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- ↑ Jordan, Jay R. (November 20, 2019). "'Be Someone' gone, again: Cryptic message now graces bridge north of downtown Houston". Houston Chronicle.
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I’d like to thank ya’ll for showing so much love and living up to the Besomeone movement. Keep going, keep representing and go make a difference in your daily life. Go out there and do it for your own sanity, your own Joy and spread the love! Even if we don’t paint the bridge anymore we will still continue to put in work! 10 years of the Besomeone
- ↑ 7 June 2021. "Iconic downtown Houston bridge graffiti may be gone forever after recent vandalism". KTRK-TV Houston. ABC, Inc. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
Arguably Houston's most iconic spray-painted landmark, the Be Someone sign over the railroad bridge over I-10 and I-45 north of downtown has greeted and inspired drivers for years. Now, the landmark may be no more. The beloved sign has been vandalized and painted over, and this time, the creators issued an ominous message that could easily be construed as a farewell on Instagram.
- ↑ Hlavaty, Craig (January 3, 2018). "'Be Someone' as an official Houston landmark? For now it will need to remain a folk icon..." Houston Chronicle.
