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A few miles from Hearst Castle, a trash collector spent fifty years cobbling together his house out of junk and found objects. As Cambria became more trendy in the 1970s, neighbors wanted him to tear down the multi-level âeyesore,â while others saw âNitt Witt Ridgeâ as a folk art monument. Itâs still there, and still a controversy within the city and its historical society.
LA Times: A folk art trash palace in the shadow of Hearst Castle
This seems like the kind of roadside construction that would fit in with American Godsâ cosmology. More like The House on the Rock than Hearst Castle, despite the proximity.
Then there are Wylandâs 100+ whale murals. I've seen several of his giant outdoor murals featuring sea life:
Rainbow Lagoon and Long Beach Convention Center.
On the other side of the building.
It turns out that the first of them, on the wall of a Laguna Beach hotel, was later painted over as an âeyesore.â (Câmon, really?) But since then, a friend of his bought the building, and heâs recreating the original mural. On canvas this time, so he can move it if anything happens to the wall!
OC Register: Wyland recreates first âWhaling Wallâ in Laguna Beach
âKelson Vibber, 2019-07-19
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