While wilting in the August sun visiting the Freret Street Market today (it was nice; but I’m waiting until October to go back) we spotted this nifty streetcar in one of the booths. We snapped a picture just in time; a very nice lady (with good taste) had just purchased it and it was being taken down for wrapping.
The artist is RK Rowell. You can see the rest of his southern fried blues art at Vigoboom.com. Caroline Lamb is the streetcar’s proud new owner.
The Times Picayune’s Metairie section did a little write-up about Paulette Lizano and her streetcar, “Perley’s Barnyard Party.” The article has some general info on the Young Leadership Council and A Streetcar Named Inspire project as a whole.
We’ve been following Paulette’s progress (here, here and here) from sketch to installation (which will be coming soon at Canal Place). You can read the piece here. Congratulations to her, all the streetcar artists and the folks at the YLC!
Note: The TP article states that funds raised through A Streetcar Named Inspire will go towards a streetcar museum. The Young Leadership Council states, however, that the beneficiary of the project is the Downtown Development District and its development of a space on Canal Street at Basin Street relative to the Broadway South initiative.
YLC Streetcar artists Paulette Lizano and Will Smith popped up during Tales of the Cocktail at the event’s Cocktail Marketplace on Saturday. Paulette, who is in the process of building her streetcar, “Perley’s Barnyard Party” was there selling glass coasters and plates featuring martini glasses and S&WB meter cover designs.
Will Smith’s (WMSJR) streetcar is located at the Prytania Theatre. It features Stella and Stanley from Streetcar Named Desire. He added sponsors John and Gayle Gish to it as well. Will was at Tales selling his Mardi Gras krewe giclees. He also had a new line of burlesque girl paintings on hand for sale. See more WMSJR art at WMSJR.com.
Also posted at MyBigEasyLife.com.
Last weekend at the Palmer Park celebration of the return of the streetcar to Carrollton Avenue, they were handing out free CD’s of an audio tour of the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line.
A sticker on the wrapper says the CD is outdated, and that for a limited time (until July 31 or until a certain number are downloaded), you can download the new version for free at www.citysoundtracks.com. So go get yours for free while you can!
In the Lagniappe Section of today’s Times Picayune is an article entitled, “Recovering Our Tracks.” The articles highlights 26 stops along the streetcar route, highlighting restaurants, music venues, kid friendly stops, parks, libraries and more. Check out the article here and get riding!