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Tank 18 Mural 2017, Artist: Elliott C Nathan, Outside Tank 18 Restaurant, 1345 Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Bird Said
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A bird said, "Be Kind," and a cloud wept happy raindrops.


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Under Billboard
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The mural ran below a billboard that read, "Thrive Your Way, Kaiser Permanente."


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:04:29 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7369
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The Signature
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The artist's signature was on the screen of a round television. It read, "Tank 18, Mural By, Elliott C Nathan."


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Icons
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The mural was a vast collection of icons. For example, there was an eye gazing up, a light bulb of inspiration, a top hat, many stars and hearts, and a natural gas meter.


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Behind Parked Car
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The wall behind a parked car was covered with a copious collection of fun objects.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:04:54 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7372
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Wine Bottle
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A wine bottle, just above an eye and to the right of a radio, showed the date 2017, which was the year the mural was painted.


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Mural Faced Alley
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The mural was painted on the side of the Tank 18 Restaurant that faced Dore Alley.


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Garage Door
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A roll-up garage door was painted in an identical style, except that it was rendered in black and white.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:05:47 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7375
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Have A Good Day
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On the black and white garage door, a banner read, "Have a Good Day," and a circle said, "Oh Wow!"


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:05:50 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7376
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Horned Creature
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A horned creature was clearly asleep and dreaming the entire wall.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:06:08 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7378
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Four Telephone Poles
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Four wooden telephone poles blocked the view of the left hand end of the mural.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:06:14 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7379
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Black Lines
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Notice all the black lines around all the objects. Those lines created the feeling of movement, or of light radiating, or of water falling.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:06:18 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7380
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Wanna Hang?
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Words on the wall were, "Wanna Hang? I'd love to!!" And "Beep Boop." And "Elliott c nathan --2017--."


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Draw
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A pencil was labeled, "Draw." And an atom was drawn with four electrons.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:06:39 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7384
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Size Of The Mural
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People walked past the mural, allowing you to better judge its size.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:06:59 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7385
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Around Front
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The mural continued around the front of the building, but in black and white on a gray background.


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:07:48 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7386
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Right End
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The rightmost end of the mural finished with an, "So Good!" just below windows.


Geo -- Mon, 21 Jan 2019
Tank Mural very cool!


Tank 18 Mural 2017 external link   •  Artist: Elliott C Nathan external link   •  Outside Tank 18 Restaurant external link   •  1345 Howard Street external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:07:53 Friday 12 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7387
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