Public Art

It’s Time to Chalk It Up Again

August 29, 2008

One of my favorite events in Sacramento is taking place this weekend in Fremont Park– Chalk it Up! Please make sure you check out their website and stop by the event!! I shot the photo above during the 2006 event. To see more photos, see my Chalk It Up Gallery.

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Day 19: Nittany Lion Shrine – State College, PA

July 20, 2007

State College is a great college town tucked away in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, and is home to Penn State University. It is one of the beautiful, quaint small towns that you associate with the Eastern United States. It always makes it near the top of best places to live list, and was recently named the best place to live for singles by Money Magazine.

The Nittany Lion Shrine, pictured above, is an incredibly popular icon of the Penn State campus. People are constantly lined up to get their picture taken in front of the shrine. I really liked the way this photo turned out.

Interstate 99 expansion is severely threatening the quaintness of the valley. There’s already sprawl occurring along the interchanges. State College is already pretty auto-oriented, but new developments have bike lanes and good access to transit—something that is not often seen outside the West Coast.

The downtown is quite nice but also includes student-oriented bars and restaurants. You can see more of State College in the photo gallery. I’ve included an honorable mention photo of one of their information kiosks after the jump. >>Continue Reading This Article>>

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Tampa Debating City-Wide Public Art Fee for Developers

November 27, 2005

Many cities across the country have instituted fees for developers on projects, usually a certain percentage of the total development costs. Tampa, Florida is no different, according to a Susan Thurston article in the City Times edition of the St. Petersburg Times. Tampa mandates that developers of projects in the downtown’s central business district set [...]

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Portland’s Innovative Residents Reclaim the Streets

October 18, 2005

This is one of the most interesting projects I have ever come across, and I cannot wait to visit Portland someday and see it. The idea is for citizens to reclaim the streets as public places and not just auto-zones. The project, called Intersection Repair, is best explained by their website: How do you create [...]

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