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San Francisco prank artist turns 'ghost town' Google office into a Spirit Halloween store
SF Gate ^ | 9/20/2021 | By Dan Gentile

Posted on 09/20/2021 4:59:09 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

Like many other San Francisco tech companies, Google has yet to return to its offices. With its campus on Embarcadero going largely unused, conceptual artist Danielle Baskin got to thinking about what type of business might swoop in on that kind of vacant real estate.

Given that Oct. 31 is just a little over a month away, the answer was obvious: Spirit Halloween, the costume store that moves into strip malls every year in the months proceeding the holiday.

Baskin, best known for her viral fake website Blue Check Homes or her app that connects strangers for phone conversations, happens to own a commercial-size printer from a previous sign-making business. So she put it to use by printing out a 10-foot vinyl replica of the Spirit Halloween logo, then ironed it onto fabric purchased from Mission Fabric Outlet. There wasn't vector art of the logo online, Baskin said, so she hand-rendered it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; google; halloween; localnews; prank; spirit
Trespassing, copyright infringement, possible fraud? But still kinda funny. And SF doesn't prosecute any crimes anyway, so have at it.


1 posted on 09/20/2021 4:59:09 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Harmless prank—pretty funny, actually.


2 posted on 09/20/2021 5:07:55 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: NohSpinZone
Like many other San Francisco tech companies, Google has yet to return to its offices.

Google is a Mountain View tech company, with offices in SF and other hellholes. While my views about Google have turned decidedly negative in the last 5 years, I still respect the fact that they occupy the former grounds of the late, great Silicon Graphics.
3 posted on 09/20/2021 5:37:25 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: NohSpinZone

That is hilarious! What a great prank for an empty property.


4 posted on 09/20/2021 5:40:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("If I’m going to get my political views from those who chase balls, I’ll ask my dog.")
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