Riding Game

[gsrick]

I think me and Eric pulled off a 5 tag day once. They weren't the greatest of tag ideas if I recall. lol

[gsrick]

One A frame building.

Next tag is a mural.

[Burque73]

New tag, wood barrels or old delivery truck.





Here's a mural on Rio Grande Blvd south of I 40.

[gsrick]

Good tag Roger. This will be a tough one, but I have some idea where I might find this.

[gsrick]

Next tag is a vintage car for sale. It was right down the street from the trike.

[Burque73]

Nice find. That even looks like the same year and make truck, or real close at least.

[gsrick]

Nice find. That even looks like the same year and make truck, or real close at least.

I'd say at least one World War difference. The car would be closer, it is a '38 Ford. The truck is around a 1950 International.

This '50 looks spot on. I just noticed, are those turnips in the back and if so I wonder who might have fallen off it.

[Burque73]

I just noticed, are those turnips in the back and if so I wonder who might have fallen off it.

I suppose you could say whoever can't tell the difference between a 30's and a 50's delivery truck.

[Burque73]

I found a cool vintage car for sale. A Packard I'm guessing 1949??



How about for the new tag, a mosaic.



"Tree of Life", This artwork recognizes the imagery of early cultures that influenced
the peoples of Mexico and New Mexico. The black and white figures are animal images
from Native American Mimbres pottery. The colorful figures are images from the
Maya culture. This 22' high mosaic scuplture is located at the crossroads of Fourth Street
and Montano Rd. in the North Valley, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
An Art in Public Places Program, 1999.

[thebrandonbeezy]

One A frame building.

Next tag is a mural.

what size is the rear tire on that beast?! that bike cleaned up good man!!!

[gsrick]

I found a cool vintage car for sale. A Packard I'm guessing 1949??



How about for the new tag, a mosaic.



"Tree of Life", This artwork recognizes the imagery of early cultures that influenced
the peoples of Mexico and New Mexico. The black and white figures are animal images
from Native American Mimbres pottery. The colorful figures are images from the
Maya culture. This 22' high mosaic scuplture is located at the crossroads of Fourth Street
and Montano Rd. in the North Valley, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
An Art in Public Places Program, 1999.

Nice Roger, I don't think this has ever been a tag. Publix grocery stores used to all have mosaic tile murals on the outside wall. I think some of them may still be around. I won't have daylight time to check until Saturday or Sunday.

[gsrick]

what size is the rear tire on that beast?! that bike cleaned up good man!!!

170/60-17 the rim is a 17 x 4.5.

I haven't done much yet other than a wash and fork seals. It's a nice 20 footer, it looks nice from 20 feet away.

[thebrandonbeezy]

Nice Roger, I don't think this has ever been a tag. Publix grocery stores used to all have mosaic tile murals on the outside wall. I think some of them may still be around. I won't have daylight time to check until Saturday or Sunday.

i know where one is, but suzy II isnt ready yet!!!!!

[gsrick]

I'll need a call on this one. I used up a tank of fuel trying to locate a tile mosaic, but could only find a stone one. This is the post office my father retired from. As a last resort I rode to it not remembering exactly what was on the wall, but knew there used to be something. Ugly, but still there.

This is made up of different painted stone.


The Winter Park Post Office

photo credit: Rick Kilby

Built in 1965, the Winter Park Post Office is listed as a significant contributor to the Downtown Winter Park Historic District. Architect Joseph Shifalo worked with contractors Cason & Moore to create this perfectly proportioned modernist “pavilion,” similar to the work of Mies van der Rohe at the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois (1945-1951, now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation). Indeed, a similarly-styled 1961 building—a bank–was recently saved and reused as the Architecture and Design Center for the Palm Springs Art Museum in California (http://www.psmuseum.org/architecture-design-center/). Shifalo taught at Rollins in the late 1950s and maintained a firm in Winter Park.

post office mural detail

“beer can” detail

The Winter Park Post Office was completed at a cost of $400,000 (about $2.5 million in today’s dollars) and features original artworks on three sides of the exterior. Two sides are decorated with an original painted-stone mural by artist Joe Testa-Secca; a completely unique metal screen composed of smashed Busch Beer cans, painted black, is installed along the east façade in an artistic take on a functional brise-soliel or sun screen. Testa-Secca, a professor emeritus at the University of Tampa, is a significant Florida artist that has exhibited worldwide with current works selling for upwards of $30,000. One of his large murals, “Symbols of Mankind,” installed on the Saunders Public Library in Tampa, was recently moved and preserved as part of a new structure.
More importantly, Testa-Secca provides a critical link between architecture and art in Winter Park. He won the Best of Show award at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Show in 1965 and was subsequently awarded the commission to design murals for the new post office. According to the National Register listing for Downtown Winter Park, the post office “contains the only documented art work of Testa-Secca’s as part of a building in Winter Park and the only mural from the historic period in the historic district,” and was considered a critical element in continuing the “art” of Park Avenue and the WPSA show across Central Park.

[gsrick]

If it squeaks by, the next tag is vintage signage. This sign has been around at least since '72 when we first moved to the Orlando area.

I'm not sure if I recommend going to this location though. One of the Google reviews.
Mack Warren
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4 months ago
Almost got shot in front of RimTyme which is literally next door to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. One place I do not like working around and the cops hadn't showed up for 23 minutes and it was literally on the other side of their fence. Five shots no response, I wouldn't recommend anyone to shop there.