Art At Whittier Alley Loop Wins The 2015 Mayor Design Award
October 29th, 2015 - Denver, CO
Oct. 29, 2015
The Mayor's Design Award Winners - The best in architecture and exterior design throughout the mile-high city.
Winner: WHITTIER ALLEY LOOP, four-block loop between Williams and Race Streets
Category: NEIGHBORHOOD GEM
Owner: WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Project leaders: DARRELL WATSON, BRIAN CHOQUETTE, LEVI JOHNSON, KENT SIMPSON
Designers: BRIAN CHOQUETTE, PAUL GOSS, RYAN SAND
Artists: PEDRO BARRIOS, FEILE CASE, DWAYNE GLAPION, JAIME MOLINA, UCHE OHAYA, BROOX PULLFORD, BOB RAGLAND
Construction Manager: MALCOLM MULRONEY
In response to an isolated hate crime within the neighborhood, this community art project was designed to celebrate the history, diversity, and culture of this unique area of Denver. Four alleyways painted with intersecting lines create a pathway that links historical markers and art pieces, enhancing and activating public space, supporting and encouraging activity and use of the local library facilities, and helping to foster a sense of community pride. The finished project was the culmination of more than a year of community planning, dialogue, design, fundraising and construction that involved more than three hundred participants.
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