Look!: Cool Security Gate

Our first San Francisco apartment boasted a massive metal security gate. We never loved it, but found it a comfort when our apartment front-door lock was out of commission for way too long. We just wished the gate didn't have to be soooo ugly and mean looking.

Those gates have such creative potential, don't you think? And goodness knows, we love us some nifty design work in unexpected places...

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That's beautiful!
Reminds me of the Lawrence Welk Show!

posted by bepsf on April 1st 2008 at 12:02pm
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Can't you stick your hand through one of the circles and turn the knob on the other side? Maybe it's some other mechanism...

posted by alicia on April 1st 2008 at 12:03pm
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So where can I buy one?

posted by Allsunday on April 1st 2008 at 12:04pm
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Love to put it on my Balcony anyone can climb into it the way it is now. This is really great as it let's the light and breeze in while keeping the bad out.

posted by travelAlly on April 1st 2008 at 12:05pm
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Way better than bars!!!

posted by PlanItGirl on April 1st 2008 at 12:09pm
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The security gates are quite nice... Too bad the area behind it is so unattractive... There is no reason to secure it.

posted by Devyn on April 1st 2008 at 12:15pm
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Ha! I think I know exactly where these are. Would they be in Oakland near 8th Avenue? If so, they were constructed by the artist, Mario Carillo, who also worked for the Oakland Museum. He created the tile mosaics that are part of the same live/work complex too.

posted by wig3000 on April 1st 2008 at 12:18pm
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I love the old iron security gates around SF. Some of them are quite spectacular.

posted by spaceagemouse on April 1st 2008 at 12:31pm
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Wow! These are so cool!

posted by Kathryn on April 1st 2008 at 12:37pm
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Lol. Anyone from Russia or other ex-USSR countries here? We've been using these for YEARS and they were not associated with anything chic.

posted by Soviet Rocket on April 1st 2008 at 2:59pm
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Gorgeous! Looks a lot like this:
http://www.aswoon.com/design_9_36.htm

posted by farmhousemoderne on April 1st 2008 at 2:59pm
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speaking of cool security gates, here's one by the korean graphic designer Ahn Sang-Soo: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2327808698_574d6e49ac_o.png

posted by laurkim on April 1st 2008 at 7:46pm
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ooh, that is lovely!