Dec 14 2008
stand back i know regular expressions
The quality and intelligence of graffiti is inversely proportional to the difficulty in putting it wherever it is. Dangerous spots on train lines? Misspelt tags. Quiet abandoned swimming pools? Computer scientists with spray cans.
Marshall Astor found these at Angels Gate Pool, an abandoned swimming pool in Los Angeles. It was originally built for the local army base and used as a community pool for a short while after the Army gave the land to the City of Los Angeles, but was closed owing to fears that the crumbling retaining walls holding up the hillside would give way and the pool would slide down the hill! It’s been out of service for over twenty years.
Until about 2005, the pool had been relatively free of graffiti. So it’s nice they’ve got some people of culture and knowledge decorating it.
Angels Gate Pool will probably come back into service before Perl 6 is released.
Photos: “Angels Gate Pool — Perl” and “Angels Gate Pool — Perl 2” by Marshall Astor — Food Pornographer, taken on 31 August 2006. CC by-sa 2.0. Title from, of course, XKCD.
