Thursday, July 13, 2023 – TIME TO CLEAN UP VENDORS BY SUBWAY

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2023

ISSUE#  1035

TIME FOR A

DESIGN COMMITTEE

AND 

GUIDELINES FOR VENDORS

IN OUR OUTDOOR 

AREAS

TONIGHT I WAS AT THE SUBWAY STATION ADMIRING THE NEW WALL ART “DOUBLE TAKE” BY DIANA COOPER.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUBWAY PLAZA IS A MESS. 

THE FRUIT VENDOR HAS HAD A MAKESHIFT STRUCTURE FOR YEARS. WHICH TO SAY THE LEAST IS A MESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS CLOSED AND COVERED WTIH OLD TARPS AND FOUR POLES OF BLUE TAPE AND CEMENT BUCKETS.

THE LATEST HOT DOG VENDOR HAS APPEARED AT THE SUBWAY STATION. JUST AS MESSY AND UGLY AS THE ONE THAT WAS FINALLY REMOVED FROM THE TRAM PLAZA.

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT RIOC?  ARE WE SO DESPERATE FOR VENDORS THAT WE DO NOT SET STANDARD FOR THEIR APPEARANCE, SANITATION, HOURS AND LICENSING?

THESE TWO EXAMPLES AT THE SUBWAY ARE JUST TOO MUCH. IT IS TIME FOR RIOC TO CLEAN UP OUR SUBWAY AREA AND HAVE VENDORS WHO CARE ABOUT THE AREA.

MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE STANDARDS FOR STREET VENDORS. IT IS APPARENT THAT ANYTHING GOES HERE,  

MAYBE WE CAN CALL ON OUR LOCAL ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS TO COME UP IWTH A BETTER STRUCTURE.

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TO SEE MORE OF DIANA COOPER’S ART, CHECK OUT HER WEBSITE:
dianacoooper.net

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WEDNESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

ANOTHER 10 YEAR PROJECT.
THE PLANS FOR RESTORATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE STARTED IN 2011 AND THE WORK WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT, BUT NO EXCUSE FOR PROJECTS TO GO ON AN ON FOR A DECADE.

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

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