I literally stumbled across this mosaic embedded in the sidewalk near the corner of Hastings and Cambie Streets the other day. After doing some poking around on the web, I've discovered that this is one of 17 distinct mosaic tile art pieces placed in sidewalks around the Downtown Eastside. A project called "The Footprints Community Art Project", it was undertaken in 2001 as a joint effort by Western Economic Diversification Canada, The Carnegie Community Centre, the federal government, and residents of the downtown eastside. Now that I know these mosaics exist, I'm looking forward to finding and photographing the rest of them.
Post title from this song by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Posts
There are some near Trout Lake Park, though they may not be part of this particular project.
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI am the Content and Community Manager of Travelavenue.com, the new community travel guide.
Our editorial team has selected your blog for our program "Travelavenue favorite blog 2010"
Could you please give me your email? I will present you our program in details.
Thank you
Emilie.
emilie@travelavenue.com
http://www.travel-avenue.com