Dependable Erection

Thursday, June 21, 2007

A once in a lifetime opportunity



There it is in all its glory, the beautiful, new, immaculate, permanent, gentrified Duke Park traffic circle. Conveniently located at the center of all things Durham, at the intersection of Glendale and Markham Avenues. Home to spontaneous displays of public art, visual, auditory, and unclassifiable. Just waiting for a couple of things.

Like, for someone in the city to confirm that they're really and truly done with it, and that final landscaping is up to the neighborhood association. Because we really do have some great ideas for that thing.

But it's also waiting for a name.

That's right. And here's where you, and your opportunity, come in.

The publisher of this blog, and the membership of the Glendale/Markham Cultural Coalition (Building Community One Cocktail at a Time™) are offering you the opportunity to put your name on this traffic circle.

Here's the deal. In return for a generous donation to a non-profit of our choice, this blog and the membership of the GMCC will agree to refer to the Traffic Circle as YOUR Traffic Circle, every time we mention it in print, on the web, or in conversation, for the next two years. Every press release, every blog post, every time we give directions to someone coming from Chapel Hill, we will be putting your name out there for the Triangle community (and indeed the world at large) to marvel at. We will also agree to use our considerable clout to encourage other media and government organizations to refer to the Traffic Circle as YOUR Traffic Circle.

Come on, Blazer, i know you want to do it. Just think. The Bullsh@t Traffic Circle at Markham and Glendale. Home of the Triangle's best performance art. You know you want to do it. Or how about you folks at the N&O? Don't you think that the Bull's Eye Blog Traffic Circle will help to drive, well, traffic to your site? Or maybe Mike Pressler wants to donate some of the profits from all those copies of his book that he'll be selling at the Regulator tonight in exchange for the opportunity to be remembered for at least the next two years? We could call it the Strippers and Underage Drinking Are OK In My Book Traffic Circle, just for you, Mike. Or something else, if you prefer. All it's going to take is a contribution slightly more generous than anyone else.

Interested?

Drop me a line at DependableErection AT gmail DOT com, and we'll talk.

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7 Comments:

  • A very great idea, I'll definitely give it some thought.

    Of course, I've already urinated around the perimeter numerous times, so it's technically "mine" anyway.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:48 PM  

  • Dammit, Blazer -- you're the one making the dogs bark at 3 am! Stop it!

    By Blogger Joseph H. Vilas, at 7:34 PM  

  • the traffic circle does come with a flag pole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:36 AM  

  • The traffic circle mulch already had it's first set of tire marks yesterday. I'm so proud.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:29 AM  

  • "Driver loses battle with Bend (Oregon) roundabout artwork"

    July 10, 2007 11:26 AM

    Car crumpled; driver charged with DUII; sculpture looks OK

    By Barney Lerten, KTVZ.COM

    An alleged drunk driver had a bit of a problem navigating the roundabout at Northeast Eighth Street and Butler Market Road on Monday night, and ended up going straight into the dramatic public artwork in the middle, with a loud bang that drew a crowd.

    The car, with a crumpled front ed, appeared to have lost more in the collision than the steel sculpture, and the driver was arrested on a DUII charge, police said.

    "Had it not been for his airbag, I am certain that the would be dead," said Holly Larsen, a resident of Cedar Creek Townhomes at the corner who heard the loud crash around 8:45 p.m. and was among those who ran to give aid.

    Only the driver was in the black sedan, wedged into the dramatic, horse-and-circles artwork, she said.

    "He was out and up and smoking a cigarette when I arrived," said Larsen, who took photos to document the unusual - but not unprecedented - event. (A few years ago, a Westside public art piece in a Reed Market Road traffic circle, steel letters to form a compass, suffered a similar fate and one of the letters had to be replaced.)

    The Butler Market/8th sculpture is called "The Might of the Workforce," and was created by Portland-area artist Devin Lawrence Field, said Cate O'Hagan, executive director of Arts Central and an active participant in Art in Public Places, which installs the public art in prominent locations around town.

    Each artwork is strongly secured to its base, just in case of such an event, O'Hagan said, noting that the horse and circles in this piece of art are made of "very strong" corten steel.


    http://www.ktvz.com/global/story.asp?s=6768399

    By Blogger Marsosudiro, at 2:18 PM  

  • Ah, the ToastieRadio.com Traffic Circle...that would do wonders for my little stream of Air Supply and Donny Osmond favorites. (There's some better stuff, I swear).

    Eh, I'll settle for the free publicity from posting on a comment on the preeminent bull city blog. :)

    By Blogger toastie, at 7:52 PM  

  • The price might be more reasonable than you think . . .

    Certainly less than the DPAC.

    By Blogger Barry, at 8:13 PM  

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