This lends a strong degree of placeness to the street. You know exactly where you are when you drive by. You're next to the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Similarly, there is a road in Seoul with artwork in the median. There's one sculpture for every olympic sport, so it is impossible to not know where you are. If you follow these,
you will reach the gate at Olympic Park, where the games were held in 1988.
This is a really great road because you not only know exactly where you are when you look out the window of your bus, but you're excited to be there. Me, I always hope to see the Judo sculpture.
The approaches to Forest Park in St. Louis should be similarly annexed. The History Museum should take over Lindell. The Art Museum should take over all of Fine Arts Drive and Lagoon as far as Skinker. The Zoo should annex the entire Hampton Concourse for giant animal art.
We should cover every approach with giant animals. We have a local artist that specializes in giant concrete animals afterall.
Bob Cassilly of City Museum fame had put animals all over the region at this point. Like the Mysterious Monarch at the Butterfly House,
There isn't much median on the concourse, but there's certainly enough space if we want it. There is a median closer into the park.
Just past that there's a small circle with a very expensive sculpture.
Those rusted animals came from pretty far away.
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