From: owner-humor To: Multiple recipients of list HUMOR Subject: Re: Northridge Earthquake Signage Date: Sunday, April 10, 1994 11:41PM
I'm a few miles away from the epicenter, and have seen a few signs myself. All of the following are just sprayed with a can of paint, and therefore could also be considered graffitee
One of the more famous is a sheet of plywood on one of the freeways leading into L.A.:
Welcome to L.A. Some assembly required.
Down the street from me is a storefront, boarded up for 3 months now, that proclaims:
"We repair glass"
About a mile from me is an apartment building whos front half decided to move North and down about 6 feet (the back half was satisfied where it was), on it's side is:
Rooms for rent: $10.00
On the "original signs looking a little foolish" side of things is the building about 50 feet from the glass repair place that has a big "Contractors School" sign, and no walls on the third floor. There are also literally hundreds of buildings still declaring vacancys while surounded by fencing. A lot of these have rear ends of crushed cars sticking out from under them, or they are split in two, or no longer have walls, or any of a number of obvious problems.
L.A. has become a somewhat surreal experience, but then I guess it always was.
Corey Cooper