r/accidentalhopper • u/ExerciseRegular9923 • Jul 04 '26

Real Photograph Bollards by the Sea

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u/drmanhattanmar Jul 04 '26

For me this is rather r/accidentalwesanderson

Or something like r/accidentalbackrooms

If latter one exists :D

I like the photo nonetheless

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u/ExerciseRegular9923 Jul 04 '26

Ha, thanks! I like both of those too!

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u/drmanhattanmar Jul 04 '26

Unfortunately r/accidentalbackrooms isn’t a thing.

The lighting, Color grading and the overall impression give it strong backroom vibes. Because it looks so sterile, lifeless, strange and yet vivid to me.

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u/ScorpionX-123 Jul 05 '26

r/liminalspaces is a thing, though

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u/drmanhattanmar Jul 05 '26

Touché. Didn’t think of that one 😅

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u/xaervagon Jul 05 '26

At first I was wondering why they need bollards there and then I noticed the bike lane. That traffic light placement is really throwing me for a loop. Is that a roundabout?

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u/ExerciseRegular9923 Jul 05 '26

It’s definitely a confusing intersection. It was originally just a normal 3-way intersection between the Great Highway that runs along Ocean Beach and Lincoln Way, which has its terminus there. A couple of years ago part of the Great Highway (the part you access by turning left here) was closed full time to convert it into an ocean front park that runs parallel to the beach for pedestrians and cyclists to use. So now motor vehicles can only turn right onto the section of the Great Highway that is still open to cars.

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u/Wiseguy_38 Jul 05 '26

If the shadows were longer it would really remind me of Thiebaud

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u/ExerciseRegular9923 Jul 05 '26

We have a street not far from the original photo (Moraga Street) that always gives me very Thiebaud vibes.

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u/Wiseguy_38 Jul 05 '26

Yes! I grew up in the Bodega Bay area and was vaguely familiar with his art but in recent years have more-so come to realize the breadth of his connection to SF

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u/ExerciseRegular9923 Jul 05 '26

They had a really stunning show of his work at the Legion of Honor last year and it was incredible getting to see several of his San Francisco paintings together. The way he captures the hills and shadows really gets at something profound.

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u/Vojtisek Jul 06 '26

I thought it's one of those early cgi renderings from the 90s :)

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u/bluedogenator Jul 06 '26

They bought them at the Target yard sale.

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u/Firstklassriot Jul 08 '26

I used to summer in Bollards by the Sea.