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KEEP
AUSTIN COLORFUL Austin
Art in August Street
Photography by Raoul Hashimoto |
While
“Keep Austin Weird” has been the unofficial slogan of Austin
for who-knows-how-many years, there have been other pleas for other cities. Writer
Clay Coppedge
has coined the much-easier-to-comply-with slogan of “Keep Lubbock
Flat” for his hometown. The Big Tony has had “Keep San
Antonio Lame” attached to it by a (currently unknown) wit from
that city.
Weird, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and sensitive
beholders aren’t always wanting weird. Color, however is a perennial crowd pleaser
and in this galley of spontaneous and accidental photos, we hope that at least
for August, we can marry colorful with weird and ask that “street art” be given
a modicum of respect. - Editor |
The
color starts before the city limits.
Fruit Vendor on Highway 71 East |
| A
colorful banner detracts from the actual dome - wrapped in scaffolding |
Paleta
vendor Luis Hernandez.
Walt Disney called and he wants his signature back.
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Soon
to be a collector's item.
Katz' Deli closes in 2010 |
| Stenciled
Grafitto on Asbestos Shingles |
Three
Generations or
The Three Stages of Life
Construction Site Mural |
| The
jaundiced girl next door |
| How
come you never find a whole pair |
| Peter
Max' lawyer called.... |
| Preservation
is harder than your think |
905
Congress Deco
To return your eyes to normal | |
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