{"id":31899,"date":"2012-07-16T13:46:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=31899"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:26:19","slug":"urban-planet-bicycle-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/16\/urban-planet-bicycle-monuments\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Bicycle Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=11966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bikeobelisk-ed01\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/uploads\/atlantic\/bikeobelisk-ed01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The bicycle, it&#8217;s a beautiful thing. California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector thought so too. They love bikes so much they made a monument to it. The <a href=\"http:\/\/ci.santa-rosa.ca.us\/departments\/recreationandparks\/programs\/artsandculture\/publicart\/Pages\/NissanPublicArt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Cyclisk<\/a> is a towering obelisk made out of 340 bicycles and one tricycles. The monument in Santa Rosa, California was constructed as an ode to bicycle culture. (<a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/artists-build-incredible-obelisk-out-of-hundreds-of-bicycles\/\">InHabitat<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/artists-build-incredible-obelisk-out-of-hundreds-of-bicycles\/\">InHabitat<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. The bicycle, it&#8217;s a beautiful thing. 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