Today’s post introduces two examples of public art that have been installed in the neighborhood recently, one at the corner of Euclid and Carriage Lane (the Straub’s alley), the other in the Delmar Maker District. On an early Sunday morning walk in the alley at the rear of El Burro Loco, I discovered a welcome…
Category: Art & Architecture
A debate looms over the fate of Mid-Century Modern Optimist International Building at Lindell & Taylor
This post is written in collaboration with my husband Jim Dwyer who chairs the Central West End Association’s Planning & Development Committee. The Planning & Development Committee has worked for years in an advisory role to help maintain the character and integrity of the built environment in the CWE Historic District. In that role the committee…
Edo Rosenblith’s mural turns concrete barricades into works of art
Edo Rosenblith’s latest mural, Welcome to the CWE (Red and Blue), which the artist describes as “Talumudic, but in a funny way,” covers 11 concrete “Jersey” barricades that were placed around Evangeline’s and Cocina Latina for 2021’s Dining in the Streets. The barricades were dropped off in late Spring and since they will remain in place until…