Photo Op: Chinafenceland
By Ryan - Tuesday November 21st 2006
The Losanjealous editorial staff wishes to assess the difficulty of scaling the fence and rearranging above letters,’80s HOLLYWOOD style, to fashion something akin to NACHO LAND (one of many possibilities).
We’ve had a running bet on the origins of this sign for literally years now. Does anybody out there have the full story on this Hop Louie-adjacent Hill Street landmark?
Hmmmmm…it could spell TACOLAND?
Origins, not so much. But I would be damn willing to try to rearange the letters to read: NACHOLAND. I Tried to come up with an equally humorous word scramble, but found there are too many N’s and that nothing else really made any sense. Hey, I tried. And NACHOLAND makes hell of a lot of sense. For the CHINATOWNLAND sign word scramble, I imagine all one would need is a common garden hoe, perhaps a sledge hammer, and some all mighty man power. Also, I might ask, is the fence electric? That could put a damper on any so called efforts. God, damn, its good to be unemployed.
Also, I learned once, at the Illinois State Fair, that Nacho can be spelled: NATCHO
Check my flickr website.
Thanks, Thanks a million.
WANTONLAND, or maybe CHOADINLAW.
I cheated and used an anagram generator.
ANAL WIND NOTCH
WILD HAT CANNON
LA TAN CHIN DOWN
Just googled it. Apparently it’s a work of art erected in 2002.
http://www.andreyi.net/?cat=art#46
“ANAL WIND NOTCH” would be a great band name. I’m thinking something on the skronky side of math-rock. Maybe that’s because it sounds like it could be a Hella song title.
The Chinatownland sign was a work of art made by my husband, Andre Yi. I helped put it up. It was part of a larger project called “Landmark Photo Salon”, which was an exhibit at The New Chinatown Barbershot, a project run by Annie Shaw. I like to google it every now and then to see what wacky shit it has ended up on. The latest: a horrid pseudo kung-fu/luchadore short film called “viva chinatownland”. ***shudder****