[golfer808]

The drab tunnels. With so much talent here I would love to see some murals painted inside the tunnels. I know it's just a short drive thru them, but how nice would it be to see some color.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by golfer808

The drab tunnels. With so much talent here I would love to see some murals painted inside the tunnels. I know it's just a short drive thru them, but how nice would it be to see some color.

808 you might be on to something. At least you have a positive idea worth exploring.

[Mamaderby]

Originally Posted by golfer808

The drab tunnels. With so much talent here I would love to see some murals painted inside the tunnels. I know it's just a short drive thru them, but how nice would it be to see some color.

What a great idea! In fact, make it an intergenerational school project! And I am serious. Been involved with some similar types of projects n Cleveland.

[sralph99]

This idea came up a few years ago. At first it seemed like a good idea but then they realized it wouldn't be safe with everybody looking at the murals and not paying attention to their driving.

[DougB]

Kind of dark in some of the tunnels to really enjoy murals I think. Maybe some attractive decorative lighting would be nice.

[graciegirl]

Naw. I don't like that idea. It is stinky in there and I am holding my breath until I get out of the fumes.

We have enough pretty stuff around here.

Just my vote.

[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by sralph99

This idea came up a few years ago. At first it seemed like a good idea but then they realized it wouldn't be safe with everybody looking at the murals and not paying attention to their driving.

[gomoho]

I vote for the lighting - if someone is walking thru the tunnel sometimes it is impossible to see them.

[buggyone]

Nope, just get in and get out of those exhaust filled tunnels ASAP. Just imagine if some lookey loo was studying the art and another Villager comes along in a hurry without realizing there was an art lover there!

Lots of the tunnels do have solar powered lights in them.

[Bonny]

Tunnels are to dark & narrow for someone to be in there trying to look at the walls instead of where they are going..

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by DougB

Kind of dark in some of the tunnels to really enjoy murals I think. Maybe some attractive decorative lighting would be nice.

This would be a good idea. Any kind of lighting would be great.

[asianthree]

clap on would work if no one claps off

[Uptown Girl]

Murals sound lovely, but the walls are easiest to maintain the way they are now, and eventually there would be maintenance needed on any murals. Nothing looks sadder than a painted mural past it's prime.... repair is not easy. Most have to be completely redone when it's time and that makes for a bigger project.... sanding, priming and repainting anew.

Visually the tunnels are too close to appreciate a mural and so would be distracting to drive through, in my opinion. (I'm an artist and have painted murals in the past, indoors and outside.)

A subtle pattern in a soft color might be nice, but that too would need maintenance- as concrete absorbs moisture and paint begins to pop off sooner or later.

A bland inside to a tunnel guides your eye to focus on the opening you are headed towards. Might be boring, but I think it's best that way.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Uptown Girl

Murals sound lovely, but the walls are easiest to maintain the way they are now, and eventually there would be maintenance needed on any murals. Nothing looks sadder than a painted mural past it's prime.... repair is not easy. Most have to be completely redone when it's time and that makes for a bigger project.... sanding, priming and repainting anew.

Visually the tunnels are too close to appreciate a mural and so would be distracting to drive through, in my opinion. (I'm an artist and have painted murals in the past, indoors and outside.)

A subtle pattern in a soft color might be nice, but that too would need maintenance- as concrete absorbs moisture and paint begins to pop off sooner or later.

A bland inside to a tunnel guides your eye to focus on the opening you are headed towards. Might be boring, but I think it's best that way.

EXCELLENT point.

[zcaveman]

These are pass-thru tunnels. You go in and you come out. No need for
scenery. If fact I think that many of the people that pass through these tunnels have problem just getting through the tunnels. I think it is claustrophobia or night blindness (even in the daytime) from the way they drive.

No need to spend extra money making them pretty.

However, if the Villages High School want a free to us summer project I would not be opposed to it.

Z