It took me a while to grok this image and then it came to me. It's an aerial view of the eastern estuary! The circle in the upper right corner is the A's ballpark minus the Oracle arena next door. The upper left represents the island city of Alameda. The peninsula in the lower portion is the airport. All the bright yellow lines represent the freeway, bridges, and main streets in the area. The blue water is the estuary which runs in from the Bay. The mural, done this year by Alan Leon, is formally named Fields of Dreams: the fabric of the city. His work graces the freeway support piers in the Temescal District and was featured
here.
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Good, it took me awhile also.
ReplyDeleteIf you build it, they will come?
ReplyDeleteThought that was a film with Kevin Costner. Great mural
ReplyDeleteIt is certainly intriquing
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info ODP, it all becomes clear now :) Super find.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great map!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea what it was until you explained, but now it's so obvious!
I am glad you explained the image, couldn't see what is was. Now I can see the overview.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you explained what the mural depicts because now I can appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteVery nice map mural. I like it.
ReplyDeleteTo me the mural is both distinctive and understandable. Great colours to catch the eye!
ReplyDeleteI like it. He needs to put a "You are here" X on it. Maybe "here" is off the wall.
ReplyDeleteA very colourful mural!
ReplyDeleteIt is an inspiring artistic map.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought a whale gobbling something up and then I thought wait, that's a map! Cool!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I had a hard time getting your site to come in today and then the linky wouldn't come in either. Glad I finally got through!
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ReplyDeleteAn interesting mural. Very different from the usual.. I like the naive look of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great mural!
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