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Crosswalk Dominoes

Alex Scordelis — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:30:25 +0000

Montreal street artist Roadsworth created a crosswalk made of dominoes for the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

via Wooster Collective

Crosswalk Sign Hacks

Charlie Todd — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:09:09 +0000

Make sure you read the instructions carefully next time you’re about to press the button at a crosswalk. Total Crisis Panic Button was installed all over Los Angeles by Jason Eppink. That project inspired the second two, put up by Ryan Laughlin in New Haven, CT.

Electric Bird

Charlie Todd — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:35:23 +0000

Not only should you stop, you should fuck off as well.

Spotted on the streets of Manhattan by EssG.

Crosswalk Characters

Charlie Todd — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:41:15 +0000

French prankster Rémi Gaillard gets a cast of increasingly ridiculous characters to cross the street.

Israeli group Shuk.Li held a similar event recently in Tel Aviv. Except this time, the characters fought each other, Street Fighter style. (And for some reason Patrick Ewing is one of the fighters.)

Crosswalk Countdown

Charlie Todd — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:10:13 +0000

GuerilLA had some New Year’s Eve style fun this past weekend. Agent Wilner writes:

In Santa Monica there are many crosswalks that have countdown clocks signifying how long you have until you can’t cross the intersection anymore. We gathered a group of 50 agents and counted down a number of those clocks – very loudly. At the end of each countdown we went nuts – hugging, hi-fiving, cheering, screaming, using our noisemakers, toasting with our fake champagne, etc. Just like on New Year’s Eve. It was amazing! We did this at about seven intersections along the Santa Monica Promenade and then dispersed.

Also worth noting is that two participants got engaged during the mission (you’ll notice they are congratulated at the end of the video.) What better time to get engaged than New Year’s Eve! On June 8!