I was driving up West Grand Avenue and found this highly decorative mural near the freeway on ramp. It's by local artist
Oliver Black and decorates the
Blüm Oakland building. What's that you ask? I wondered too. So I walked across the street to get a better idea. First I admired the mural and its wonderful detail with an arts & crafts flair in the use of dark outlines. Then I noticed the security guard. Hmmm.
Then I smelled the distinctive sweet aroma of cannabis. Oh. It's a marijuana clinic. That explains the razor wire along the top of the fence. Who knew?
Welcome to Monday Mural: if you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme's for you. Just follow the Linky steps below. You decide what constitutes a mural. Once you start looking, you find them everywhere. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to the mural finds posted this week.
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This is very nice. I like it better than those that I cannot make sense of with the weird writing and all. Am I getting old or what?
ReplyDeleteBack again this week. Have a good one.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what a marijuana clinic is - is it where they destroy illegally found drugs?
ReplyDeleteLiking the retro vibe.
ReplyDeleteThe things we find out by blogging in our own cities hey ODP :) Love the poppies, that's the prettiest security wall I've seen!
ReplyDeleteGreat mural with the poppy's. A theme you don't find often.
ReplyDeleteThis is really wonderful!
ReplyDeletethis is very attractive. hmmm, poppies, eh?!
ReplyDeleteI love these! What a great pop of color!
ReplyDeleteThat is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery psychedelic! In keeping with the marijuana? Just well they weren't growing opium poppies in there...
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting.
Beautiful colours!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful mural. So bright and cheerful.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful poppies! That is a real eye-catcher. Thanks for hosting us all! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHah! The symbolism of poppies for a marijuana clinic is pretty interesting. It will feed the biases of folks who think marijuana is a gateway drug leading to more serious drugs.
ReplyDeleteThe colors, man....:-) Seriously, it is a very pretty mural!
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