In the Spring, Emma Durand-Wood, a longtime Strong Towns contributor, concluded the same while planning a neighborhood walk. “We typically think of public art as about adding character, personality, beauty or visual interest to a place. Part of that can be communicating ideas about a place’s values, past, hopes for the future, or its community,” she wrote. “But I had never really thought about the potential of public art as a functional part of the built environment until I was mulling over ideas for this Jane’s Walk.”
Read more from Asia Mieleszko with Strong Towns here.