OK, I just read it in the New York Times – but it’s been going on in Stamford, CT for at least 4 years - Traffic Boxes being painted with murals – murals that are good…. and they just happen to stop traffic.

“….What began four years ago as a tiny, grass-roots experiment to beautify the unsightly boxes that control traffic signals around town has become an unexpectedly impressive public art collection, with head-turning installations cropping up constantly to transform drab streetscapes into outdoor galleries.

About 50 of the city’s 190 boxes, once covered with graffiti, are now suitable for framing.

“They appear overnight,” said Renée Kahn, a local preservationist and a fan. “One weekend you drive by and there’s nothing, and the next weekend it’s suddenly there.”

It’s too hard for me to go and see all of them – though Stamford is not far from New York City – only 35 minutes on a Metro North Train.

I’m glad Stanford is doing something like this – I always hated going to Stamford, CT …. seemed so “faked” – not real or natural – especially downtown.  Maybe some Art around Stamford will bring life to the city…sure looks that way.