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WALKABILITY: Mean Streets…or Motivating?
Some urban streets are impossible to walk…
…others are just plain boring.
Yet others offer visual treats on the street…
…that increase our motivation to walk, such as:
“Nepenthes”
Dan Corson
Portland, Oregon 1 Solar-powered landmarks
Mural by Uber5000
Kensington Market
Toronto, Ontario Crazy-happy laneway murals 2
“Woodpecker Column”
Fastwurms
Toronto Convention Centre Supersized wildlife 3
``The Birds`` (18’ sparrow)
Myfanwy MacLeod
Vancouver, British Columbia
“PAUSE”
Exploratorium with Gehl Architects
Market Street, San Francisco, CA 4 Experiments in interactivity
Portland, Oregon and
Detroit, Michigan 5 Small business personalities
artist: Moses Kofi
Kensington Market
Toronto, Ontario Assembly-line escapees 6
Busker wildlife 7
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BUSKER
BAROMETER
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unique characters
The Violin Monster
Zachary Storey
Ann Arbor, Michigan
8 Heidelberg Project
Tyree Guyton & Friends
Detroit, Michigan Signature streets
Links to the past Plaza walkway on former industrial lands
Olympic Village Site
Vancouver, British Columbia 9
Temporary installations “Balloon Forest”
100in1day
Toronto, Ontario 10
Aspirational statements “Keep Portland Weird”
Dante’s
Portland, Oregon 11
Exuberant walkways MBAD’s Bead Museum
Olayami Dabls
Detroit, Michigan 12
Supersized plant life “Sonic Bloom”
Dan Corson
Seattle, Washington 13
“The Silicon Forest”
Brian Borello
Portland, Oregon
Socio-economic reflection 14 Heidelberg Project
Tyree Guyton
Detroit , Michigan
Art from memories and detritus 15 Heidelberg Project
Tyree Guyton
Detroit , Michigan
Milonga Al Fresco Michigan Argentine Tango Club
Regent’s Plaza
Ann Arbor, Michigan 16
Below grade parking
Pearl District
Portland, Oregon Ventilation with vitality 17
18 Irresistible interactive sculpture “Endover”
Tony Rosenthal
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Astute architectural color 19 Dan Tel Aviv Hotel
Yaacov Agam
Tel Aviv, Israel
“Urban Hydrology” (carved granite)
Fernanda D'Agostino
6th Street Transit Mall, Portland, Oregon Diatoms on the swales 20
Sea Life Skate Stops
Rincon Park, Embarcadero
San Francisco, California Functional artistry 21
Designed by students of
B. F. Day School
Fremont, Seattle, Washington Pavement patterns 22
"Uniform Measure/Stack“
Stephen Cruise
Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario District artifacts 23
Bus Stop Seating
Woodward Avenue, DDOT
Detroit, Michigan Gestures of civic kindness 24
Croft Lane
Toronto, Ontario Garage door commentary 25
Faces in the ‘hood 26 Heidelberg Project
Tyree Guyton
Detroit , Michigan
“Man in the City” Project
John Sauve
Detroit, Michigan Reasons to look up 27
Mirvish Village
Markham Street
Toronto, Ontario One of a kind streets 28
Detroit, Michigan and
Toronto, Ontario Presence of youth 29
“Inside/Out” temporary display
from Detroit Institute of Arts on
Liberty St., Ann Arbor, Michigan Boundary-free art museum 30
Is your walk mean…or motivating?
Nature is essential, but cities need art and artistry.
Could your street use a few visual treats?
Sharon VanderKaay, Farrow Partnership Architects @farrowpartners