Posts tagged Public Art
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Art installation temporarily brightens T Street
Stroll down 14th Street this week, and you’ll casually encounter some world-class art. Renowned French street artist JR has transformed 1401 T Street NW into a beautiful—but temporary—3-story mural of a 1968 photo of the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. The 29-year-old Parisian is known around the world for his unique style, a mixture of… Keep reading…
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Innovative bike rack makes parking into sculpture
I was traveling recently and came across this object. At first, it looks like an artistic sculpture, but on closer examination, it’s also a bike rack! Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Regulations confuse
Scooter laws trip up; Montgomery’s uncertain regulations; Connecticut Ave, illuminated; Manassas Park survives debt, foreclosures; Oklahomans shift highway plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Amazing LEGO bridge
Artist Martin “Megx” Heuwold painted this bridge in Wuppertal, Germany to look like it’s made of LEGO bricks. It’s pretty realistic-looking (except LEGO bricks are not nearly that size!) Keep reading…
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Morning links: More aftermath
A week to power?; Ads for CaBi; No streetcar for affordable housing?; How to succeed in public housing; Fewer foreclosure sales; VA police staying secret; Dominion dabs. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Bike on
Many biked to work; Mixing cars created problem?; Divorce case increases marriage; Tech jobs growing; What billions buys; Pay camera tickets; Pop under in Dupont; Studies say; Parking’s blight; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: True or false?
Myth zone; DC homelessness rises?; Head of the class; 2% is not enough; Too neglected to fix; Trees and more change; Art in Alexandria; And…. Keep reading…
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“Obama hates BORF” buffed from the Red Line
The graffiti scrawls of “Cool ‘Disco’ Dan” and “Gangster Chronicles” have disappeared from along the Red Line, faded memories for a generation of riders. The mark of “Borf,” a more recent omnipresent oppidan vandal, is now vanishing, too. First proclaiming in red paint “Bush Hates BORF” a half dozen years… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Next time will be better
A mea culpa for the meltdown; Streetcars gone 50 years; Condemn me; DC statehood gets mixed reception; No more spending; The health effects of urban design; The great art of the train; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Breakdown boogie
Music of malfunction; Should Amazon be taxed?; Pop-ups invade vacant lots; Hispanics disproportionately killed on roads; Streetcar purchase drama continues; Reimagining the alley; India plans to sprawl. Keep reading…