Anyone recognize what downtown building this is from? What does the W stand for? Pretty amazing, yeah?
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Yesterday when I first wrote about the Road Tattoo on the 800 block of Vermont Ave, NW, I asked if any readers worked up high at the Veteran’s Affairs Building. Ask and you shall receive.
“From 7th floor VA building…”
“Dear PoP,
I saw this frame made of yarn on Mt. Pleasant St. NW near Irving, I thought you might like it. It is crazy detailed and awesome looking.”
Fantastic! I wonder if it was done by the same folks who gave us the Knit Graffiti (also from Mt. Pleasant).
DC’s Commission on the Arts tells us:
“As part of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s ongoing efforts to advance arts in the District of Columbia, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) selected Steed Taylor to paint a road tattoo entitled “Daughters and Sons Knot”. Mr. Taylor’s design highlights Washington DC’s relationship with war and loss by honoring metropolitan area soldiers recently killed while serving their country. The names of those soldiers’ children will be incorporated in the design. The design is a complex Celtic Knot with 6 loops, a symbolic number for harmony and alluding to the interdependence within a community as well as a family. The road tattoo is approximately 60 feet wide and 300 feet long and made with the help of local volunteers and neighbors.”
If anyone works at the Dept of Veterans Affairs, send a photo from an upper floor!
This is pretty sweet. The Temporium is:
DC’s best designers show their wares in this temporary store.
July 23 through August 15, 2010
Located in the former R.L. Christian Library at 1300 H Street, NE.Hours:
Thursday: 6 to 10 PM
Fridays: 6 to 10 PM
Saturdays: 2 to 10 PM
Sundays: 12 to 5 PMGreat story about us in the Washington Post HERE.
“We want to activate vacant spaces and create lively neighborhood corridors throughout the city that would support creative entrepreneurs and highlight retail potential in emerging areas such as H Street,” said Tanya Washington, chief of staff at the Office of Planning.Grand Opening Festivities!
Friday, July 23
6 to 10 PM
DJ Obeyah
I wish they would do one or another art project at the old Sursum Corda Library at 135 New York Ave, NW as well (same style old library):
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This gate is located behind the Ethiopian Restaurant, Zenebech Injera, located at 608 Florida Ave, NW.
We’ve looked at the big yellow sculpture in the plaza at the corner of 5th and K St, NW. I couldn’t help but notice it looks much nicer now that this bit of grass was added (it was always there but obviously the grass was dead when the sculpture first went up this past winter). I think it really softens up the plaza. A landscape gardener could probably make this patch even better.
Incidentally, I also noticed that Busboys & Poets had expanded into an additional storefront. Yet it still seems to be always crowded…
New space is the storefront to the right of the above photo (next to Taylor’s Gourmet Deli):
“Dear PoP,
Artist Housing @ Loree Grand. Cultural Development Corporation is currently accepting applications for live/work apartments at Loree Grand – 250 K Street NE. Many 1- bedroom units available, with limited studio and 2-bedroom units. All apartments feature stainless steel appliances, individual washer and dryer and individual heating and cooling. The building also features a rooftop garden, private courtyard, community room and fitness center. Applications, rent schedule, FAQ, virtual tours and more can be found at www.culturaldc.org. Units will be leased on a first come, first serve basis to applicants that meet the artistic and financial eligibility. Open to artists, artist households, arts educators and arts administrators.”
Most rents seems to be $1,389 with a min. income of $48,600 and a max. income of $57,512 for 1 person
and $65,728 for 2 people.
You can see the full pricing chart below:
I’ve seen statements like this on a few vacant storefronts in Park View and Columbia Heights. Since it’s written on vacant storefronts, primarily boarded up windows – would you consider this graffiti, art or just random ramblings?
From a Metro press release:
“Metro’s Art in Transit Program worked with the Chinatown Community Cultural Center to select the art, a four-paneled piece by Maryland-based artist Martha Jackson Jarvis. The art will be installed at the southeast entrance of the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station at 7th and F streets next spring.”
What metro station do you think has the best art?
