Quote:
A painter in Los Angeles kept missing his exit for the I-5 on the 110 highway, so he did his research, climbed up the overhead sign, and changed it himself without anyone noticing.
This is Richard Ankrom. He couldn’t find his damn exit, cuz it wasn’t properly labelled.
http://99percentinvisible.org/app/up...2.19.18-PM.png
http://67.media.tumblr.com/8c62b02e8...jh1ps_1280.jpg
Quote:
So he took life by the balls, like any self-respecting Californian would do, and used his sign-painting expertise to fix it himself.
http://66.media.tumblr.com/d51086fc8...jh1ps_1280.jpg
Quote:
He called it ‘guerilla public service.’ Even got himself an outfit to look official. It worked, obvi.
http://66.media.tumblr.com/bd6d39dbd...jh1ps_1280.jpg
http://99percentinvisible.org/app/up...1.17.31-PM.png
Quote:
The whole installation took less than 30 minutes. As soon as the sign was up, Ankrom packed up his ladder, rushed back to his truck, and blended back into the city.
Ankrom had hoped he could get his sign back from Caltrans after they took it down; he figured he would hang it in an art gallery. But Caltrans didn’t take the sign down. His guerrilla sign had passed the Caltrans inspection.
http://66.media.tumblr.com/12818c50c...jh1ps_1280.jpg
Quote:
More than eight years after Ankrom’s sign went up, he got call from a friend who noticed some workers taking it down. His sign was being replaced with as part of routine maintenance.
When the new sign went up, however, Caltrans had added the I-5 North shield not only to it, but also to two additional signs up the road.