East/West Boulevard Passenger Shelters
Michele Tejuola Turner, Charlotte, NC, Artist
Hungry Birds
Shelter glass, metal benches
2009
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Engineers & Landscape Architects
Redline Design Group, Architects
Turner's two illustrations of hungry birds searching for food in springtime are larger than life and etched into the glass windscreens of the passenger shelters. In contrast, the artist's smaller leaf cutouts make up the surface of the blue metal shelter benches. Both designs befit the natural environment preserved in the South End community.
Photos © JoAnn Sieburg-Baker