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Z-national forest  1982.  Traffic Island Installation. San Francisco, CA.  

         "Ranger Lou"

Ranger Lou ( a painted plywood cutout ) was on guard 24 hours a day . a cement and rock pedestal was topped with a bronze plaque depicting a utopian  forest scene with video dials.  The ranger was often attacked in the middle of the night  (attempted kidnapping I believe) and would be left listing to the side.  I would get frantic telephone calls that "someone is trying to steal the ranger..." but, because of the heavy concrete base he/she remained.     The information pamplets would be replenished every few days (click here to see pamplet) . I was interviewed by Skip Twitchell of Video West Magazine   The video aired on that Bay Area program as well as in Chicago on Capitol Cities Cable, Channel 9.

                                   all images  ©1982-2008 Wayne Zebzda