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planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Nov 5, 2008
Quirky, artistic bike racks are cropping up in cities around the country--a trend that benefits more than just cyclists. read more
Also tagged: portland, new york city, michigan, new york, united states, texas, transportation, usa today, kentucky, oregon, austin, louisville, mount clemens, bike racks, community economic development
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Oct 12, 2008
Poet Marc André Brouillette, a professor at Concordia University in Montréal, brought a team of professionals together to experiment with installing poetry and text in public spaces. read more
Also tagged: architecture, quebec, concordia journal
Public art frequently features allegedly famous people you've never heard of, playing children, or abstract concepts rendered somehow in solid form. But some modern artists take their cue from classical sculpture …
Also tagged: geek art, scifi statuary
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Oct 3, 2008
Going beyond traditional approaches to public art, Washington's transit authority has launched a program that provides the city with art that expresses Seattle's "core identity." read more
Also tagged: architecture, infrastructure, seattle, washington, seattle post intelligencer, community economic development
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Sep 27, 2008
Over the past few years, San Francisco's waterfront has become home to art pieces like an enormous, cartoony bow and arrow and a giant spider. Labor historians have a different idea: A five-story crane built in the …
Also tagged: shipping, california, san francisco chronicle, history preservation
gadling.com » Gadling - Sep 18, 2008
Filed under: Arts and Culture There's so much to see and do in a big city like Portland that a tourist could easily miss out on some of the coolest parts of the city. You've probably been told before that it's good to …
Also tagged: art, portland, oregon, horses, or, scott wayne indiana, horse project
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Sep 18, 2008
Arts and Culture editor Rebecca Mazzei looks at public art - both official and unofficial - across the landscape of Detroit, and advocates for a bold new public art fund for the city. read more
Also tagged: michigan, land use, detroit metro times
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Sep 2, 2008
In Prague, where graffiti is rampant, an art gallery has secured outdoor wallspace throughout the city and invited graffiti artists to use it as a canvas for 12 days. read more
Also tagged: europe, graffiti, reuters, vandalism, prague, land use, social demographics
gadling.com » Gadling - Sep 1, 2008
Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, Stories Outside the Seattle Museum of Art is a kinetic sculpture called Hammering Man . The man who lifts and lowers his hammer four times per minute is one of …
Also tagged: seattle, sculpture, matt harding, mattharding, sculptures, labor day, art museums, artmuseums, publicart, laborday, outdoorart, hammering man, outdoor art, jonathan borofsky, seattle museum of art, hammeringman, jonathanborofsky, seattlemuseumofart
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Aug 29, 2008
In 2006, the city of Louisville set up a wall where graffiti artists were allowed to paint. But when the art started offending neighbors and officials, the wall was shut down. This article wonders if there's room for …
Also tagged: graffiti, kentucky, louisville, land use, social demographics, louisville eccentric observer