So – which version of “Mr. Postman” do you prefer? Press * if you prefer the Marvelettes, # if you prefer the Beatles. I’m pretty sure how this one is going to turn out, but we’ll see and post the results after all votes are tallied.
This week’s sermon on the quirky mail boxes of Berkeley revolves around painted mailboxes, other the birds and flowers that we have already seen. First, the solid colors, and first among the solid colors – gold!
614 Santa Barbara
1010 Murray
1912 Channing
2428 Stuart
1043 Oxford
Fading to yellow:
1307 Walnut
And purple to blue:
1507 Grant
1967 El Dorado
2425 Prince
Edging towards representational, but not quite there:
785 Cragmont
1019 Euclid
135 Euclid
2216 Russell
2415 Hillsdie
2507 Woolsey
2811 Hillegass
And, at last, the representational:
890 Camelia
1003 Merced
1004 Oxford
1733 Madera
1101 Bret Harte
1820 Catalina
2803 Hillegass
2224 Spaulding
2803 Hillegass
2700 Benvenue
2960 Shasta
2617 Fulton
2510 Prince
I knew a John Plotz, brilliant law student, in Coachella in the grape strike of 1973. It is not a common name. I wonder if this is John?
1836 Capistrano
There will be more of these where I still have to walk, but this is a start. All quirky, but special appreciation to the hand-painted masterpieces, with Best in Show going to the family on Benvenue. My friend got inspired when he saw these photos. He got out his paint and brushes and went to work on his little mail box, although he doesn’t get a lot of mail. About these, he said:
