Union Station in Washington, DC, is showing off a shiny new Bike Transit Center that offers secure bike parking for 150 cycles, plus a changing room, lockers, bike rentals, and a repair shop for commuters. Access to the center costs $1 per day or a yearly membership fee of $100, which includes round-the-clock entry. The facility will be the first of its kind on the East Coast, part of an effort to encourage eco-friendly commuting with the promise of added security for bicycles. Eighty-percent of the funding for the $4-million bike center came from the US Department of Transportation, with additional funds from the DDOT. Are we noticing a trend in forward-thinking civic design? More pics after the jump.
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Edited by Shepard Fairey and Jennifer Gross, the lavishly illustrated Art for Obama is more than just another coffee-table tome.
In the new book, Gross and Fairey — whose own iconic “Hope” poster ignited the art community’s involvement in the Obama campaign — detail the evolution of the Manifest Hope galleries at the DNC Convention in Denver and DC inaugural. The images range from portraiture to symbolic abstractions, representing the 150-plus artist/activists who joined forces to spread the word. Read More »
Painter Matt Sesow just completed the 2009 installment of his yearly project that delivers a fresh news-inspired painting every day in July.
The self-taught, DC-based artist inaugurated the “31 Days in July” project in 2003. Its fast-paced format suits Sesow, whose expressionistic portraits and symbolically rich compositions employ a raw, almost tribal sensibility and rapid, muscular technique. Dense with detail and fraught with emotion, his works combine a brazenly subversive political wit with street-influenced style.
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