Monday, February 17, 2003
Traffic Light Tree
Traffic Light Tree by Pierre Vivant, 1998
Poplar
Limehouse
Tower Hamlets
London, January 2002
“Traffic Light Tree is a public sculpture in Poplar, London, England, created by the French sculptor Pierre Vivant following a competition run by the Public Art Commissions Agency for the London Docklands Development Corporation under their Public Art programme. Originally situated on a roundabout in Limehouse, near Canary Wharf and Millwall, at the junction of Heron Quay, Marsh Wall and Westferry Road, it is now located on a different roundabout near Billingsgate Market in Poplar. Eight metres tall and containing 75 sets of lights, each controlled by computer, the sculpture was described by Vivant thus:” (Traffic Light Tree, Wikipedia)
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