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Turning Spaces into People Places
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Trolley in Lisbon, Portugal. |
Following pictures were posted to spark interest in creating public art and people places in the North Main Street community, north of I-45. Many of the public art pictures were found in the internet with corresponding web links shown at the bottom of the page. Our communities don't have to look abandoned but can be improved with a little help from all of us. |
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ON THE LEFT - Pictures from
North Main Street identifying locations that could be incorporated
into a public art program....
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ON THE RIGHT - Imagines
that could spark some interest and imagination... turning North
Main Street into a fantastic people's place...
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Triangular area for public art |
Sculpture and water |
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Triangular area north of the Backyard Gardener |
Public benches as an artistic expression |
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Green space for public art |
Functional public art...benches and stories |
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Replace pavement for seating area |
Public art |
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The donut walk? |
Just an idea... |
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Spanish Flower Restaurant... a destination... |
Making some areas attractive... |
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The old fire station in need of some play grounds |
Family oriented public spaces |
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Open space in front of the fire station |
Why not...kids should have fun |
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Public spaces
don't have to be business as usual but can spark the imagination
and participation of its community and with participation brings
excitement, pride and a sense of belonging.
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Roundabout |
Students painting crosswalks... |
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Sidewalk with stamping... |
Dallas Mckinney trolley |
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Public art benches... |
A bike rack as public art... |
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Some of our communities
depend on public transit. Couldn't our bus shelters reflect the
joy of our communities while providing better "shelter" from our Houston weather. Following are pictures from other communities
where public art has been incorporated into their transit system.
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Public art at bus shelters... |
public art at bus shelter part II... |
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Bus shelter designed by artist and community LINK |
Bus shelter |
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Flowing pictures
show a location in need of a bus shelter and bus shelter designs
considered for it.
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Site for future designed bus shelter |
Final choice |
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Alternative bus shelter |
Proposed bus shelter |
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