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As many an art theory professor will tell you, painting is dead. Everything that one can do with paint on canvas or a wall, arguably, has been done. But maybe that's not so with the glorious art of sidewalk tagging. Freshly dumped and smoothed concrete has the power to release creative juices in the unlikeliest of passersby. See, you can't just approach the sidewalk with a sharpie with your teen buddies in the wee hours of the night and start going at it. No, with cement engravinig, if you will, being nimble and cunning is a must -- qualities most modern graffiti artists don't possess.
Here are some cement-tuned-notepads. SFist does not condone the timeless art of sidewalk scribbling, but we thought you might like to see what's happening below your feet.
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Every morning I ran past (or over, as it were) a cement-tagged drawing of a smiling, waving penis (the proverbial dickhead) along Lincoln by Funston, and as much as I normally hate this kinda shit, I have to admit I kinda like the whimsy.
Here's another one!
Just try getting one of these removed. We have gang tags on our local $50,000 handicap curb ramp, but the city never did anything about them, despite being called within days of installation.
It must be great to be a concrete contractor in this town.
Don't worry, the yellow mat on the curb ramp will wear out in a few years and they'll jackhammer it and build another one.
I love that Ghost Modern one - I think that is in the lower haight? Here is one of my favorites - http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1296899&l=272776b02a&id=562125265
I believe it's actually on Folsom at about 12th or so, if memory serves me correctly (which it does only on occasion).
Concrete! Concrete is not the same as cement! (You did get it right once in the blurb, kudos.)
-your friendly neighborhood structural engineer
THIS isn't cement? It's concrete? I am honestly stunned. I've always heard or see signs saying, "wet cement" and stuff.
Thanks for the tip!
A common confusion, but one that strikes annoyance (if not fear) into the heart of any structural engineer.
It's best summarized this way: Cement:Concrete::Flour:Cake (ie, the cement is the glue that holds together the concrete once it's mixed with water).
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