Crystal Flight

So, yesterday, walking out to my car I see this sculpture of a pink Cadillac with jet wings on the corner of the block. Kinda weird. Looks like something you’d see at Silver Dinner or Generous Georges. It looks like someone left it out as trash. Then I noticed another fighter jet across the street. And then another.

[quote="washington.bizjournals.com"]Fifty airplane statues will begin landing in selected spots April 9 in a nearly five-mile loop throughout the Arlington County enclave and remain there for the summer… The public art show is also a means to recast Crystal City’s image as it continues efforts to transform from solely a terminus for worker bees to a 24/7 destination for visitors and locals alike.[/quote]

I figure it’s some dumb artsy movement or something. It is, sorta. From Tivoli Too’s, the people who created the forms, web site, “To create really cool stuff that ‘wows’ people in it’s environment that is fun for employees and clients. Barf. That just reeks of “pat me on the back because I got paid to do something that someone else thought of because we aint’s creative enough on our own”.

It’s all a part of the Crystal City Business Improvement District.

[quote="crystalcity.org"]Established in April of 2006, the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is creating a soul for Crystal City. A public-private partnership, the BID is providing a higher level of service to visitors, workers and residents in Crystal City – driving to become world-class destination in both Arlington and the greater DC region.[/quote]

Basically they wanna make Crystal City this hip place to be. I work, play, shop type place. Although it is a nice area. Maybe instead of slapping planes on every block, how about helping out the 4 homeless people I’ve seen trolling Crystal City since I’ve been here. Or is that the last bullet point on the Crystal City visitors guide brochure, “We gots dem homeless peoples, too! * No feeding after dark.”

I’ll give it till the weekend till the drunks come out and trash the sculptures. At least three per weekend. That’s 16 weeks, which is close to mid-end summertime. At first it’s just vandalism, then it turns into the drunkenest scavenger hunt ever!

As nice as this area is supposed to be. People still write “Move Me” or “Wash Me” on cars in the parking garage. Which apparently you never grow tiresome of doing. It’s a classy bit like “rubber balls and liquor”. Next to it I read, “I’m drunk”, so, you know only the smart, well spoken people work in this area.

Stay classy, Crystal City.

I found a gallery online here: [url=http://picasaweb.google.com/CrystalCityBID]http://picasaweb.google.com/CrystalCityBID[/url]