Painted/Decorative Fire Hydrants
by admin ~ September 1st, 2009
A neighbor recently forwarded a link to the Saint Louis Urban Workshop blog in which they have a post on how the Grove neighborhood in Forrest Park South East is branding themselves by painting their fire hydrants:
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Click here to view the blog post/story: http://www.stlurbanworkshop.com/2009/08/second-round-of-fire-hydrant-painting.html
Perhaps this is something we can do in the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) area? It looks like the Washington University Development Corporation has been prety active in bringing about positive visual changes in the surrounding neighborhood including decorative planters along street corners among other things:
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Reply to the post with your comments or suggestions…or email us at leadership@dutchtownwest.org.
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Go for it! Get a reasonable (not too crazy) design, buy the appropriate paint and do it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I am excited about it..perhaps putting our LOGO in there somewhere?
October 13th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
what a great idea! how about we do this in the spring sometime