The Glen Flows pavement art project finds inspiration in the adjacent neighborhood’s name itself. The narrow valley and flowing river of a glen are emulated in the geometric, birds-eye rendition. Colored bands create a sense of steep terrain, islands, and moving water. The vivid design enhances safety by drawing the attention of drivers to pedestrians’ right-of-way in the newly striped and artwork-enhanced crosswalk.
Zoe Roane-Hopkins designed the pavement art with art direction from Graham Coreil-Allen and visual inspiration from drawings shared by residents during the 2021 National Night Out block party hosted by the Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association (GNIA).
The Glen Flows artwork concept was originally developed for GNIA as traffic calming art at the intersection of Park Heights and West Strathmore Avenues. That project was postponed in 2022 pending a forthcoming streetscape project along Park Heights Avenue. Undeterred, GNIA found another location for pavement art improvement in front of the Pratt Library Reisterstown Road branch.
Project partners: Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association, CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore City DOT
Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, Mar Braxton, Maurice McCrimmon, and Liam Arbeiter.
