I may have posted a picture of this years ago, but I thought I’d repost it. I bought this poster back in 1982. Guillermo W. Granzio put a lot of San Francisco in this! About the only thing I haven’t been able to find is a cable car; unless that’s one coming downhill between the Bank of America and Pyramid Buildings. (Thumbnail image) *
*Granzio’s 18’ by 14’ mural, created in 1980, was stored in the Harcourt Galleries Building off Powell Street. Two years after it was painted, the mural was knocked over by a forklift while in storage and destroyed. (Source: granizoart.com)
?! Do you mean that the mural was never installed anywhere before it was destroyed?!
It doesn’t sound like it, Tony. The artist offered to have it displayed in SFO, but they said they didn’t have a wall big enough for it.
San Jose spent tens of thousands of dollars for a statue of Phelan that was stored for a very long time because so many people protested against its installation. Now that it is installed, the maintenance and regular repair of vandalism is quite expensive. Such a silly waste of art. (I suspect that there is good reason for people to dislike Phelan.)