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We saw this on the
NPR blog and thought we would pass along. The street crossings adjacent to the
Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Baltimore of are now equipped with four different games of hopscotch.
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The
Baltimore Sun reports that the
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts' (BOP) has set out on an
effort to put art in public spaces. In another part of town, for
example, another artist designed a crosswalk that looked like a
giant zipper opening.
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Tracy Baskerville, a spokeswoman for BOP, made it clear that safety concerns have been addressed:
"We
did work with a review panel including a representative from the
Department of Transportation to approve the designs for the Crosswalk
Project. We think it is always nice for residents to engage public art;
however all pedestrians need to be mindful of the traffic, crosswalk
signals and traffic lights."1
Check out these other cool crosswalks!
Piano Key crosswalk: Milwaukee's East Town neighborhood Kilbourn and Jefferson Streets and Wells and Jefferson Streets.
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| Photo: P. Adams |
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| Photo: P. Adams |
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| © Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris |
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| © Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris |
Works Cited
1 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/03/248461489/something-cool-a-hopscotch-crosswalk-in-baltimore?ft=1&f=5500502%2C15709577%2C93559255%2C93568166%2C97635953%2C102920358%2C103537970%2C103943429%2C104014555%2C114424647%2C128334429%2C128494978%2C129702125%2C129828651%2C139941248%2C173754155%2C181572415%2C186436538%2C193157993%2C216836710&utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook
2 http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jeffsherman/pianocrosswalks.html
3 http://www.cruz-diez.com/work/intervention-in-urban-spaces/2000-2009/crosswalks-of-additive-color/
These are great. Some of them look like there is a piano on the streets. Lovely post it. I really like it. Thanks for sharing this with us all.
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