BGuthrie Photos: Metro Station -- Georgia Avenue-Petworth

Metro Station -- Georgia Avenue-Petworth:

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1. METGAP_151202_017.JPG: Homage to a Community Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, c 2002 Homage to a Community, by Florida artists Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, is located at Georgia Avenue-Petworth station on the Green Line in the District of Columbia. The artwork consists of two components. The 130-foot-long stylized painted mural by Andrew Reid illustrates the rich history of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth community. The bold design of the contoured mural is a flowing chronology of defining events in the George Avenue-Petworth community in the context of local and world histories. The high energy of the handmade clay and cracked tiles of the accompanying frieze by Carlos Alves captures the spirit and promise of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth community. The above was from http://www.wmata.com/community_outreach/metroarts/artwork/green/ga_homage_1.cfm
Description of Subject Matter: Georgia Ave-Petworth
Inside passageway wall and focal wall by fare vending vestibule.

Homage to a Community I & II, 2002
Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves
Acrylic on aluminum panels, Terra Cotta tiles
I: 130' l x 6' h
II: 30' l x 7' h

Created by Florida artists Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, the artwork consists of two components. The 130-foot-long stylized painted mural by Andrew Reid illustrates the rich history of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth community. The bold design of the contoured mural is a flowing chronology of defining events in the community in the context of local and world histories.
The high energy of the handmade clay and cracked tiles of the accompanying frieze, by Carlos Alves, captures the spirit and promise of the community Georgia Avenue-Petworth station.

This project was made possible in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

Andrew Reid achieved renown as a graphic artist in his native New Zealand and New York before moving to Miami in 1991. Since that time he has explored a variety of media, including painted and carve murals, sculpture and three-dimensional wall pieces. The piece "March of Progress" is designed to provide insight into the breadth and depth of Red Rocks and engage visitors; spurring them onto a voyage of discovery.

Carlos Alves has been serious about art since he was a child, and it shows in his passion for making things out of clay, glass, metal, salvaged artifacts, and recycled objects. Drawing from his Cuban roots and his Miami, Florida upbringing, Carlos' themes encompass love, hope, history, culture, politics, nature and a kinship with the sea. He graduated with a BFA from the University of Miami, an MFA from Illinois State University, and received a scholarship to the Lorenzo de' Medici School (Scuola Lorenzo de' Medici) in Florence, Italy.

The above was from https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/art-in-transit/ait-georgia-ave.cfm
Wikipedia Description: Georgia Avenue–Petworth station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Georgia Avenue-Petworth is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line and Yellow Line.

Location

Georgia Avenue–Petworth station is located at the border of the neighborhoods of Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights, and Park View in Northwest.
Transit-oriented development

Like many other Washington Metro stations, Georgia Avenue-Petworth has catalyzed nearby development. The District of Columbia Office of Planning has divided development proposals into four localities near the station:

Park View. Composed of three blocks along Georgia Avenue south of the station — 3200 West, 3400 East, and 3500 East — Park View development is mainly limited by a 50-foot (15 m) height limit to infill residential or four- to six-story mixed-use development.
Pleasant Plains. Further south, sites at 2700 West and 2900 West on Georgia Avenue are also subject to the low height restriction but with more emphasis on apartments and row houses.
Petworth-Metro. To the north, this is the largest neighborhood by sites available and height, with a restriction of 65 ft (20 m). It contains a series of blocks on Georgia Avenue from Princeton Place to Shepherd Street, with the 3700 West block already developed as Park Place, containing 148 condos and 17,000 sq ft (1,579 m2) of street-level retail space.
Upshur. The northernmost of the four regions, it is centered on Upshur Street near Kansas Avenue. As with Pleasant Plains, the Planning Office has focused on residential development for Upshur.

History

Georgia Avenue-Petworth opened on September 18, 1999, as part of a connecting extension of the Green Line between U Street and Fort Totten, allowing trains to travel between Anacostia and Greenbelt.

The station's west entrance closed on December 11, 2006, to accommodate construction of a mixed-use development. Bus stops, bike racks, and lockers were moved, and the entrance remained closed until 2009, a year later than planned.
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