A Los Angeles law makes all fruit and vegetables growing over sidewalks “public,” so that even trees rooted in private yards may bear public fruit. The collective Fallen Fruit leads walks and makes maps of public fruit trees in the Los Angeles urban area. Image from Fallen Fruit
“Actions: What You Can Do With the City documents and presents specific projects by a large and diverse group of activists whose personal involvement has triggered radical change in today’s cities. These human motors of change include architects, engineers, university professors, students, children, pastors, artists, skateboarders, cyclists, root eaters, pedestrians, municipal employees, and many others who answer the question of what can be done to improve the urban experience with surprising and often playful actions.”
It’s hard not to have a soft spot for any public art project which includes mention of “pastors” (before “artists”), though alongside all other potential activists such as root eaters.
mr brown might like Illicit Stencil Saves Cyclists, by Toronto’s Urban Repair Squad which spray painted roads with bicycle stencils, in response to inadequate bike lanes on the roads.
