Thursday, December 2, 2010
Cities I Wish This Was Here
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM
I love this project.
Artist and urban planner Candy Chang had stickers printed up that say "I wish this was __________." Then she distributed for free in cafes, bookstores, bars, and beauty shops:
The stickers are custom vinyl and can be easily removed without damaging property. It’s a fun, low-barrier tool for citizens to provide civic input on-site, and the responses reflect the hopes, dreams, and colorful imaginations of different neighborhoods.
Chang says she likes to make cities more comfortable for people, which I think is a pretty great goal. And the results are exactly what you'd expect: thoughtful, inspiring, funny.
This kind of reminds me of what happened on Broad Avenue a few weeks ago, but I think the folks on Broad took it a little further and actually created those things, albeit temporarily. Either way, very cool.
To learn more — Chang has apparently had a lot of interest from people in other cities — visit www.iwishthiswas.com
Incidentally, I won't be blogging or writing for the Flyer for much longer, but I do plan to keep blogging. It might not be exactly the same form and it won't be in the same place — it will be here, instead — but with the same name and subject matter.
Feel free to stop by.
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Would "I wish this were _____ " not be the proper construction? Nonetheless, sounds and looks like a great campaign. I'll miss In the Bluff.
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What a great campaign. Can you give some examples of where we could find these? I'd love to help out around town. It kind of reminds me of the Change By Us program that the Memphis government is looking into: http://changeby.us/#start.
Shannon Little
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