LOCAL Houston | The City Guide JANUARY 2016

where are THEY NOW by Ida Sameri MARK BRADFORD’S MOBILE PHONEBOOTH LOCAL has been publishing for over 17 years and we have the archives to show it. Starting this month this new column will reach back into our old issues to see “Where are they now?” DECEMBER 2015 Photography by Jenn Duncan Photography by Ricardo Merendoni APRIL 1999 SCRAP DADDY VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 4 Mark Bradford’s Mobile Phonebooth The image was part of a story about the beloved Art Car Parade, which back then was in about its tenth year. 17 years later the car is located at 5020 Allen Street and Bradford, aka Scrap Daddy, continues to tinker with steel scraps and is moving to his own Mobile Piece of Art! Constantly working on new ideas, Bradford makes sure he keeps himself stress-free and motivated by dancing and listening to music, living life one day at a time and being inspired by so many great artists like James Surls and Mel Chin. www.scrapdaddy.org 28 L O C A L | january 16

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