New look for those Keizer shafts
The City of Keizer, Oregon is testing a re-design of those traffic barriers that people were complaining were too phallic. A city architect explains that the new layout, revealed earlier today, "uses landscape elements to soften the visual impact, while still providing the necessary margin of safety." I'm not sure the critics are going to be satisfied with the change, but at least the city is trying.
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Comments (11)
good one!
Posted by TKrueg | July 9, 2007 10:15 PM
They Are Green!
Posted by dman | July 9, 2007 10:42 PM
But if they're sustainable for more than four hours, call your doctor immediately.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 9, 2007 11:29 PM
FYI: The Keizer city manager got third-place tonight in Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" feature.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | July 10, 2007 1:20 AM
I knew someone watched Keith. Glad to hear it's a local
Posted by david E gilmore | July 10, 2007 6:23 AM
"Metal collars and chains" to make them LESS phallic?
Posted by Hula | July 10, 2007 7:26 AM
Why not make them into fountains?
Posted by Ken Wiebe | July 10, 2007 12:08 PM
Sex, sex, sex... is that all these Keizer people think about? Sheesh, they just look like concrete bollards to me. And your little shrubs are a nice touch, Jack.
Posted by Himself | July 10, 2007 2:55 PM
Yeah...sometimes a bollard is just a bollard.
Or, is that bollocks?
Posted by godfry | July 10, 2007 3:00 PM
"The city is looking into retrofitting the posts with metal collars and chains that run between them, which they hope will change the look."
Yeah, they call that a Prince Albert...
Posted by Eric | July 10, 2007 3:25 PM
they look "too" phallic?
so, there's some level of phallic the Keizerites are willing to accept?
Posted by ecohuman.com | July 10, 2007 8:19 PM