There's one more day for The Golden Gate Express exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers. If you have easy access to the city and are looking for something to do this Sunday, it's definitely worth checking out. If you are nowhere near San Francisco, then just enjoy this event through our eyes.
Each of the buildings, representing a San Francisco landmark, is made out of repossessed materials. Below, spinning the wheel of fortune, the boys are directed to look for such items as red monkeys, making up the Golden Gate Bridge, floppy disks and computer keyboard keys, which make up the Transamerica building, and rulers composing parts of Coit Tower.
Look closely and you can see the used spools of thread that hold up Mission Dolores.
The Transamerica Building is made up of used computer parts and DVD's.
Can you see the cheese grater and kitchen timer that make up the Clock Tower at the Port of San Francisco's Ferry Building?
Audio tapes were used to create the Bentley Reserve.
And, buttons decorate the roof and facade of the Opera House.
My favorite display was the model of Chinatown's Dragon Gate, made up of majong tiles and mother boards.
While the boys enjoyed seeking out the recycled materials, they were as thrilled if not more, by the G-gauge model trains winding their way through the exhibit. Way to Go Green!
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That is so cool!! Thanks for sharing as there is no way I'm getting to the West Coast today!
I'd be there in a heartbeat if I could. I'm absolutely enamored by it. Thanks for the snapshots.
What a great exhibit! We visited the conservatory when we visited SF a few years ago. It's an amazing place!
What an amazing exhibit. We should all take away something from that.
Oh I LOVE field trips!!! I am so glad i didn't forget my permission slip!!
gorgeous......
So awesome. I'm jealous.
now that the days are a bit longer and a bit warmer, I've got (a bit) more energy and have been thinking about decluttering AND decorating. The idea crossed my mind that it could be possible to do both at once.
Very cool! And who knew there were any cassette tapes still out there?
Hi Serena- we loved this exhibit too! I forgot my camera so I like seeing your pictures.
see you,
Vivian
I'm so bummed I missed it, but glad I got a peek through your beautiful pictures!
What an awesome exhibit! (And perfect for Earth Day on Wednesday!)
We have a place in St. Louis called the City Museum...where almost everything in it is recycled materials, from watches to shoelaces. It's an awesome place that you should check out if you ever wander to the Midwest!
Wow, very cool! :) Some of them I wouldn't even have noticed what they were made of, had you not said. This makes me want to take another trip to our botanical garden here soon.
Wow! I would have loved to see that! That's an imagination at work.
That is very very cool. We have a similar exhibit in December where all the monuments are made out of twigs and other natural fibers and the trains cycle through. We've been going for 4 years now and never tire of it.
I loved the Mah-jong tiles too!
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