Bloomberg Asphalt Art Guide (PDF) (2019)

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asphalt-art-guide.pdf (14.2 MB)

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Butterfly mural in Asheville, NC, by Sound Mind Creative. Photo by Justin Mitchell.

Underground at Ink Block in Boston, MA. Mural by Silvia López Chavez. Photo by @Rediovision
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Underground at Ink Block in Boston, MA. Mural by Silvia López Chavez. Photo by @Rediovision.

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative responds to the growing number of cities around the world embracing art as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets.

While cities incorporate art into public spaces in a variety of ways, the focus of this initiative is what we’re calling asphalt art: visual interventions on roadways (intersections and crosswalks), pedestrian spaces (plazas and sidewalks), and vertical infrastructure (utility boxes, traffic barriers and underpasses).

In October 2019, we released the Asphalt Art Guide , produced by our pro bono consulting arm, Bloomberg Associates. The Guide features over two dozen case studies highlighting successful plaza and roadway art activations around the world, and a how-to section for cities interested in undertaking their own projects.

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I love the idea of doing something like this, but when we talked about a mural program in N-Squared we were told that we would run up against Newton’s sign ordinance. I’m guessing we solved some of that considering the mural in Newtonville, but just FYI.

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@alicia @Andreae_Downs Can you find out if street murals are impacted by the sign ordinance?

On the other hand, having to amend the sign ordinance would bring more attention to a mural-painting effort. Do we think the decorated signal control boxes (also covered in the guide) also have to comply with the sign ordinance?

Thanks.