There’s a sidewalk art gallery coming to Columbia’s Lady St.

Pond & Company – an architecture, interior, and engineering firm – was chosen as the winner of the Play With Your City 2019: Reimagining Lady competition by the Columbia Design League (CDL). Their design is slated to be implemented in October.

Here’s what it is:

• Shaded, modular units along Lady St. that showcase local artists’ work and use interactive technology to tell the history of Columbia + its people.
• Equipped with solar lighting so each unit becomes a nightlife feature and point of safety.
• Bright, multi-colored reflective paint on the sidewalks – hoped to excite pedestrians and guide them towards The Vista + encourage drivers to slow down.

Who helped pick the winning design?

• Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin
• Columbia Urban Planner & Urban Designer John Fellows
• New York City Tactical Urban Designer Mike Lydon
• Washington, DC City Transportation Specialist Gabe Klein
• Minneapolis, Minnesota Juxtaposition Arts Chief Executive Officer Deanna Cummings

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