SIDEWALKS AS AN ATTRACTION; PART 1

Many many communities have made use of temporary or permanent artwork on downtown sidewalks.   Several (though far fewer) communities have discovered and made use of sidewalks as an avenue for presenting poetry.

While poetry is the emphasis for this posting, sidewalks could be used as a "page" for other text or ideas a community may want to communicate within its downtown.  More on this topic in a later post.

PARKING METERS!

While most smaller communities removed their parking meters years / decades ago, those that did not have another opportunity to add interest to their downtown.  Instead of bearing the cost of removal, cities could repurpose their meters into art.  If the meters still work, they could use them as a way of collecting funds for their downtown development efforts.   Bottom line; always make the effort to look at old / existing items in your downtown differently.