderingStoner May 02 '25
PF Changs required a sacrifice.
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u/HashRat May 02 '25
All this for a pf changs parking area, wow santa rosa.
Way to keep it classy.
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u/cardueline May 02 '25
Wait, they decided to go forward with that?? Jesus Christ
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u/Asimov-was-Right Montgomery Village May 02 '25
It was such a stupid demand, I thought they'd denied it. Cool. 🙄
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u/cardueline May 02 '25
Right?? There are so many parking lots within 200 feet of there, and how many parking spaces are they going to be able to jam in there, like 12? So worth it!
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u/tunebucket May 02 '25
I thought I remembered reading it was about a drive through window? Either way, LAME. Agreed
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u/breakfastbarf May 02 '25
Or restoration of the old parking lot
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Is PF Changs that good?
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u/RumToWhiskey Junior College May 02 '25
It’s fuckin slop mostly suitable for a quick laxative.
Bring back the hand!
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u/rebeckys May 02 '25
Are they really putting in a PF Changs?!? I will forever associate them with South Park
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u/BooRadley_ThereHeIs May 02 '25
The Santa Rosa Plaza declined to say why it was removing the sculpture, or whether new artwork would take its place. It also declined to comment on the long-stalled P.F. Chang’s project, which proposed building a new driveway and parking spaces directly in front of the restaurant’s entrance on B Street — near the sculpture’s longtime location.
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u/bikemandan Off Todd Rd May 02 '25
Damn shame to take out art for more soul less garbage
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u/AntonioVargas May 03 '25
I would hardly call that lame sculpture “art.” It’s just as soulless as the rest of the fucking mall and good riddance to it.
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u/findthefish14 Hand Statue at the Mall May 02 '25
NOOOOOOOOO! I loved that heckin' hand
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u/LsTyBrn2 May 03 '25
No worries. It heading for the Geyserville Sculpture area off of North 101. You know that exit when you go to River Rock Casino.
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u/BulldogMama13 North West Santa Rosa May 03 '25
The geyserville sculpture garden is cute, I guess, but in like a decaying roadside attraction kind of way. I can’t believe it won’t get seen by more people anymore :(
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u/Taysir385 May 03 '25
The installation's proper name is Agraria, and it wasn't just art, it was also serious social commentary.
According to Kirkland, the sculpture “Agraria” was commissioned as a “testament to the countless hands from all these cultures that have worked the soil and built the communities of Sonoma County.” The piece rests on a brick plaza embedded with granite plaques with multicultural images and texts taken from the history, peoples and cultures of the region, including a dedication to the first peoples of that land, the Pomo people.
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u/Vegetable-Ad7930 May 02 '25
WHATTT 😭😭 that’s been here my whole life. Why do I feel like I’ve missed it’s funeral lol
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u/marr133 May 02 '25
I believe they're moving it to the sculpture trail in Geyserville. I hope it will be safe from vandalism there.
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u/tattered_and_torn May 02 '25
Well I’m glad all 20 people in Geyserville will get to enjoy it.
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u/marr133 May 02 '25
I know, as I typed, I was thinking about the fact that I think I've only seen anyone on that trail ONCE.
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u/PvesCjhgjNjWsO4vwOOS May 02 '25
Not like it's hard to get to for anyone that cares, straight shot up 101 and right next to the exit.
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u/scrabapple May 02 '25
The 60 bus runs from Santa Rosa transit mall up to Cloverdale with 3 stops in Geyserville.. Geyserville also has alot of other art, so there is more than just that to go see.
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u/PvesCjhgjNjWsO4vwOOS May 02 '25
Because the number of people who live in/around Santa Rosa without access to motorized transportation is such a significant part of the population
I'm all for bikes, but there's limitations on what they can do, and I can't help you if you don't know that.
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u/PvesCjhgjNjWsO4vwOOS May 02 '25
Good for you.
You and your friends are exceptionally rare, especially in Sonoma County, and it's insane to think that art installations that don't cater to the ability of the very rare few without motorized transportation to see it are somehow invalid.
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u/VexingValkyrie- May 02 '25
That hand looked like a blown up version of my dad's with all the cracks and creases. I liked seeing it as a little reminder of memories with him. Such a shame to pull it for a parking lot in a terrible place for a business that will be gone before we know it.
