{"id":37,"date":"2010-02-22T23:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T05:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2010-02-22T23:26:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T05:26:43","slug":"trade-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Trade Deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">There are a series of sculptures along Broadway from Blake to Lawrence made from salvaged storage containers stacked on top of one another. I used to drive by them every morning on my way to work and every afternoon on the way home. After doing a little internet research I found one article about the sculptures which included info on the artist and title of the piece: Trade Deficit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mini-sculpture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41 aligncenter\" title=\"mini sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mini-sculpture1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">There are 3 sculptures in the series. One is small, one is medium and one is large. By large I mean large; it shoots straight up into the sky and is hard to miss from any direction. Each sculpture has a 5-year anti-graffiti coat on it; an essential feature in this part of town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/me-by-large-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42 aligncenter\" title=\"me by large sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/me-by-large-sculpture.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The medium size sculpture is the one I find most interesting. It has an interactive element that the other two don&#8217;t; each and every day it is used by people in this city. I took some pictures that illustrate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/homeless-by-medium-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-43\" title=\"homeless by medium sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/homeless-by-medium-sculpture.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/medium-sculpture-being-used-by-homeless.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44\" title=\"medium sculpture in use\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/medium-sculpture-being-used-by-homeless.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about the artist, Joseph Rich\u00e9, and the Denver Public Art Program, visit the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs:\u00a0 <a title=\"Denver Art Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.denvergov.org\/Welcome\/tabid\/392922\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.denvergov.org\/Welcome\/tabid\/392922\/Default.aspx<\/a> <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Denver Art Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.denvergov.org\/Welcome\/tabid\/392922\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"alignright\"> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Here are some more pictures for fun:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jimi-contemplating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-48\" title=\"jimi, contemplating\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jimi-contemplating.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/me-on-sm-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49\" title=\"me on mini sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/me-on-sm-sculpture.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/storage-unit-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50\" title=\"large storage unit sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/storage-unit-sculpture.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jimi-by-large-trade-deficit-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-51\" title=\"jimi by large sculpture\" src=\"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jimi-by-large-trade-deficit-sculpture.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a series of sculptures along Broadway from Blake to Lawrence made from salvaged storage containers stacked on top of one another. I used to drive by them every morning on my way to work and every afternoon on the way home. After doing a little internet research I found one article about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317859,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[783510345,5409],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-life","tag-urban"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yamairah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}