Update: Cotton District Street Painting

[af102]

I just got a text from a buddy that said they just paved the road by the bin and half of it is now covered up. Wow.

 

[benatmsu]

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[Dawg in a pile]

That would be hilarious.

 

[Tds & Beer]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If true, that's pretty funny</span>

Yeah. Our little college town that we everyone thinks is redneck finally gets a nice piece of art to dress up and distinguish a great area of town and we pave over it. 17in hilarious.

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

nm

 

[Hump4Hoops]

It's funny because it's an eyesore.

 

[futaba.79]

and it's true to an extent. More like asphalt and tar debris covering part of it than an actual paving over. Regardless it has to be fixed. I liked the dang thing.

 

[AssEndDawg]

For those of us not living in Starkville it would be nice to see if it is as bad as we thought it would be.

 

[AssEndDawg]

More like asphalt and tar debris covering part of it than an actual paving over.

it is a road. Asphalt and tar tend to end up on those things. If they want a painting put it on a wall.

 

[aTotal360]

<div>
</div><div>and yes, I have a ****** blackberry.</div>

 

[benatmsu]

No, it's funny because all the damn uproar about it, and nobody had the foresight to think "Hey,I wonder if they are planning on repaving this street any time soon?". Surely you can see the humor in this.

 

[tupelotim]

Looks like a NASCAR track after Danica Patrick does her race winning burnout**

 

[FlabLoser]

I needed that.

lolololozzzz

 

[studentdawg87]

I actually like it, but they are going to have to redo it constantly. Good thing middle schoolers work for free.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Surely they won't leave it looking like this. This is what they get for choosing such a horrendous symbol.<div>Make it a Bulldog or do nothing... Is this a hard concept?</div>

 

[King Of The Townies]

<div>Considering the very vocal negative response from the public, it's not a stretch to assume that the plan was to actually paint the concept and then judge the public's response. You would think that the designer would have known of an impending road resurfacing. It's not like those projects are just thrown together spur of the moment.

I applaud Jeremiah for trying to do something unique with this project. It may not have have earned too many praises, but he tried something completely unique. A lot of people don't have the balls to do that.

</div><div>The city seems intent on attempting to create some sort of highlited node at the main Cotton District intersection, as they should. What's actually realized, if anything, will now be a contest between public outcry and city co-operation.

</div><div>P.S. If it were my design, I would definately incorporate the University in a featured capacity. But, that's just me.</div>

 

[esplanade91]

It looked stupid, and the spin on "any attention is good attention" the board put on it was ignorant, and for that reason I'm glad they look dumb for going through with it despite the backlash now.

They need to drop the whole "we're a distinguished town" BS and put something there along the lines of Mississippi State University.