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WillParkinson

(16,866 posts) Thu Nov 9, 2017, 03:05 PM Nov 2017

Picture a friend took in Denver...

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Picture a friend took in Denver... (Original Post) WillParkinson Nov 2017 OP

About that piano... CrispyQ Nov 2017 #1

Cool! n/t hibbing Nov 2017 #9

I love this Stuckinthebush Nov 2017 #2

Detroit DownriverDem Nov 2017 #3

Love the message on the 'ole boy's cap... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #4

But what tune was he playing?? Roland99 Nov 2017 #5

Jesus is just allright with me? Alpeduez21 Nov 2017 #7

HEH Roland99 Nov 2017 #11

Thread win. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #13

Used to work 6 stories above one of these OldHippieChick Nov 2017 #6

I bet he reads Terry Pratchett. GoneOffShore Nov 2017 #8

I love the pianos in downtown Denver! AllyCat Nov 2017 #10

As a recently converted Atheist (ah, those Baptist years...) I like this. classof56 Nov 2017 #12

Aww rats OriginalGeek Nov 2017 #14

it's a real shame that every city has so many homeless people RussBLib Nov 2017 #15

CrispyQ

(38,244 posts)

1. About that piano...

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 03:28 PM

Nov 2017

The story behind the pianos on Denver’s 16th Street Mall

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/10/the-story-behind-the-pianos-on-denvers-16th-street-mall/

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For the past seven years, the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Business Improvement District has placed pianos in the median between Tremont and Lawrence streets on the 16th Street Mall for any passerby — musically inclined or not — to play.

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The 10 pianos on display are repainted each year by local artists of all ages, including students from Denver public schools. (Come April each year, technicians come to the piano’s storage facility near the mall to do maintenance on them before they’re painted.) There is no given theme, but many of this year’s artists gravitated toward a natural element, adorning their frames with painted blossoms and tree branches.

This one's from a few years ago.

hibbing

(10,402 posts)

9. Cool! n/t

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:26 PM

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Stuckinthebush

(11,024 posts)

2. I love this

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 04:41 PM

Nov 2017

All of it.

DownriverDem

(6,640 posts)

3. Detroit

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 04:52 PM

Nov 2017

We had pianos Downtown for folks to play during the warm months. Loved it!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)

4. Love the message on the 'ole boy's cap...

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 04:53 PM

Nov 2017

Born Atheist..

Injected with faith fupt up my brain...

Antidote: Science & knowledge.

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What a free spirit!

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

5. But what tune was he playing??

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:03 PM

Nov 2017

Alpeduez21

(1,861 posts)

7. Jesus is just allright with me?

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:12 PM

Nov 2017

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

11. HEH

Reply to Alpeduez21 (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:07 PM

Nov 2017

CrispyQ

(38,244 posts)

13. Thread win.

Reply to Alpeduez21 (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 11:07 AM

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OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)

6. Used to work 6 stories above one of these

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:06 PM

Nov 2017

pianos. Not all players are talented, but it was always entertaining.

GoneOffShore

(17,602 posts)

8. I bet he reads Terry Pratchett.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:17 PM

Nov 2017

AllyCat

(17,102 posts)

10. I love the pianos in downtown Denver!

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:54 PM

Nov 2017

classof56

(5,376 posts)

12. As a recently converted Atheist (ah, those Baptist years...) I like this.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:57 PM

Nov 2017

As one who grew up in Denver, I also like it. Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

My husband has a T-shirt that says, "I think therefore I am Atheist". He wears it with pride.

Cheers!

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

14. Aww rats

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 02:36 PM

Nov 2017

I was just in Denver in September. I wish I would have seen that guy. I sure would have dropped a couple bucks in his bucket (assuming there was a bucket and he's not just performing for the love of it).

I pulled up to an intersection here at home a few weeks ago and saw a couple different panhandlers all with signs about hungry/need help/etc. I picked the one whose sign just read "FUCK TRUMP".

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)

15. it's a real shame that every city has so many homeless people

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #14)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 03:55 PM

Nov 2017

a modern problem we need to solve.

Hey, don't look at me. I don't have the answer, but I think I see a problem.

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