Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Akron Ponders Turning A Freeway Into A Big Urban Park

"The Innerbelt National Forest is the idea of Hunter Franks, a San Francisco-based artist who has been working in the Akron community since 2015. He plans to populate the freeway with potted plants, public seating, and programming meant to reconnect the two communities severed by the freeway 40 years ago. The project just received a Knight Cities Challenge grant, which is giving $15 million to projects in 26 American cities."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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