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As part of the Eastport Choice Neighborhood Initiative, the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA) are collaborating with Graham Projects to improve pedestrian safety at the intersection at President Street & Madison Street using traffic calming art. In addition, placemaking features such as site furnishings and neighborhood wayfinding signs will be added around the intersection to enhance the bus stops and welcome residents and visitors to the neighborhood.
Traffic Calming
Traffic calming means slowing down cars to make streets safe for everyone. Traffic calming is one part of a Complete Street. Complete Streets are streets designed and operated to make it safe and easy for all people to get around, especially folks who rely on walking, wheelchairs, transit, bicycles, e-scooters, or other mobility devices.
Design Proposals
The following traffic calming art and placemaking proposals are inspired by community input from neighborhood residents who shared their ideas for public art and pedestrian enhancements during community events, at in-person workshops and via an online survey. To promote these community-engagement activities, the City of Annapolis used a combination of in-person and online tools to reach a wide range of participants; including distributing printed flyers around the neighborhood and posting signs near the intersection (both with a QR code directed at this website), social media, and email announcements sent by the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis and the City of Annapolis.
The designs are a collaboration between artist JaVon Townsend and Graham Coreil-Allen, with production support from the Graham Projects design team; including Melvin Jadulang, Zoe Roane-Hopkins and Liam Arbeiter.
The deadline to vote on your preferred design and share feedback or questions is Monday, May 6.
Option 1: Compass Crossing
The Compass Crossing pavement art mural features an immersive central compass framed by colorful traffic calming bump outs at President and Madison Streets. An abstract orange sun and groovy bands of blue and aqua evoke the shore and sky surrounding historic Eastport. Inspired by the radiant geometries of residents’ drawings, Compass Crossing inscribes this gateway intersection as a centerpoint of the neighborhood. The compass’ eight points aim at purple letters spelling out “EASTPORT”, with the “E” aligned due east.
Option 2: Pinwheel Place
The Pinwheel Place pavement art mural is anchored by a larger-than-life pinwheel radiating waves of color throughout the adjacent traffic calming bump outs at President and Madison Streets. The bump outs’ oranges, blues, greens, and teals abstractly symbolize the sun, water, land, and sky. Pinwheel Place is inspired by the floral motifs and bayscape themes of residents’ drawings. Collectively the central pinwheel and elemental waves represent the dynamic joy of the surrounding community.
Bus Stop Bench Option 1: Petal Boat
The Petal Boat bus stop bench takes the petals of the pinwheel and rearranges them into a colorful seat. The backrest is inspired by boat sails.
Bus Stop Bench Option 2: Eastport Wave
The Eastport Wave bus stop bench features a colorful backrest sculpted to represent Eastport. A recording of the neighborhood name “Eastport” was transformed into a “waveform”, or a graphical representation of the audio signal. The shape of the bench back is based on this unique shape.
Share YOUR Input!
You are invited to use this form to select your preferred design and provide any additional feedback. Last day to share your input is Monday, May 6.
Thank you for your input! Stay tuned for updates on the Eastport Choice Placemaking Project at https://eastportcni.org
Questions? Contact Eric Leshinsky (ejleshinsky@annapolis.gov) at the City of Annapolis Department of Planning & Zoning.