5/5 Rd S. 4 years ago on Google
One
of
Albuquerque's
funkiest
landmarks,
either
loved
or
despised,
with
not
many
opinions
in
between!
Seen
as
an
enormous
waste
of
money
when
it
was
installed,
over
the
years,
many
people
have
grown
more
attached
to
it.
It
underwent
a
restoration
in
2018
to
replace
damaged
tiles
and
return
it
to
its
original
appearance.
The
sculpture's
actual
title
is
"Cruising
San
Mateo
I,"
and
it
was
one
of
three
sculptures
along
San
Mateo
Blvd.
installed
in
1991
that
stylistically
depicted
the
rise
of
American
Car
Culture.
"Cruising
San
Mateo
III"
was
located
at
San
Mateo
and
Southern,
and
depicted
a
Lazy
Boy
armchair
to
represent
the
minimal
comforts
sought
by
people
living
in
cities.
It
was
defaced
and
damaged
so
frequently
that
it
was
finally
removed.
"Cruising
San
Mateo
II"
is
one
block
down
and
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
street
from
Chevy
on
a
Stick.
It
an
abstract
representation
of
a
kitchen
counter
in
forced
perspective
to
make
it
seem
larger
than
it
is,
next
to
a
giant
"picture
window",
representative
of
suburban
homes
in
the
'60s
and
'70s,
when
people
were
scrambling
to
leave
the
crowded
cities
for
the
open
space
of
suburbia.
It
is
often
overlooked
because
it
looks
sort
of
like
a
bus
stop,
and
the
view
through
the
picture
window
is
a
trashy
apartment
complex.
The
series
culminates
with
Chevy
on
a
Stick
representing
the
iconic
item
that
made
these
cultural
changes
possible,
and
how
in
fact
the
automobile
became
the
most
revered
of
these
luxuries
because
of
it.
On
its
own,
Chevy
on
a
Stick
still
provides
a
great
depiction
of
Car
Culture,
but
its
impact
is
diminished
slightly
without
the
other
two
sculptures
to
complete
it.
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