A New View preview: A look at large art installations in Camden
CAMDEN Commuters look out the windows as the PATCO Hi-Speedline trains rumble past a dead-end lot on Pershing Street in Camden s Whitman Park neighborhood. Usually, there s not much to see: Lines of rowhouses. One or two abandoned, boarded-up properties. A few cars. Some trash, dumped illegally. A giant black panther.
Wait.
It was. It is. Invincible Cat, by husband-and-wife artists Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, is 15,000 pounds of what used to be car hoods (56 of them, to be exact). And it s keeping watch on this vacant lot tucked inside a neighborhood along the Hi-Speedline not only to entertain riders, but also to call attention to a serious problem plaguing the City of Camden: illegal dumping and pollution.
Outdoor public art project unveiled in Camden
Updated 12:44 PM;
Today 9:55 AM Invincible Cat by Don Kennelll and Lisa Adler is one of six New View-Camden art installations sprinkled throughout the city.anewviewcamden.com
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On Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, the City of Camden, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership and the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts will unveil “A New View-Camden,” a half-year outdoor exhibit of six family-friendly public art projects located around the city.
Funded by a $1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge grant, these large-scale, outdoor art installations specifically were designed to raise awareness about unlawful dumping of bulk waste in Camden, which costs taxpayers over $4 million annually. Among the “A New View” works will be a massive feline designed from repurposed automobiles, a 15-foot-tall steel trash collecting creature and a machine that utilizes mealworms to eat Styrofoam packaging from e-waste.
Camden County aids city in targeting, demolishing abandoned houses
CAMDEN A small contingent of local officials convened to discuss abandoned houses on the 1200 block of Whitman Street, and within minutes, two residents came out to share their concerns and ask questions.
Lincoln Graham ( two last names, he joked when asked for the spelling of each) wanted to know whether the lot at 1245 Whitman would be for sale, whether another vacant house on the block might be available for him to fix up to resell or rent, whether an empty lot could be used for parking by residents who now park on both sides of an already-narrow street.
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TAPInto Camden is creating an ongoing series about companies that are giving back to Camden through philanthropy, job training and other community supports.
CAMDEN - The Michaels Organization, a nationwide real estate company headquartered at 2 Cooper St., believes Camden symbolizes the commitment the company makes to cities across the country to create “communities that lift lives.”
“That is a heavy statement and a very ambitious statement,” said Michaels CEO John J. O’Donnell. “But what we have done in Camden has truly changed peoples’ lives.”
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