Anti Anti-Homeless Spikes

7 years ago

"Nothing says 'keep out' to a person more than rows of sharpened buttplugs laid out to stop people from enjoying or using public space."

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Tags: big brother, conspiracies, doomed, grim meathook future, pranks, security, sprawl

8 Responses:

1. Donnie DeMarco Lavoisier says:

   7 years ago at 4:38 pm

   -_- where in SF is this, by chance?

   • Jeremy Leader says:

     7 years ago at 6:29 pm

     The linked website refers to "Curtain Road", which I believe is in London.

     • HealingTek says:

       7 years ago at 10:58 pm

       For the stalkers: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5264199,-0.0803716,3a,43.6y,273.98h,88.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJBce8f7GLnC-85nxaeXGfg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

   • MattyJ says:

     7 years ago at 11:07 pm

     There are smaller and slightly less sinister spikes on the sills of that fancy building across from the Stud bar, along 9th, also south west corner of Potrero and 15th. I used to work in the area and there are a bunch of places around there with window spikes, but mostly to prevent sitting/leaning, I don't recall that I've seen them in areas big enough to lie down in.

     • jwz says:

       7 years ago at 11:12 pm

       Well, "don't sleep here" is definitely what this one is (Tenderloin), but a very common occurrence in SF is benches that have "arm rests" that just happen to make it impossible to lie down.

2. David Herzenberg says:

   7 years ago at 5:21 pm

   Love it

3. dasuxullebt says:

   7 years ago at 12:04 pm

   I find it hilarious that it is always the landlords who are blamed for defensive architecture. That's easy as long as you are not the shop owner who fears to lose customers (so he doesn't land on the street himself); but in fact, it is the fault of society on the whole, and should be seen as such.

4. Rena says:

   7 years ago at 1:38 pm

   I hope that mattress is very heavy, so it's hard to remove.