Here's a fantastic video, "Love Letters to Syracuse," that
illustrates the transformative, community-building role public art can
play. For the project, artist Steven Powers painted bold, vivid
messages about the city across old train bridges. The messages came
from residents who were asked what they loved or hated about the
community. See for yourself (via the Sustainable Cities Collective).
A LOVE LETTER TO SYRACUSE from samuel j macon on Vimeo.
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Richard Florida is a co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic. He is a university professor in the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, and a distinguished fellow at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate.