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Published On: Jul 13, 2004 09:29 AM
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Published On: Jul 13, 2004 09:29 AM
Ring Posts
It's such a simple
idea.
Take something so boring, utilitarian and gray and
well, just paint it. And there are thousands of them too.
Take something so boring, utilitarian and gray and
well, just paint it. And there are thousands of them too.
No one needs more gray in a city
filled with asphalt,
concrete and metal. Besides post and rings deserve a
better colour than gray. So these guys dressed in work
suits and armed with Krylon spray cans are taking them on.
One by one. Green next to a park and pink in front of a
garden. I have seen dozens so far. Over time the street
scape becomes filled with colours. Bright bike frames locked
to fluorescent green post and rings. Urban Beautification
Brigade they call themselves. The city should hire these
guys. In the meantime, I will buy them a few more cans
of paint.
Update
greetings from the 'City Beautification Ensemble'
We are so glad that you liked our work on the corner of Bellview Park - you
had many good things to say about the rings and posts in your diary on
August 13. In your writing it is clear that you 'get it', so to speak.
Meaning that you understood that "No one needs more gray in a city filled
with asphalt, concrete and metal. Besides post and rings deserve a better
colour than gray." Our sentiments precisley. Down with boring and up the
city hiring us to do this.
I'll have to admit the market is already a pretty beautiful place in
contrast to a number of its neighbouring communities. But Kensington, it
seems, is always on the way to or from any destination and thats why you
find a lot of our work there. These rings and posts were painted with a
brush as a part of our 'drop the slop' campaign which we began last spring.
I can remember as we were painting these a couple of people walked by and
said 'thank you' - which is always nice. We're really looking to continue
the Ring and Post program in the spring of two thousand and four.
- always looking for suggestions for future sites, positive feedback and of
course - free paint.
cheers:)
duncan walker
city
beautification
ensemble
concrete and metal. Besides post and rings deserve a
better colour than gray. So these guys dressed in work
suits and armed with Krylon spray cans are taking them on.
One by one. Green next to a park and pink in front of a
garden. I have seen dozens so far. Over time the street
scape becomes filled with colours. Bright bike frames locked
to fluorescent green post and rings. Urban Beautification
Brigade they call themselves. The city should hire these
guys. In the meantime, I will buy them a few more cans
of paint.
Update
greetings from the 'City Beautification Ensemble'
We are so glad that you liked our work on the corner of Bellview Park - you
had many good things to say about the rings and posts in your diary on
August 13. In your writing it is clear that you 'get it', so to speak.
Meaning that you understood that "No one needs more gray in a city filled
with asphalt, concrete and metal. Besides post and rings deserve a better
colour than gray." Our sentiments precisley. Down with boring and up the
city hiring us to do this.
I'll have to admit the market is already a pretty beautiful place in
contrast to a number of its neighbouring communities. But Kensington, it
seems, is always on the way to or from any destination and thats why you
find a lot of our work there. These rings and posts were painted with a
brush as a part of our 'drop the slop' campaign which we began last spring.
I can remember as we were painting these a couple of people walked by and
said 'thank you' - which is always nice. We're really looking to continue
the Ring and Post program in the spring of two thousand and four.
- always looking for suggestions for future sites, positive feedback and of
course - free paint.
cheers:)
duncan walker
city
beautification
ensemble
Posted: Wed - August 13, 2003 at 09:30 PM