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Christopher · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: Gallery Hop tonight (Fri 16 Nov)

Hey, don't forget that the letterpress show Alex is co-curating is among the stuff you can check out downtown tonight. Details.
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alex · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject:

also, our fearless leader brian turner & sara turner's art is featured in the show as well - come on by! 5-8 at the downtown art center [across from the library]

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

Christopher · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject:

jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

haha that "cool bike center" is designed by yours truly!

its going to be revised, made way better and built into a sweet ass model for december 7th same place

politicalhero · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:08 am Post subject:

post some photos or graphics for those of us who did not make it over there last night!

jkizzle · cutter Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 519 Location: I.L.L.

ok, when i get the change to scale them down and put them on the web ill post.

the idea was creating a place for a sort of bikestation (thats what i called it anyway) to accomodate widespread bicycle commuting in downtown lexington. since the city is laid out radially, most commutes are less than 30 minutes, making it easy to do. so i am proposing a place where bikes could be stored and repaired while you work, with locker rooms, showers, a cafe and some other stuff. the design isnt very far along yet, since weve only been working on them for 2 or 3 weeks, but hopefully a complete building will be ready december 7th.

another girl in the class also proposed an alternative bike route system that had an isolated path away from the street that actually rose to 20+ feet over the city.

the whole exhibition was part of a studio to encourage development downtown by showing new ideas in places where they otherwise arent [parking lots and garages, vacant/dillapidated buildings, and places where arts and entertainment could flourish].

im not sure how open victorian square will leave it, but its staying up for a month or two.

Christopher · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:43 am Post subject:

Anybody here been to check out the Chicago Bike Station?
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brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

jkizzle-

I was able to check it out this afternoon while we were setting up for the Art Market at Victorian Square - pretty cool. I'd love to see something like this incorporated into the downtown development, or at least some sort of storage locker setup.

I've seen the Chicago bike locker and it's amazing. It has showers, too!

The trails along Lakeshore Drive / Lake Michigan are really great, and they have a little repair booth setup about mid-way going north to south along the lake.

elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

The stuff in the exhibit is really cool, Alex.
GF and I spent a good 15 minutes just looking at the mollusk print.

Random bike content, my new desktop image:

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

sweet firefox spokecard!