Poeticterrorism is for Lovers

Jun 18

Residents transform a drab street lined by a concrete wall into a liveable place using potted plants and a public bench. Great tactical urbanism intervention!

住民達は鉢植えとベンチを使って、この単調で退屈な道とコンクリート壁を住みやすい場所に変えました。「tactical urbanism」の介入のすばらしい例です。

nationalpost:

Quebec man turns unfixed pothole in front of his house into garden

When a pothole appeared in front of Stéphan Vigneault’s Gatineau, Que., home, he took it upon himself to fill it with dirt — and then flowers. The Post‘s Kyla Garvey spoke to the guerrilla gardener on Tuesday:

When did you first plant the garden?
Last summer I first planted it with a neighbour at night, filled the pothole. We did it at night so that people walked by in the morning and would be surprised by it. We chose a night without moon, and did it. This year we planted it again two weeks ago.

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(Stéphan Vigneault/Family Photo)

(via positive-press-daily)