Proof Everything Ends Up on the Web Eventually

For those who want to imagine a different driving experience on Business 40, I offer a palpable reminder of what it currently is like. An unknown YouTube poster, "linesinthesand," has posted an extended video from his dashboard as he cruises from the west side of Forsyth County, first on US 421, and then to the east along Business 40. The real-time driving experience of the bridges in the planned Business 40 reconstruction begins at 5:19 into the clip at Fourth Street, and ends at 6:28 of the clip at Church Street. Good music here, too, though I personally prefer ZZ Top's "La Grange" as a soundtrack when motoring for pleasure. The groove in this video takes me back to days patrolling Gaston County in the late '70s in a mellow cream-yellow-and-tan Cutlass Supreme. "Opera windows:" now that was public art!

Video of September 16 "Creative Bridge Design" Exhibit Opening

And now on video...

WGHP Fox 8's Brent Campbell reported on the advocacy of the Public Art and Design Committee and the Business 40 project in tonight's six o'clock news. You can watch the report here [Link expired 6/20]. A nice nearby example of extra attention to the details of functional bridges is the Innis Street bridge in Salisbury, featured in the report. We'll leave posted (as long as they are active) this link and other video feeds about public art and design in the city in a sidebar on this blog. This also gives us a chance to re-post a video report about the earlier community meeting in April that was originally only referenced in a blog comment.