One of the canonical Emeryville experiences used to be coming across junk sculptures on one of the (many) vacant toxic waste sites and landfills around town. This one is just one of dozens that sprung up overnight on the landward side of Interstate 80, lasted a few weeks, then disappeared. Public art at its best. In the background you can see the old Barbary Coast Steel Mills, still semi-operational when the photo was taken (1989?), and Temescal Creek, disappearing under the concrete structure in the middle distance. The view here is basically from about where the Marriott Courtyard hotel is in this view, looking from right to left in the distance of that shot.