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Other unsanctioned installations include:
Other unsanctioned installations include:
[[Image:Jim Bennett Bridge.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Jim Bennett Bridge, April 2011 by Bradley Burgess]]
[[Image:Jim Bennett Bridge.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Jim Bennett Bridge, April 2011 by Bradley Burgess]]
[[File:2011 You Are Beautiful building.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Jim Bennett Bridge, May 2011]]
[[File:2011 You Are Beautiful building.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"You Are Beautiful building" on 18th Street South, May 2011]]
* A red cursive script version on the second floor of the [[Industrial Diesel & Hydraulic building]] on [[2nd Avenue South]] at [[20th Street South|20th Street]], facing downtown. "...sike" was later added to the message by others, then removed. In January 2013 "beautiful" was painted over in green with the word "vile".
* A red cursive script version on the second floor of the [[Industrial Diesel & Hydraulic building]] on [[2nd Avenue South]] at [[20th Street South|20th Street]], facing downtown. "...sike" was later added to the message by others, then removed. In January 2013 "beautiful" was painted over in green with the word "vile".
* A red and green block-letter version on the east (rear) side of the [[Interstate Batteries of Alabama]] building at 1409 [[1st Avenue South]], facing the [[Shoe Factory Skate Slab]].
* A red and green block-letter version on the east (rear) side of the [[Interstate Batteries of Alabama]] building at 1409 [[1st Avenue South]], facing the [[Shoe Factory Skate Slab]].
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* On the flat roof of the Education Building at [[First United Methodist Church]] on [[19th Street North]], visible from upper floors of [[1901 Sixth Avenue]].
* On the flat roof of the Education Building at [[First United Methodist Church]] on [[19th Street North]], visible from upper floors of [[1901 Sixth Avenue]].
* On a retaining wall near the [[Birmingham Zoo]].
* On a retaining wall near the [[Birmingham Zoo]].
* A red script message reading "How Beautiful You Are" (attributed to [[Rachel Rausch]]) on the penthouse of the [[Magic City Woodworks]] building at 925 [[28th Street North]] (appearing alongside a large blue star of David placed there by former building owner [[Dale Cathey]])
* On the north side of the [[Jim Bennett Bridge]] in April, 2011.
* On the north side of the [[Jim Bennett Bridge]] in April, 2011.
* A white, block-letter version was painted on the parapet of the [[Highland Towers]] apartments in early September 2011. The perpetrators gained entry to the building by breaking into a stairwell, and paint was reported to have spilled onto private cars parked in the adjacent lot. The property owner hired [[Sunlight Building Services]] to remove the work at a cost of $4,000.
* A white, block-letter version was painted on the parapet of the [[Highland Towers]] apartments in early September 2011. The perpetrators gained entry to the building by breaking into a stairwell, and paint was reported to have spilled onto private cars parked in the adjacent lot. The property owner hired [[Sunlight Building Services]] to remove the work at a cost of $4,000.

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"You Are Beautiful" on the Highland Avenue overpass in October 2010. Photo by André Natta

"You Are Beautiful" is a message spread internationally by way of painted graffiti, stickers, and other installations. In the Birmingham area it has been painted in several prominent locations by two anonymous artists.

According to a statement at you-are-beautiful.com, the purpose of the project is to make the world a better place by "creating moments of positive self realization".

The first widely-seen local installation was on the south side of the Highland Avenue overpass, seen from the northbound lanes of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway heading into Birmingham from over the mountain. The white lettering was applied with paint rollers in October 2010 and generated a great deal of reaction, much of it positive. A mention of the story was made on NPR's national "Morning Edition" program. Mayor William Bell applauded the spirit of the message and an official in his office suggested that it "should be replicated all over the city". Nevertheless, the Alabama Department of Transportation made plans to remove the graffiti when weather conditions permitted. Before they did so, the message was defaced on December 24 and buffed out with gray paint by city crews later the same day. The word "beautiful" was repainted, more clumsily, in red. The entire message was painted over on April 12, 2011.

Other unsanctioned installations include:

Jim Bennett Bridge, April 2011 by Bradley Burgess
"You Are Beautiful building" on 18th Street South, May 2011

There have also been sanctioned displays, approved by property owners:

References

External links

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