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San Francisco Ponders Rainbow-Colored Crosswalks
The Castro neighborhood is about to get a lot more festive.
A first-time visitor to San Francisco's Castro district might think a bomb packed with rainbow paraphernalia had just exploded – light poles are draped with splashy banners, neon signs glow in restaurants, and a jumbo-sized flag flies above a public plaza.
Now the bowmageddon is primed to become complete, with a plan to bring in cheery new crosswalks striped with all the colors of the visible spectrum. If it happens, the Castro will become the only place in America where an honest-to-god meteorological rainbow could actually find camouflage.