While doing a little urban exploring this week, we stumbled upon a pile of technicolor garbage and just had to investigate. We were struck by the fact that from this riot of colorful garbage, we could see the Center for New North Carolinians peeking through (from behind the orange paint roller). The juxtaposition of the rainbow and the house serving immigrants represents the diversity of our citizens. As we investigated the history behind our urban archeological find, we learned the following:
Above, you see the used paint rollers from the Spring Garden Street Mural Project. You have a chance to tour this area on Sunday, May 6th, from 2-5 pm. Downtown Greensboro will be celebrating an amazing Downtown Greenway Project with, among other activities, a ribbon cutting for Morehead Park at Lee and Spring Garden Streets at Freeman Mill Road. Also, nearby Moorehead Linear Park will be unveiled. An abandoned railroad tressle that has been upcycled with a gate by Greensboro's Jim Gallucci and interactive lighting by Scott Richardson will be unveiled. To top it all off, Laurelyn Dossett will bring out her band to play music. For three hours, community art extending to Warnersville will come alive before our eyes. This downtown area will be the hub of Greensboro's entire bike and walking trail system. Sunday's celebration will be quite a community event. Read more here.
If you are feeling a little blue, come on down and add some red, orange, yellow, green, purple, black, and white to your life!
Nice investigating. And I really like you you shot this.
Posted by: Steffe | Friday, May 04, 2012 at 06:27 AM
Thanks Steffe. Some days, we're really proud of the verbiage; others, the photos. This is one of our more creative photos and it is nice to know someone noticed. Makes the GDP effort all worthwhile!
Posted by: Janis | Friday, May 04, 2012 at 06:37 AM
I hope you will be showing what they are painting! Nice bright colors!
Posted by: Barb | Friday, May 04, 2012 at 06:30 PM