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dewshine
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Public Art In ann Arbor
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Sep 8 01:15 UTC 2003 |
Hello ^-^
I'm wondering what you all think of the public art in Ann Arbor- or in
general. Like "Bubble Gum Alley" ( The alley way next to the State theatre),
all the train murals- grafitti even. which ones do you like best?
Why?
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dah
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response 1 of 30:
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Sep 8 02:29 UTC 2003 |
I like Montreal best.
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jmsaul
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response 2 of 30:
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Sep 8 02:30 UTC 2003 |
I like the alley next to the State. But I know the artist, so I may be
biased.
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dah
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response 3 of 30:
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Sep 8 02:31 UTC 2003 |
MONTREAL.
You can read about Montreal at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/zionicman
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gelinas
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response 4 of 30:
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Sep 8 03:18 UTC 2003 |
I like the whales on Tios, Starry Night on the mattress place on West Stadium
(I think that's where it is; somewhere on West Stadium near Maple, any way),
and the one next to Potbelly Sandwiches on Liberty.
Of course, those are also the ones I see most often.
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scg
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response 5 of 30:
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Sep 8 06:28 UTC 2003 |
It's nice that Ann Arbor has public art that's not "art by committee." Here's
what we've got in Berkeley:
http://63.249.162.244/blog/4900/sf/DSCF8840.jpg
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gelinas
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response 6 of 30:
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Sep 8 06:31 UTC 2003 |
A tuning fork?
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gull
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response 7 of 30:
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Sep 8 15:30 UTC 2003 |
For a *very* low note, I'd guess.
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tod
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response 8 of 30:
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Sep 8 16:52 UTC 2003 |
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happyboy
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response 9 of 30:
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Sep 8 17:03 UTC 2003 |
*chop*
*chop*
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tod
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response 10 of 30:
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Sep 8 18:02 UTC 2003 |
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polygon
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response 11 of 30:
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Sep 8 18:06 UTC 2003 |
I like the sculpture in Hanover Square.
I like the bas-reliefs on the county courthouse, and on the LS&A Building.
I'm not that fond of the sculpture on the brick plaza at Fourth Avenue
and Catherine, but I'm glad it's there.
Grafitti: Generally, I don't approve, but there are exceptions. I really
liked seeing "LIONEL" painted on the old Ann Arbor railroad viadicts on
the west edge of downtown, and some of the creative painting seen on
railroad viaducts more recently. I also enjoyed the (now long gone)
hot-pink advice "DEFINE YOURSELF OR BE DEFINED" which used to be in giant
letters across the Warren Road overpass on US-23 north of town.
I have always liked the huge painted author heads on the south side of
Liberty at the corner of State, but they may already be gone by this
writing.
Had I the property and the money to spare, I would have installed a
life-size concrete stegosaurus (head toward downtown) on the spacious lawn
on Jackson Road at the corner of Kenwood, a block past the point where W.
Huron splits into Dexter and Jackson.
At the old Arborland, I always stopped to admire the colored-brick mosaic
work (vertical mural, 7.5 feet wide, 40 feet tall) which was on the west
wall of the west hallway. It showed a tree or vine and various figures
and animals among its branches. There was also a harp with the harp
strings done as darkened mortar joints!
When the building was about to be torn down, I persuaded Marianne Rzepka
of the Ann Arbor News to write a story about it -- the article appeared on
the front page. Several people wrote or called to explain that the mural
was an illustration of the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Numerous ideas
were suggested for saving the mural, including putting it in the new
Ypsilanti library or a downtown Ann Arbor parking structure. In the end,
local builder Joe O'Neal came up with the people and expertise to actually
remove it from the building before demolition. It has been in storage for
several years since then, but O'Neal says he plans to reinstall it at
Kerrytown soon.
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