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| Photo: © Stan Banos |
If I had my way (a seldom occurring happenstance in this section of the universe) I would have this statue facing the backside of a lavatory nowhere adjacent to the Golden Gate bridge. This bronze statue is of Joseph B. Strauss, a man of small stature and even smaller integrity. He designed the first draft of a god awful, butt ugly version of the Golden Gate Bridge. No one wanted to build his deplorable looking monstrosity, and good thing too, because word was the wind would have soon collapsed it into the bay; so he hired a young engineer (something he apparently was not) named Charles Alton Ellis to design a version a tad less stressful to both eye and peace of mind. And it was the latter's creation that was overwhelmingly approved- and finally built! Strauss rewarded Ellis by firing him and taking all the credit. His wife provided the statue.
PS- If you haven't already- make sure to see the remarkable work of Jake Ricker who photographs said bridge and all that happens on it!
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