Fairhope, Alabama
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| Work already underway. |
Local Artist Bruce Larsen presented his proposal for the city's art alley parking garage project to the city council, to be funded by a $125K donation for the Single Tax Corporation.
Corporation president Lee Turner said he hoped the artwork would help draw people in to the use the garage more for parking; but it will also have environmental and historical educational elements.
Larsen said a gateway arch consisting of three metal dwarf seahorses (still present in Mobile Bay) fixed to supporting piping representing seaweed with intermittent electric lights would be located over the alley behind the old hardware store and a single seahorse installed at the top of the parking garage (Church Street entrance).
The seahorses will be constructed with various salvaged metal mostly from farms in the Fairhope area; he has already started work on the largest one, he said (photo above).
New restrooms and a BRATS bus station are to be built in the same area. The $1.2 million mostly federally-funded project is expected to begin later this year (with matching funds from city and county).
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| Church Street entrance. |
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| Larsen addressing city council. |
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