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that's fantastic!

You know, I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't know if the message is immediately apparent. To me, this is a comment about the unjustness of taxing the wealthy.

I guess if you think of where this "luxury tax" square lands on the monopoly board, in the Boardwalk/Park Place ritzy area, I can see how this argument could be made. Now he or she needs to find a low-rent area of town and paint a Baltic Ave square to really drive the message home.

I never noticed the design of that ring before, but it's really pretty.

OK, so the exact point the artist is trying to make--is it a comment on the gentrifying neighborhood or a protest on tax-gouging the rich?--is a little hazy. But then, so is the point of life. Who knows what it all means? In the meantime, though, I love this.

I got "we're all paying the cost for these horrible renovations".

Which, yes... and awesome.
Where is this? SF, Seattle?

This is great - the layout and dimensions of the paving slabs suits it perfectly

I love it! Now I wish I had a sidewalk in front of my house just so I could do this. I might even get the neighbors interested and we could get a whole board-side done... :D

Brilliant! Just absolutely brilliant!

That should be duplicated in communities across the US. This includes my city, Sacramento, CA where homes that were reasonable in 99 @ 120k are now asking 600k while incomes are declining and young people are completely locked out of owning by speculators.

I'm with Renngrrl -- brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

My dog and I walk over this several times a week - it's in Chicago.

I would love something like this as a piece of art in my house. On Canvas hanging in my living room. I know this is totally missing the point and the fun would be slightly lost by the fact that it's not on a side walk. But I still want one. Maybe with my street name on it... hmmm.

They didn't get the typeface right. Maybe they were going for a hand-drawn look, but it just looks sloppy to me. Not really thought-out.

Amazing how people love this piece of work =P

Venus if you want this on canvas let me know. I am willing to do it for you!