I think that’s Rachel Bilson of “O.C.” fame, no?

To celebrate the Albuquerque sky no longer looking like a scene from Twilight, I decided to go for a walk today. Along my route Downtown, I saw some great examples of industrial decor. Here are a few:

“Al is undesired”: That’s poetry, but I can’t help feeling sorry for Al.

A styrofoam cup lodged itself on a cactus outside Gertrude Zachary’s castle. It was inexplicably beautiful, like that plastic bag in American Beauty . ... Or something.

For those of us who can’t afford a Damien Hirst original.

 

• Street Art Is Awesome! (astrozombie138​​) [ Tue Mar 13 2012 2:44 PM ]
  

 

It was back at the end of June that a mystery artist created a 50+ foot NeverEnding Story-esque beast on the plastic wrap that masks the Anasazi building’s lower parts. It was beautiful, but I pass the intersection everyday. The piece stayed up so long that I got used to it. I don’t really know when it got washed away, but only looked up one afternoon and it was gone.

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• My new favorite "public art" piece. (Greenley) [ Fri Sep 9 2011 11:53 AM ]
  

The head

The penny-farthing picture, bearing the phrase “park your car,” that was beautifying the SE corner of Sixth and Central, is gone. This is sad because I loved it so. It was a cheerful, lovely image blip on an otherwise blighted eyesore. It was painted on the tan (read “worst color ever”) plasticy wrap which currently encircles the Anasazi building, presumably to keep it from falling completely apart while someone does something to it.

• YEEAAAAHHHHH!!​!! (oenophile) [ Fri Jun 24 2011 6:21 PM ]
  
• It's begging (faun lebowitz) [ Tue Jun 28 2011 1:36 PM ]
  

Between Fourth and Fifth

WTF Albuquerque?

Walking to work today, I noticed a pile of trash outside of its dumpster. Then another, and another. Most of the errant piles o’ crap were in the alley that runs East/West between Central and Gold. But the mother load, the oops-the-garbage-truck-malfunctioned-and-dumped-contents-everywhere cake-taker, is behind our office, in the alley I like to affectionately refer to as Kimo Way.

• an alley guy told me the compactor was broken. (Carl Petersen) [ Mon Jun 13 2011 3:06 PM ]
  
• I dubbed it Pee Alley (marisa) [ Mon Jun 13 2011 5:43 PM ]
  

 

This old-timey bicycle / car commentary is the latest tattoo on the Anasazi Building.

 

• Is that a fixie? (Nick Brown) [ Wed Jun 8 2011 11:24 AM ]
  

The Downtown Action Team and Travel Guide New Mexico have teamed up to produce a video promoting downtown Albuquerque as a tourist destination. Nice job, DAT! It’s slick and professional. I only wonder at the decision to gloss over Downtown’s nightlife, mentioned only in passing, when it was responsible for the lion’s share of Downtown revitalization. At any rate, it’s a nice video and Brian Morris could have a future in television.

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