Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Great public art (mosaic) story

"In Mosaics, an Artist’s Lasting Impression," in the New York Times. There are some great video interviews with the artist, Manny Vega, and he says some great things.
Manny Vega's mosaic at a subway station at 110th Street and Lexington
Librado Romero/The New York Times. “I liked painting,” the artist Manny Vega said. “But paint fades.” His mosaic at a subway station at 110th Street and Lexington is a tableau of glimmering color that picks up light and movement.

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