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      <![CDATA[i'm not really sure i get the two shadows bit either -- looks like someone on a unicycle being happy and merry and circusy -- but when these started replacing parking meters in my city (Philly), i flipped my shit. i heart them so hard! even if they aren't as secure as u-parking, who cares? my city does...
        
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      <![CDATA[@17:<br />
I think the short one is painted, the long one is real.<br />
If you look closely at the upright pole, it glistens a bit on the right side in the sun light.
        
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      <![CDATA[Pittsburgh has pretty ones that look like our 3 rivers.  http://alansnel.blogspot.com/2009/03/rac&hellip;<br>
and this art:<br>
http://bike-pgh.org/blog/2009/05/27/jcc-&hellip;
        
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      <![CDATA[@11: not only are they worthless for locking a bike to, but they can be easily dismantled and your bike can be stolen even if you do manage to lock one to them (round part can be unbolted and slid up and off).
        
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      <![CDATA[@11, I agree: they're awful to lock bikes to.
        
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      <![CDATA[I think both shadows are painted on the sidewalk, and that's part of the 'art', but not being there in person, I cannot verify.<br />
Shadows in Seattle?!  Puleeze- it never happens.
        
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      <![CDATA[Vashta Nerada infestation.  Do NOT attempt to lock your bike there.
        
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      <![CDATA[I call shenanigans.  Two shadows.  Obv. Photoshop® involved.
        
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      <![CDATA[Bike rack on Tatooine.
        
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      <![CDATA[Those bike racks were installed starting in 2004 when SDOT began removing parking meters and replacing them with pay stations.  You're just now noticing them?
        
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      <![CDATA[oh, I DE-spise those things! They only accommodate two bikes, and they're awkward: the little holes make me scrape my knuckles when I lock my bike up. Bike racks should ALWAYS be standard u-shaped thingies. And this should always be the rule everywhere: Function comes first; form second.<br />
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      <![CDATA[Painting out shadows on street objects is not a new idea. It has also been played out by many. "Public Art" has way more to offer than a bicycle rack shadow. It's like saying "my favorite sculpture is a basketball.".
        
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      <![CDATA[#8 I thought all that gum & and other disgusting junk were part of the artwork.  This disappoints me to realize what a bunch of slobs people are.
        
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      <![CDATA[God, our sidewalks get disgusting when it stops raining for a few months.
        
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      <![CDATA[@3: Magnets! How do they work?<br />
(Sorry, couldnt resist. No ill will meant, mr. Pope.)
        
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      <![CDATA[@2 -- woosh?
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh, funny.
        
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      <![CDATA[If it's the sharply angled shadow that's fake, I can't really tell what it's supposed to be a shadow of.<br />
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In any care: cool bike hitching post.
        
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      <![CDATA[How does it have two shadows?
        
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      <![CDATA[I like Kent's better...it looks like a plant leaf.
        
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      <![CDATA[Too bad that joke only works about 1/3 of the days here.<br />
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