Brooklyn Students Paint the Pavement
In what is being called the first ever of its kind in New York City, Livable Streets Education teamed up with Community Roots Charter School and PS 67 and got a helping hand from New York Cares and The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership to paint a magnificent street mural on St. Edwards Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The project, which was designed by art students, was done with the blessing of NYC Department of Transportation under their new Urban Art Program initiative. These short term, art projects on city assets under their purview are now referred to as "Arterventions" by the DOT.
As you'll see the students, teachers, volunteers and neighborhood residents all pitched in to bring the street to life, courtesy of tweleve vibrant colors. And as the event was wrapping, trucks from a Million Trees NYC appeared and started planting trees on the block. How's that for good karma?
Fantastic video! This is amazing. Just one question: how long does the paint last?
This was designed as a temporary installation. We used outdoor Benjamin Moore latex pains and it will last only a few months. In Portland, neighborhoods will paint a new design every year in the same spot. I'd love it if this community would consider the same thing. (Our friends at Paint the Pavement have let us know that you can use traffic paint if you want it to last longer!)