La Vida Mineral Springs Water Tank Good Samaritan Redux!

For the second time in the last few weeks, a good samaritan (or samaritans, it appears) have stepped forward to eradicate graffiti on the water tank of the La Vida Mineral Springs in Carbon Canyon near Olinda Village.

A post five weeks or so ago noted that graffiti applied weeks before that was painted over.  Then, within a short time, another batch of tagging was applied.

However, in short order, another beautification effort was made, including pink paint to match the historic color of the tank!

Incidentally, the concrete base just below the tank has been crumbling in recent years and the heavy rains, so desperately needed, this past winter have done further erosion, but it's great to see what is left being cared for.

So, once more, many thanks to whoever is doing this community service!

La Vida Water Tank Vandalized Again

Well, it had been a couple of years or something, but that poor defenseless (and crumbling) La Vida Mineral Springs water tank, which has been precariously perched on the hillside at the western end of that historic resort site on the Brea portion of Carbon Canyon just east of Olinda Village, has been tagged once again.

The photo here was taken three days ago.  In the past, an unknown/anonymous Good Samaritan (or more than one) has always come out and painted over the graffiti to the gratitude of at least some of us.

So, let's hope that this same doer of good deeds does this same this time.

Happy Tanksgiving at La Vida!

That didn't take long and just in time for giving thanks to whoever it was who rushed out and quickly painted over the recent marring by graffiti artists of the old water tank at the historic La Vida Mineral Springs resort.

As noted in the post just two days ago, the defacing of the tank had taken place within the last several days and it is great to see such a quick response.

Kudos to the good samaritan who did this!

La Vida Mineral Springs Tank Defaced Again

So, once more this water tank and nearby concrete footings from the historic La Vida Mineral Springs resort has been the target of graffiti, after years of obscurity behind a dense fence of plant material before the 2008 Freeway Complex Fire exposed it to the world.

Let's hope the anonymous good samaritan(s) return to apply new coats of paint and give the old relic another respite from defacement.

This latest attack appears to have taken place within the last week or so.

Graffiti Good Samaritan on the Chino Hills Side of Carbon Canyon

A while back, a short post was uploaded about some graffiti on an old incinerator located just west of Canyon Hills Road on the north side of Carbon Canyon Road.  Sure, it was an old rusty relic from a home long gone, but what did it do to deserve defacing?

Well, it turns out there's a graffiti-fighting good samaritan over on this side of the Canyon, in addition to the one who has several times painted over tagging of another old relic--the La Vida Mineral Springs water tank over in Brea.

The graffiti is hardly a major incident, but it was still unsightly, so, kudos to whoever it is that took the time to cover over the markings on the incinerator.

Carbon Canyon Beautification Project #23

Admittedly rusty and decaying, the remains of the old incinerator, from the days when people freely burned their waste in their backyards, from an old residential site east of Sleepy Hollow and just west of Canyon Hills Road along the north side of Carbon Canyon Road, has hardly inspired much interest over recent years.

This old and rusted portion of an incinerator, used to burn trash at the back of a long-gone residence on the Chino Hills side of Carbon Canyon, just west of Canyon Hills Road and on the north side of Carbon Canyon Road, has lately been tagged.

Still, someone thought that it was high time to make their contribution to the improvement and beautifying of the canyon by tagging the inoffensive relic.  Unlike recent graffiti applied to the old La Vida Mineral Springs water tank, which has consistently been covered over by a good Samaritan, this defacement will probably inspire no such benefactor . . . or will it?

La Vida Mineral Springs Water Tank's Good Samaritan Again!

Sometime over the last few days, presumably during the weekend, the recent spate of graffiti on the old La Vida Mineral Springs water tank was painted over.

It is assumed this good act was done by the same good samaritan who has covered previous tagging efforts, unless another person took it upon themselves to take on the good deed.

In any case, whoever stepped up, kudos to them.  There is still some graffiti on the side of the base, but who can complain when the worst of it was brushed away!

As noted before, the old tank, dating back many decades, was long hidden from view by the dense growth of plant material before the November 2008 fire, now approaching its fifth anniversary, burned away the cover and exposed the tank to endure several bouts of tagging.

Thanks again to whoever it was who came to its rescue yet again.

Memorializing by Graffiti?

Well, however the previous posts were expressed regarding the death of driver Abel Preciado, who crashed into a power pole in front of the old La Vida Mineral Springs site, and the two roadside memorials that sprung up afterward, the sight yesterday afternoon of the defacing of the surviving La Vida water tank, which has the deceased's first name on it, is a clear indication that someone close to him just couldn't leave well enough alone.

It's one thing to ponder a snap decision that led to tragedy, but deliberation in defacing something that doesn't belong to you actually takes away a lot of the sympathy manifested in the aftermath of mid-September's accident.

Why the two memorials weren't sufficient to express what happened when a tagging seemed like a good idea isn't really worth asking.

Is it too much to ask the good samaritan(s) responsible for painting over previous bouts of graffiti on the old tank to help once again?

The Further Adventures of Artistic Expression in the Face of Injustice

This latest defacing of the old La Vida Mineral Springs water tank and concrete bases took place last weekend.

Maybe the good samaritan who selflessly painted over previous "expressions" is willing to give it another try?

UPDATE, 23 February:  Ask and ye shall receive?  The "Good Samaritan" who has previously gone in and painted over graffiti that has sometimes marred the old water tank at the La Vida Mineral Springs property has returned and done the favor of covering the recent infliction of damage on it.  Although a commenter has opined that this latest effort is "not much better" than the graffiti, it seems pretty obvious that the "battleship gray" is infinitely preferable.

Many thanks to whomever it was who performed this latest good deed to this poor historic relic, which resided in obscurity due to overgrowth of plant material before the devastation wrought by the fire of November 2008.