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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SHAM19_200905_03.JPG: 19th Street Rain Gardens Growing Here (Milkweed)
2. SHAM19_200905_06.JPG: 19th Street Rain Gardens Growing Here (Honey Locust)
3. SHAM19_200905_08.JPG: 19th Street Rain Gardens This rain garden captures stormwater runoff from surrounding roads and sidewalks. It reduces flooding and helps keep pollutants from entering waterways, especially during heavy storms. The plants create a habitat for native pollinators, such as butterflies. This rain garden shows that a concrete sidewalk can be retrofitted to contribute to the beauty of the city and the sustainability of the region.
4. SHAM19_200905_11.JPG: Foon Sham, Swing
5. SHAM19_200905_21.JPG: Coming Soon! New Art in the 19th Street Rain Gardens Local artist Foon Sham is in the process of installing four of his permanent artworks along 19th Street in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. This is part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens, an initiative that intersects public art, sustainability, and design. Two additional artworks will be installed in September.
6. SHAM19_200905_31.JPG: Foon Sham, Meander
7. SHAM19_200905_46.JPG: Foon Sham Turning Point, 2015
8. SHAM19_200905_56.JPG: Foon Sham Vascular Form #10, 2015
9. SHAM19_200905_66.JPG: Foon Sham Ductile, 2015
10. SHAM19_200930_011.JPG: Golden Triangle Arts Foon Sham Swing II 2020 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens. Eight artworks like two blocks of 19th Street extending from K to M Streets and symbolize the function of rain gardens to collect, hold, and filter stormwater. While abstract, Sham's sculptures evoke the movement of water using curved and organic forms to echo the shape of rivers and streams. Stitched together from small wooden blocks, the sculptures rise to heights of 13 feet tall. The works are geometric and precise, but also lyrical and organic, serving as beacons, marking space, and engaging passersby. This project demonstrates the Golden Triangle BID's effort to build green infrastructure projects that create green space, filter rainwater, and reduce pollution to DC's rivers. It reflects the BID's commitment to weaving vibrant arts and culture initiatives and environmental sustainability throughout the neighborhood's public spaces.
11. SHAM19_200930_020.JPG: Foon Sham Meander II 2020 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
12. SHAM19_200930_027.JPG: 19th Street Rain Gardens Growing here Swamping Milkweed's showy flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies, including the majestic Monarch.
13. SHAM19_200930_034.JPG: Foon Sham Vascular Ford #10 2015 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
14. SHAM19_200930_062.JPG: Foon Sham Ductile 2015 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
15. SHAM19_200930_065.JPG: Urban Rain Garden This planted area is a rain garden, designed to capture polluted stormwater runoff from the surrounding roads and sidewalks. The work of these plants reduces flooding and helps to keep pollutants from entering local waterways, especially during heavy rainstorms. The plants used here also create a new habitat for native pollinators, such as butterflies. This rain garden is an example of how a concrete space can easily be retrofitted to contribute to the beauty of the city and the environmental sustainability of the region.
16. SHAM19_200930_082.JPG: Foon Sham Turning Point 2015 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
17. SHAM19_200930_096.JPG: 19th Street Rain Gardens This rain garden captures stormwater runoff from surrounding roads and sidewalks. It reduces flooding and helps keep pollutants from entering waterways, especially during heavy storms. The plants create a habitat for native pollinators, such as butterflies. This rain garden shows that a concrete sidewalk can be retrofitted to contribute to the beauty of the city and the sustainability of the region.
18. SHAM19_200930_119.JPG: Foon Sham Meander I 2020 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
19. SHAM19_200930_146.JPG: Foon Sham Swing I 2020 Local artist Foon Sham created these sculptures as part of the Golden Triangle BID's 19th Street Rain Gardens.
Description of Subject Matter: Gigantic vessel-like sculptures inhabit the Golden Triangle rain gardens
Created by local sculptor Foon Sham, the imaginative pieces, ranging from nine to eleven feet tall, are located at 19th & L Streets. The vessel forms of the sculptures symbolize the functions of the rain garden to collect, hold, and filter excess rain water.
The Golden Triangle commissioned the sculptures which were installed in November 2015.
The Golden Triangle led the design and construction of the rain gardens at 19th & L Streets with grant assistance from the District Department of Energy & Environment. The gardens add nearly 3,000 square feet of green space and can filter tens of thousands of gallons of runoff annually. The gardens also provide a refuge for butterflies and other pollinators with native vegetation and a resting spot for people with the garden’s integrated seating. Foon Sham’s sculptures add another layer of interest and beauty to this area.
The above was from https://goldentriangledc.com/initiative/rain-garden-sculptures/
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2020 photos: Well, that was a year, wasn't it? The COVID-19 pandemic cut off most events here in DC after March 11. The child president's handling of the pandemic was a series of disastrous missteps and lies, encouraging his minions to not wear masks and dramatically increasing infections and deaths here.The BLM protests started in June, made all the worse by the child president's inability to have any empathy for anyone other than himself. Then of course he tried to steal the election in November. What a year! Trips: Because of COVID, the farthest distance I traveled after that was about 40 miles. I only visited sites in four states -- Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC -- and didn't do any overnight travel anywhere. That was the least amount of travel I had done since 1995. Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: about 246,000, the fewest number of photos I had taken in any year since 2007.
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