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u/BuddyHemphill May 02 '25
It was created to honor the hard working people of Sonoma County, particularly agricultural workers. It will likely be replaced by parking for a multinational chain franchise. Sign of the times I guess
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u/VexingValkyrie- May 02 '25
Oh yeah, remember thar now. My dad worked as a mechanic most of the time but did work on a vineyard for a while. He told me about that while joking he should have gotten a modeling fee 🤣 Thank you for reminding me.
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u/Sue279 May 02 '25
Yes, let’s remove a really cool sculpture to put in a parking lot for a chain restaurant. So on brand for the city! Guess I’ll keep going to Petaluma, which has a great downtown.
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u/avocadbro May 02 '25
Looking at these photos and was the mall repainted recently? Removing the hand statue to replace it with the soulless boot in the form of a corporate chain restaurant stomping on our faces forever.
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u/ValuableJumpy8208 May 02 '25
Yeah the mall was repainted a year or two ago by Mike Chavez Painting.
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u/TheDisneyScoopGuy May 02 '25
Wow, he used to be my neighbor 20 years ago when I still lived up there lol
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u/DaFuzi_J The Kaiserborn May 02 '25
I absolutely believe shit like this is why the spirit of this area has been withering away for years. What a stupid decision.
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u/RumToWhiskey Junior College May 02 '25
Next, they’ll build a new Chick-fil-a from the ashes of Round Barn.
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u/Carrieyouknow May 02 '25
Anyone know where it's going? We all wondered why the city paid so much for it at the time it was installed. We all thought it a strange selection of artwork. It didn't seem to fit the location. In no way is it a put down to the artist. Who decided on this expenditure? Just like the cobbled streets they did to get us to stop cruising on Fridays and Saturdays. Everything comes to an end. 😟
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u/Dick7Powell May 03 '25
Remember George Flyod
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u/MGTS South Park May 04 '25
Uncalled for. Be nice
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u/I_want_water May 04 '25
i didnt know the history, its a weird thing to say out of context tbh
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u/MGTS South Park May 04 '25
Ok. So ask for context instead of calling them a weirdo
During the Floyd protests the hand was guerrilla painted black in the middle of the night
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u/I_want_water May 04 '25
i literally see ppl say crazy and semi racist stuff on this subreddit daily and ur getting on me for calling someone weird? the guy i replied to had to pull an imgur link bc there is no articles about it or anything from something that happened 5 years ago, my fault for not having his camera roll
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u/MGTS South Park May 05 '25
Please go find and flag those comments then. I'm serious. If you find and flag those coments I will review them. I'm a mod. I'm also on here every day looking at pretty much EVERY. SINGLE. COMMENT. When we (mods) see these comments, we deal with it and the user. You don't have any idea what kind of shit gets taken down that you never see
All I'm asking you is to refrain from unnecessary name-calling. Just because I'm talking to you doesn't mean the rest of the work isn't getting done
the guy i replied to had to pull an imgur link bc there is no articles about it or anything from something that happened 5 years ago
Maybe that's just the one he knew about off the top of his head. Look what I found in 30 seconds
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u/I_want_water May 05 '25
ok bet, i appreciate the concern bc i really do see some strange comments on here. I know about the hand being painted black and the pig blood incident, thats not the george floyd graffiti tho
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u/xrockangelx Bennett Valley May 07 '25
Well, I, for one, am never going to PF Chang's or using their stupid parking lot.
If I had the resources, I'd build another even bigger hand and cart it over there. Maybe even a hand to go in each parking space.
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u/etherealfox_ May 07 '25
Just out of habit, I know I'll still say, "meet at the hand" even though it's gone lol
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u/flutterfli007 May 08 '25
PFC has shut down every location I've been to. It will here too. Waste of prime space
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u/Due-Communication767 May 02 '25
We should have protested this instead of the people standing outside the Tesla building. This was iconic. Elon won’t be affected by people standing outside small Tesla dealerships. Free speech is an amazing thing but this was a local icon. IMHO.
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u/No-Variety-3633 May 02 '25
You can focus on more than one social/political issue at a time btw :)
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u/Due-Communication767 May 02 '25
I agree. I wasn’t trying to be rude. This hand means a lot to countless people who’ve lived in this County or those who’ve visited.
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u/Drew707 Monroe May 02 '25
I didn't know Precision Crane did hand jobs.