10/20/08 - the S 31st street art project

The south 31st street neighborhood is in the preliminary stages of planning a street art project similar to what has been done in the south east neighborhoods of Portland, Or.

Movies about the Oregon projects can be seen at ==> www.streetfilms.org
(search on Portland convergence)

More information and pictures about these projects can be found at ==> www.cityrepair.org
Click on the title of this posting and it will take you to a video of Portland, OR intersection projects.

Our neighborhood proposal was given to the Transportation Advisory Board on Monday, October 13th and received favorable comments from the board members. The city of Boulder Transportation offices are now formulating a permit process .

Here is our proposal:

• Concept: Create a neighborhood themed design to paint on south 31st street near the Halcyon school. This art will consist of one central design with two "sidewalk" type designs on either side of the central design. The bordering designs should create a sense of flow or movement across the street from one side to the other.

• Who: The designs will be selected from submissions from neighbors on Bucknell Court, south 31st street, and Halcyon school students. The actual painting will happen by the neighbors at our next block party, Spring, 2009.

• Why: We want to beautify our street, enhance our annual block party location, and encourage drivers to slow down and be more observant on our street. We want our street to be the first of many in the city to have this type of art.
  

• When: Here's the preliminary calendar to make this project happen:

• Now till mid January, 2009 - accept design proposals and project suggestions from neighbors and Halcyon students. The proposals can be for all three components of the design or just for one of the 3 elements (central design or either of the borders)

• End of January, 2009 - a neighborhood committee will select 5 border designs and 3 central designs. These 8 designs will be posted to this blog for a future vote by the neighbors. Selection criteria will be based on a) how well the designs meet the sense of movement across the street and 2) the sense of neighborhood.
  
• February, 2009 - The 8 designs will be presented to the city for their approval.
• March, 2009 - Bucknell Ct and south 31st street neighbors will vote on the designs when they sign the city petition granting approval for the street painting and block party.
  
• May, 2009 - A block party will be scheduled to paint the street

Any questions, suggestions, or ideas for this project should be submitted as comments on this site.