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Field guide to fake trees, part 3...
Jul. 24th, 2004 07:00 amOver time they've started to look a bit more realistic. This one is at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach.
Field guide to fake trees, part 3...
Jul. 24th, 2004 07:00 amOver time they've started to look a bit more realistic. This one is at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach.
Field guide to fake trees, part 2...
Jul. 24th, 2004 06:30 amThis was the first one I noticed. It's right at the south end of the the Long Beach freeway, where it turns into Shoreline Drive. It's pretty ratty now, because it's 5 or 6 years old, but at the time I thought. "What the heck is that? They don't really expect people to believe its a real tree, do they?"
It is, of course, an antennae of some sort, and you can see the functional parts of it sticking out above the "leaves," which are now drooping way below where they were when it was first installed. Often, as here, real trees are planted around it to try to disguise the fake tree.
It is, of course, an antennae of some sort, and you can see the functional parts of it sticking out above the "leaves," which are now drooping way below where they were when it was first installed. Often, as here, real trees are planted around it to try to disguise the fake tree.
Field guide to fake trees, part 2...
Jul. 24th, 2004 06:30 amThis was the first one I noticed. It's right at the south end of the the Long Beach freeway, where it turns into Shoreline Drive. It's pretty ratty now, because it's 5 or 6 years old, but at the time I thought. "What the heck is that? They don't really expect people to believe its a real tree, do they?"
It is, of course, an antennae of some sort, and you can see the functional parts of it sticking out above the "leaves," which are now drooping way below where they were when it was first installed. Often, as here, real trees are planted around it to try to disguise the fake tree.
It is, of course, an antennae of some sort, and you can see the functional parts of it sticking out above the "leaves," which are now drooping way below where they were when it was first installed. Often, as here, real trees are planted around it to try to disguise the fake tree.
Field guide to fake trees, part 1...
Jul. 24th, 2004 06:00 amI'm not sure whether this is a purely southern California phenomenon or not. About 5 years or so ago, I began noticed some very odd structures along the highways and roads I traveled. I still think they're pretty damn odd, so recently I started documenting them as I came across them.
Have you ever noticed the occasional tree that looks, well, not quite right? The trunk is a little too straight, or the branches or fronds are a little too even, or just not arranged quite correctly. They just look off?
More in a minute. Man, half an hour goes by more quickly than I thought!
Have you ever noticed the occasional tree that looks, well, not quite right? The trunk is a little too straight, or the branches or fronds are a little too even, or just not arranged quite correctly. They just look off?
More in a minute. Man, half an hour goes by more quickly than I thought!
Field guide to fake trees, part 1...
Jul. 24th, 2004 06:00 amI'm not sure whether this is a purely southern California phenomenon or not. About 5 years or so ago, I began noticed some very odd structures along the highways and roads I traveled. I still think they're pretty damn odd, so recently I started documenting them as I came across them.
Have you ever noticed the occasional tree that looks, well, not quite right? The trunk is a little too straight, or the branches or fronds are a little too even, or just not arranged quite correctly. They just look off?
More in a minute. Man, half an hour goes by more quickly than I thought!
Have you ever noticed the occasional tree that looks, well, not quite right? The trunk is a little too straight, or the branches or fronds are a little too even, or just not arranged quite correctly. They just look off?
More in a minute. Man, half an hour goes by more quickly than I thought!
