walking in the city

By inthecity

"The spirit of youth in America"

Painted in 1977 by Charles Lobdell on the side of the Hamilton Methodist Church, Waller Street at Belvedere.

This is only a portion of the mural; it covers the entire side of the building.

If you look to the right, you can almost make out the distant Utopian city--forever arched with a rainbow--and the giant redwood that extends to the stars.

Out of the frame and to the left, three people of indistinct racial heritage hold hands in front of a geodesic dome and rudimentary satellite receiver, while others gather a bountiful harvest. A cornucopia spills out over the land from two heavenly hands.

I'd have given anything today for a wider angle lens.

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