Elsewhere

Hollywood’s Famous Sign Elicits Few Hoorays From Its Neighbors: the turbulent saga of the iconic sign and its sidekicks that read “Hollywood Sign Scenic View.”

Artists Spiff Up Empty Stores Downtown: in Norfolk, a program called Art Everywhere temporarily reinvents empty storefronts.

The Architecture and Interiors of Robert Adam: info and photos of the work of this famous Scotsman.

Vanessa Lam: CLUI Identity: smart new identity for the Center for Land Use Interpretation by Vanessa Lam.

Gypsy Circus Wagon. Video Included: only 43k for a habitable prop from Pee Wee Herman’s The Big Top.

Spring: Honey and Cheese likes our seed bombs!

25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments That Look Like They’re from the Future: just that.

A Gathering by Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz

An altogether-too-brief trip back to NYC afforded me a few opportunities to see public art I hadn’t before, including this set of 174 bronze sculptures of birds. A Gathering by Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz is installed all over the Canal Street station’s railings in little groups. It made me do a double take.