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When I was a kid occasionally my father would take my sister and I into San Francisco. Along the freeway in Emeryville there was a pretty long tradition of creating sculptures out of driftwood. They'd use old posts from dilapidated wooden docs to anchor them out over the water. I remember a truly awesome dragon and lots of other creatures living out there made from hubcaps (remember when hubcaps were a common thing at the roadside?) and whatever else they could find.
Towards the late 80's the installations began to fall into disrepair. Sometime in the 90's, I believe some east bay faction wanted to get rid of them altogether, and they succeeded. I recall some argument about the increased chance of traffic accidents due to distracted drivers, and the general junk nature of the whole deal was distasteful to some. If there could ever be a shameful act in the eyes of me as a young boy, that was it. Nevertheless, it was gone.
However, the tradition has re-emerged in nearby Albany in a park that seems to be a former dumping ground for industrial and construction waste. It is sort of a fitting place among homeless encampments, but it is tragically removed. Still, it is worth a walk around the Albany Bay Trail. A knight on winged horseback, fishing buddies, a woman pleading to the sky. It's hard to not be impressed.
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