June 20, 2009
The DPT breaks out the 733T greek alphabet in da noe!

And here we see Noe’s spin on the city’s Pavement to Parks program — existing green space ever so slowly and subtly encroaching upon neighboring asphalt:

This is how it all starts — first, it’s a chair. Then a swing. Then a pond… And then we end up back with this:

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dolores | Tagged: noe, sidewalk, street |
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Posted by burritojustice
April 27, 2009
30th @ San Jose, both sides of the street.
Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s not really “5T” or “7H”, but damn would that be cool. (Bored DPT guy, are you listening?)


(Crap, I know what happened — I fell asleep on the J and got off on 224th St.)
See other sidewalk typography here.
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art | Tagged: sidewalk |
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Posted by burritojustice
January 4, 2009
These are all up and down M1ss1on in La Lengua:

I would love to see a 3 subbing for an E. “C3SAR CHAV3Z.”
Or better yet use the whole “1337″ substitution scheme: V473NC14 5TR33T!
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art, mission, valencia | Tagged: cesar chavez, concrete, mission, sidewalk, valencia |
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Posted by burritojustice
January 2, 2009
Update: So much for the Cesar Chavez theory. (Maybe there’s some greedy intersection that says “SANCHEZZZ”.)

DPT definitely needs to buy more letters. Though they so totally could have used two Vs.
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art, valencia | Tagged: cesar chavez, sidewalk, valencia |
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Posted by burritojustice
January 1, 2009
Contractor #1: “Crap, we’re out of N’s.”
Contractor #2: “Use half a W.”
Contractor #1: “I *already* used the W for the M.”
Contractor #2: “Crap. Do we have any Z’s we can rotate?”
Contractor #1: “No — they’re with the crew on Cesar Chavez.”
Contractor #2: “Crap crap CRAP. Hey, I know! We just finished Valencia — use that V, and then use another upside-down V!”
Contractor #1: “Dude, you are a genius.”

(10 minutes later…) Contractor 2: “Dude, are you dyslexic?”
Contractor #1: “Looks kind of cool, actually — italexic!”
Meanwhile, further down Mission…

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art, mission | Tagged: concrete, dyslexia, mission, ribity, sidewalk |
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