Street Art Pilot Comes To New York's Never-Ending Scaffolding and Protective Construction Structures
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In a moment of utter foolery, I once asked myself if I could live in New York and walk my neighborhood just one month without dealing with the pervasive scaffolding and protective construction structures that litter the city with boring, nondescript ugliness.
There are over 300 miles of construction fences and sidewalk sheds across the city, but New York City construction codes currently prohibit anyone from posting on them, writes artNet News.
Think again. What if all those ugly construction-related walls could be repurposed as canvasses for public art, a showcase for NYC’s world class artists? This is the vision of City Canvas, the latest program from the New York City of Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of Buildings and the Office of the Mayor.
