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Updated July 29
Portland’s first traffic roundabout set to open Friday
The Deering s Corner Roundabout reorganizes traffic flow in what had been a six-way intersection at the intersections of Deering and Brighton avenues and Falmouth Street.
This bird s-eye photo of the roundabout, taken June 8, was posted on Portland s website.
Portland will open the Deering’s Corner Roundabout, the first to be built in the city, to traffic on Friday.
The roundabout, at the intersections of Deering and Brighton avenues and Falmouth Street near the University of Maine School of Law and University of Southern Maine, marks a significant change in how the city will handle the heavy traffic that passes through the neighborhood.
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Iowa murals inspired by area s natural landscape
Sean Elizabeth Tyler is used to people shouting at her. Sometimes it s a bike rider rolling by on the sidewalk.
by Associated Press
Jul. 25 2021 @ 11:05pm
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) Sean Elizabeth Tyler is used to people shouting at her.
Sometimes it s a bike rider rolling by on the sidewalk. A few curious onlookers have pulled over, stepped out of their cars and ventured up to ask Tyler what she s painting on the sides of buildings at 329 W. Sixth and 325 W. Fifth streets. It happens all the time. Most people have been really super nice and interested in the murals, said Tyler, a University of Iowa master of fine arts graduate student.
Waterloo murals inspired by area s natural landscape
MELODY PARKER, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
July 24, 2021
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) Sean Elizabeth Tyler is used to people shouting at her.
Sometimes it’s a bike rider rolling by on the sidewalk. A few curious onlookers have pulled over, stepped out of their cars and ventured up to ask Tyler what she’s painting on the sides of buildings at 329 W. Sixth and 325 W. Fifth streets.
“It happens all the time. Most people have been really super nice and interested in the murals,” said Tyler, a University of Iowa master of fine arts graduate student.
University of Iowa artists help show the story of Waterloo thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.