This is the “naturalized area” in front of the University athletic facilities. The McDonald’s is right at the place where cars and (mostly) trucks exit the US customs station. The intersection apparently has the worst air quality in the entire country (I live out of the frame, about three blocks to the left).
This is one of the signs we had printed. Somewhat astonishingly, we had them in hand less than 24 hours after submitting the file (credit where credit is due: FastSigns does indeed make signs quickly). They’re printed vinyl fused to aluminum, and they look pretty sharp, even if they are a bit a bit delicate—the vinyl scratches pretty easily; if one were looking to a permanent application, one would do well to go another route, but in all likelihood the signs will be taken down before they have a chance to weather too badly. Or maybe they won’t, who knows?
Finding these posts at the Home Depot was a pretty lucky stroke (I think they’re meant for temporary fencing and/or for propping up newly transplanted small trees). They’re a bit on the flimsy side, but they met our needs perfectly. This one is installed in one of the accidental meadows created by the three-month city workers strike.
And now for some gratuitous macro shots of the overgrowth on the Huron-Church pedestrian bridge. I’ll be sad to see it all go once the strike is over.
[That's one of the "ARBITRATION MAKES THIS GO AWAY" signs, at left.]
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Pingback by Naturalized Area: Accidental Meadow | Broken City Lab — 15 July, 2009 @ 12:07 am
I love it. Glad to see that our days of tall-grass are being properly documented and annotated. I’m particularly taken by the last picture in your set.
Comment by Mita — 15 July, 2009 @ 7:20 am
are you putting these signs in the actual spaces that have been designated “naturalized area” or are you putting them in spaces that have overgrown because of this workers strike? or both?
Comment by sarah — 15 July, 2009 @ 9:47 am
We’ve only put up the one so far, but they’re going in areas that are overgrown because of the strike, not places that have been officially set aside for naturalization.
Comment by Steven — 15 July, 2009 @ 6:51 pm