POLL: Which "New and Improved" Angry Cactus Do You Prefer?

The Angry Cactus goes before the City of San Angelo Design and Historic Review Commission (DHRC) tomorrow (Tuesday). The proposed “Angry Cactus” structure for the new restaurant caused an uproar when some board members, all of the citizen volunteers, said that the depiction of the Cactus was offensive. Among the complaints:

• “The height is not compliant, you’re having to get a variance to create it,” said commissioner Sandra Morris.
• It could fall into disrepair and become a “run-down cartoonish thing,” said commissioner Gary Donaldson.
• It’s “cartoonish and is not adding to the aesthetic downtown,” said chairwoman Ashley Young-Turner.
• “To be just perfectly frank, it’s a little phallic,” Young-Turner concluded.

The original proposed drawing for the Angry Cactus structure was tabled by the committee.

The complaints of the board sent Angry Cactus owner Tim Condon back to the drawing board to create more accurate architectural sketches. Both of them will be presented to the board Tuesday. Condon hopes to get one of the structure plans approved Tuesday.

Here is the original drawing that the commission tabled in September:

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The first new and improved Angry Cactus proposal is to put the structure on the roof of the restaurant. Here is what the “Angry Cactus on the Roof” will look like:

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The second new and improved Angry Cactus proposal is to place the structure on the front porch. Here is how the “Angry Cactus on the Porch” will appear:

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POLL: Which Angry Cactus do you prefer? Roof cactus or porch cactus?