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Created by Design Vibez Updated On: August 17, 2011
Begin your mission at DoubleTree Hotel/Army Navy Drive, Ambassador. 14 targets to be revealed - upon your arrival at Hyatt Regency/Crystal Drive, how many would YOU have found? -dv
Design Vibez: Crystal City itself is an OUTDOOR art gallery! From DoubleTree Hotel/Army Navy Dr to Hyatt Regency/Crystal Dr are 14 "canvases" commissioned by CCBID. See all - GREAT way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Design Vibez: Janis Goodman's "Emerald in Action" holds the honourable first position on CCBID's CRYSTALart (Art Walls) Trail. Lose yourself in the cool palette and energetic brush strokes; you've officially begun!
Design Vibez: Check out a bike to get around Crystal City (and the CRYSTALart Trail) more easily. Your next stop should be right up 15th St S - M.M. Panas' "Lunar Scape" series will soon flank you on either side
Design Vibez: You can't possibly miss this CRYSTALart "canvas" on 18th St. Tory Cowles' "Azure" infuses a lovely vibrance to the cityscape, particularly on drab rainy days!
Design Vibez: Notice how "Prism" (by Anne Marchand) plays off of "Radiance" (by Valerie Theberge)? Both sides of this 18th Street S thoroughway maximise upon the concept (and actual presence/absence) of light.
Design Vibez: Bold. Rhythmic. Playful. Connected. This CRYSTALart Art Wall exhibiting Susan Finsen's "Engage" is a perfect introduction to Crystal City, greeting you as you exit onto 18th Street S.
Design Vibez: Take a break from the CRYSTALart Trail; have some Peel & Eat Shrimp off the HH menu. Delish! Then walk over to 18th St S to search for Steed Taylor's "Labor Line" Road Tattoo. Fading... see it yet?
Design Vibez: Anne Marchand's been commissioned for two Art Walls; "Ellipsis" is on Hyatt Regency's Clark St side. Where's the other? Under an overpass.
Design Vibez: The Crystal Drive façade is the southernmost Art Wall, showcasing Michele de la Menardiere's "Emerge." Of the 19 panels, DV might be akin to "Pretty Little Insomniac;" which resonates most with you?