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Urban Design Observations, Los Angeles Edition
you have a good eye, these are interesting observations, thanks for documenting them.
a typical tapered jig would not actually work the way you described it, if you flip the wood , now you have the freshly cut surface against the jig, the piece would be a assymetrycal trapeze...
also, the wood is not your typical cheap wood, it is either ipe or teak. these weather beautifully, especially in a warmer climate (like you noted), but they are many times more expensive than typical big box wood and much harder to work with.
on s different note: what do you think would happen if they would not print out the instructions on the doggy poo bags? are these pictograms too complicated for the public? is there a wrong way to use them?
I'm sure that these stations in NYC would have different text: "clean up after your dog: IT'S THE LAW! fines up to $1000 for 1st time offenders. for more information dial 311". and a graffiti after that.
Cleveland's University Circle did something similar with its utility boxes. Student's from the Cleveland Institute of Art decorated them with old timey illustrations (google the ArtBox project for more info) https://www.flickr.com/photos/cleinstituteart/sets/72157636117445553/
Joshua Callaghan is the artist who did the photos on utility boxes. http://www.joshuacallaghan.com/Playa-Vista-Phase-II
Did you also see the low water fountains for dogs?
All of the utility boxes are hand painted murals where I used to live in Long Beach, which is a little South West of LA. You can just google "long beach painted utility box".
At first I thought the utility box was clad in a mirrored surface and was reflecting the surroundings. I think that might have been a bit better as it could function as a makeshift teeth-check after a meal. Houston did a similar thing but with a more handmade aesthetic:
We have dog poo bags dispensers in Brooklyn. I've seen them along Eastern Parkway, as well as in front of my sister's old building in Kensington. Can't say I've seen them in Manhattan, there's not a lot of space for _anything_ new on those sidewalks, but now that I work in a pet store part time, I see the world a little differently, and notice pet-related objects in the wild more regularly.