As reported by the CBC, Saskatoon Saskatchewan may be a cold place in winter, but its urban design department of City Hall is warming up the spring and summer crosswalks of the downtown area. That includes a walk across paved paradise Joni Mitchell style with guitars painted in a crosswalk, and inserting an ice cream cone design on a concrete slab pedestrian intersection.
The work is supervised by Saskatoon’s Urban Design Department and is funded by parking meter revenue. Next up? A set of dinosaur tracks leading the way.
Paint (latex works well) is a cheap and quick way to brighten up a crosswalk in any city. I wish more municipalities were as playful, making walking fun for kids of all ages.
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Glad to see that cities are starting to embrace some of the genius that Roadsworth originally brought to Montreal