07 February 2015

A Tucson beheading ~

Once again I find that something I covered years ago in Tucson has closed, disappeared, been painted over, or moved. Here is just the head and tongue of what was a grand, huge tile snake on Wrightstown Road. Now only the lonely head remains. I would hope that in some studio somewhere the body and tail are being repaired but by the looks of the freshly poured concrete median, I kind of doubt it. I think the snake has been beheaded and that is how it will stay. If you want to see another view of him from 2009, click here.

2 comments:

  1. So sad to see an art piece dismembered like this. I suppose because it is in a median, it's owned by the City and they can choose to keep it or not. I doubt that this would be done to the Snake Bridge over Broadway near downtown!

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  2. I think I was particularly sad about this one because it had been a student project. I'm sure the school didn't have the money to maintain it. Too bad that some of the students' parents didn't offer to pay to maintain it. I believe the private sector has to step up, too!

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