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The Transportation Onion Metaphor

Concept #1 Subway Station - Mural
- Creation of a modern mural system uniting LA
- Juxtaposition of the subterranian with the bypassed landscapes
- Gold Line goes underground, bypassing Boyle Heights
- The creation of panoramic murals that siplay boyle heights in it's actuality
- Final output:
- A single or series of images representing the proposed above ground imagery over underground actuality
- A simulated proposal to the LA Metro Arts
- Research:
- current LA metro art
- international subway art
- photographic exploration of Boyle Heights

Concept #2 Bus Line - Tattoo
- Concept for a bus line through Boyle Heights with iconic imagery from LA history
- The streetcar motif is 'skin deep,' tattoo imagery which redresses the bus
- Bus lines in Boyle Heights dressed with imagery of the original trollies that ran through Boyle Heights
- The modern transportation set against the nostalgic LA Red Car system
- Final output:
- A single or series of images representing the proposed 'tattoo' redressing of the LA Metro bus system in Boyle Heights
- Research:
- current trend in city bus redressing
- information on specific lines of transportation relating to Boyle Heights
- the history of those lines of transportation

Concept #3 Streetcar - Graffiti
- Street art of the murals of Boyle Heights painted on the streetcars of old Boyle Heights
- The history of Boyle Heights painted with the reaction to the history of Boyle Heights
- Boyle Heights past and present
- Final output:
- A single or series of images of streetcars dressed with the murals and graffiti of modern Boyle Heights
- Research:
- look at the murals and graffiti of Boyle Heights
- history behind the imagery
- research the specific streetcars utilized

- Craig, DJ, Bryce