Comments on: Impaling Cars in the Name of Art http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janek http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204333 Janek Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:32:47 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204333 <p>In Berlin Germany on Rathenauplatz, on the western end of Kurfürstendammthere is a concrete sculpture named "Betoncadillac" of artist Wolf Vostell:</p> In Berlin Germany on Rathenauplatz, on the western end of Kurfürstendammthere is a concrete sculpture named “Betoncadillac” of artist Wolf Vostell:

]]> By: Jason B. http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204203 Jason B. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:53:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204203 <p>I remember this one growing up in Orlando.</p> <p>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=casselberry,+fl&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.092115,55.283203&ie=UTF8&ll=28.608001,-81.365111&spn=0.000756,0.001687&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=28.60811,-81.365295&panoid=fdGDpZ_UTJzPoWOZkQwpcA&cbp=11,245.65049813101734,,0,-32.05973339723974</p> <p>seems abandoned now, though. :-(</p> I remember this one growing up in Orlando.

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seems abandoned now, though. :-(

]]> By: James Turnbull http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204202 James Turnbull Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:48:47 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204202 <p>Ah, yes, you're correct Erik, I meant 15m (and have updated the post). Many thanks.</p> <p>I was obviously getting it confused with the 120m <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/23/spire-of-dublin/" rel="nofollow">spike in Dublin</a>!</p> Ah, yes, you’re correct Erik, I meant 15m (and have updated the post). Many thanks.

I was obviously getting it confused with the 120m spike in Dublin!

]]> By: Erik http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204200 Erik Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:57:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204200 <p>150m (490 feet) is not right: 15m (50 feet) is probably what you mean here.</p> 150m (490 feet) is not right: 15m (50 feet) is probably what you mean here.

]]> By: James Turnbull http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204199 James Turnbull Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:47:06 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204199 <p>Stuart, If you hadn't mentioned the pole, I'd have totally believed the first shot was of a flying van :D</p> Stuart, If you hadn’t mentioned the pole, I’d have totally believed the first shot was of a flying van :D

]]> By: Stuart Marks http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204198 Stuart Marks Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:48:05 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204198 <p>Here's a better view from a side street. Can't see the headlights though.</p> <p>http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.750579,-122.402673&spn=0,359.978392&z=16&layer=c&cbll=37.750536,-122.402758&panoid=kiScZOjqo3QT47ZVuBdjmg&cbp=12,17.738494341010494,,0,-8.360865488317417</p> <p>I don't know if anybody else cares about this, but I'm always tickled by seeing this van on the pole whenever I drive past.</p> Here’s a better view from a side street. Can’t see the headlights though.

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I don’t know if anybody else cares about this, but I’m always tickled by seeing this van on the pole whenever I drive past.

]]> By: Alex Turnbull http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204197 Alex Turnbull Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:52:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204197 <p>Does a Beetle on a roof count?</p> <p>http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=32.449528,-99.735142&z=17&layer=c&cbll=32.449528,-99.735142&cbp=1,24.35384310880761,,0,-26.77887834601436</p> Does a Beetle on a roof count?

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]]> By: Stuart Marks http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204196 Stuart Marks Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:44:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204196 <p>It's not really art, more advertising, but Bell Plumbing in San Francisco has mounted one of its vans on top of a pole and has even wired up its headlights. It's visible from 101 just south of Hospital Curve:</p> <p>http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.750901,-122.403145&spn=0,359.913568&z=14&layer=c&cbll=37.750799,-122.403158&panoid=0fME7U5xPoP9_ZsezNfCBg&cbp=12,481.0192761643151,,0,9.175575165178586</p> <p>s'marks</p> It’s not really art, more advertising, but Bell Plumbing in San Francisco has mounted one of its vans on top of a pole and has even wired up its headlights. It’s visible from 101 just south of Hospital Curve:

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s’marks

]]> By: Tammo http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204193 Tammo Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:32:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204193 <p>I would assume that an expat German would also have realized that the colours were in the wrong order for the German flag ;D</p> I would assume that an expat German would also have realized that the colours were in the wrong order for the German flag ;D

]]> By: Craig http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/01/impaling-cars-in-the-name-of-art/comment-page-1/#comment-204189 Craig Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:44:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=4163#comment-204189 <p>Incase you're wondering about the paint job, it's not a ex-pat German, those are the local rugby team's colours,</p> Incase you’re wondering about the paint job, it’s not a ex-pat German, those are the local rugby team’s colours,

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