Culture
Encouraging Neighbors to See Eye to Eye
A creative placemaking project in Washington, D.C., puts residents’ faces front and center.
Illuminated faces loom large in storefronts and street corners along lower Georgia Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. Some are backgrounded by humming cars, others by chain link fences, or patterned wallpaper. They blink, smile, or turn slightly as wind musses their hair.
Through November 20, close-up videos of local residents are being projected into the windows as part of the SEE/CHANGE project, part of the “Crossing the Street” creative placemaking initiative, backed by the D.C. office of planning with support from the Kresge Foundation. (More in-depth profiles of residents are also rolling out online.)