As part of the Oak Lawn entertainment district beautification project, markers have been installed at either end of the Cedar Springs strip. One marker was installed several weeks ago at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Wycliff Avenue in front of Kroger. Another was put in place on Oak Lawn Avenue on Friday.
The recently installed marker is set on the center median between the Oak Lawn monument and The Centrum. The words “Oak Lawn” are set on top of rainbow-colored pillars. The rainbow includes the recent update to the Pride flag that adds black and brown to the six traditional colors. The two new colors embrace LGBTQ people of color as vital members of the community.
The markers were paid for with city bond money just as those that mark the neighboring Design District and Oak Lawn’s Uptown neighborhood were. A new traffic light on Cedar Springs at Cedar Springs Road and Knight Street as well as new landscaping were also included in the bond funding. To qualify for bond money, the improvement must have an expected life of at least 20 years. The 10 rainbow crosswalks on Cedar Springs Road were privately funded because crosswalks must be repainted more frequently than every 20 years.
— David Taffet
Pretty nice. I guess this is to appease those who didn’t get their way to have Lee Park renamed Oak Lawn Park? 😎
That’s an awful design and poor use of materials. Who voted for such a thing? It doesn’t even make sense . The one by Kroger has much better angles and even though it doesn’t light up it fits the community.
There are LED Lights installed in the bottom, I looked. I’m a sign guy 😉 But why they aren’t lit I’m not sure.
WOW. The design is very tacky and low brow. Reminds me of the designs in Orlando and other tacky cities.
They should take it down and put up a new design.
Thanks.