www.boiseartsandhistory.org Contents

Preface 1 Thematic Principles 8-21

Overview of Area 2-5 Opportunities 22-31

Neighborhood Voice 6-7 Selected Sources 32-35

A Cultural Arts Plan for Boise’s 30th Street Neighborhood by Stephanie Inman, A BOISE CITY PERCENT-FOR-ART PROJECT, November 2012. SPECIAL THANKS to two people who were immensely helpful with this document. Karen Bubb, thank you for your creative mind, knowledge about public art, and your vision. You can take any problem and turn it into an opportunity. And Kathleen Lacey, one of the most patient and positive people I’ve ever worked with, thank you for your wisdom, grace and respectful guidance. Boise City is so lucky to have you both on staff.

Thank you to the neighborhood committee members who provided feedback on surveys, attended meetings, and gave input on everything from street naming to brainstorming public art opportunities. Your passion for your neighborhood and its future is truly inspiring. Thank you. www.boiseartsandhistory.org THE INTENTION OF THIS CULTURAL ARTS PLAN FOR THE 30TH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD is to identify the potential for art in the area and reveal the neighborhood’s unique character.

Putting this document together has been a dream job for me. Talking to residents and organizations, gathering imagery, brainstorming ways to engage the neighborhood, and putting together a wish list of art projects – it was messy and time consuming, and I loved every minute of it.

I feel so fortunate to live in a city that values public art and invests in its identity and future. I am grateful to play a part in it.

There is a diversity and creative energy in the 30th Street neighborhood, alive with history and possibilities and on the cusp of great change. Whitewater Park Boulevard will be completed in 2014, the first phase of the Boise River Park has been constructed, and Boise’s largest park, Esther Simplot Park, is scheduled for development in 2013. The neighborhood has historically housed an eclectic mix of architecture and residents, which is now becoming even more culturally diverse with an influx of varied refugee populations.

The residents I worked with volunteered hours of their time and truly inspired me with their passion and involvement. I believe their grassroots efforts will help shape and connect their community. The neighborhood subcommittee (made of neighborhood representatives and city staff) came up with image branding (see page 6) that distinguishes this neighborhood as one ready to celebrate its own unique diversity within the city of Boise. Strong working class images with a simple and unpolished – yet bold – graphic style, inspired by WPA posters from the 30s and 40s, define the neighborhood voice. This work served as the base for expanding the document.

Inside you’ll find 8 different thematic principals identified for artists to respond to, ending with a “dream list” of 15 public art projects designed to connect and celebrate the 30th Street Area.

It is my goal that this document serves as a source book and road map for artists, and anyone involved in the future of this eclectic, diverse, and energetic neighborhood.

Stephanie Inman November 2012 What is Public Art? Public art describes “Semurg” Bird of Happiness artworks placed in public Jordan Street Gardens in Bronze by Yakov Shapiro Facebook page photo Tashkent Park, Seattle spaces and places where people go as part of their daily life. Where is the 30th Street Benefits of Public Art Neighborhood in Boise? Exposure to the arts helps The 30th Street Neighborhood is expand our thinking and defined by the new 30th Street Extension programmed for encourages dialogue construction in January of 2013. This and creativity. Beyond roadway will be a major gateway its enriching personal from State Street to Fairview Avenue. This Cultural Arts Plan considers the benefits, public art helps surrounding neighborhood as shown define a community’s within the orange dotted line (at identity and reveal the right). The new road will be named unique character of Whitewater Park Boulevard with 4 lanes and median landscaping, a neighborhoods. Public art 2-lane roundabout, and bike lanes BOISE’S FIRST helps green spaces flourish, both directions. The boulevard will enhances roadsides, relieve 27th Street, which was not designed to handle the traffic load it Neighborhood Cultural Arts Plan pedestrian corridors, carries currently. 27th Street will be gateways, and community striped as a 2-lane roadway with bike parks. A beautiful way to lanes and a center turn lane, creating This Neighborhood Cultural Arts Plan for the 30th Street Area put it: a city with public art a more close-knit neighborhood feel. identifies specific opportunities for public art to contribute to the is a city that thinks, feels vibrant character of the area. and grows.

The changes occurring in the 30th Street Public Art contributes to Boise’s unique sense of Who is this plan for Neighborhood will have a transforming place and engages residents in the design of our and who will use it? impact, creating new patterns of activity and built environment. This document imagines the opportunities for community reinvestment. ways public art can be incorporated into the thread Artists Whitewater Park Boulevard (or “The 30th Street of this urban neighborhood poised for growth. Developers Extension”) itself will be a new public space – Community groups for cyclists, pedestrians and vehicles and as a The goal of this document is to identify the potential Park planners gateway to Esther Simplot Park. for art in the area and reveal the unique character Capital City Development Corp. of the neighborhood. Boise City Dept. of Arts & History

The 30th Street Neighborhood is defined in this 2 aerial view of Boise What do you feel is unique about the area surrounding the present 30th Street? What are you most proud of? UNIQUE & ECLECTIC IN BOISE: Key: “The neighborhood has easy access to downtown and the 30th Street foothills, immediate access Neighborhood The 30th Street Neighborhood to the river, and, unlike other neighborhoods with similar Boise characteristics, it’s extremely Culturally diverse and distinctive, the 30th Street Neighborhood diverse. There is a very strong embraces a variety of people, architecture, and worship centers international presence, which is Garden pretty unique in Boise. There is City like no other neighborhood in Boise. also a strong element of economic diversity.” MULTICULTURAL The 30th Street Area may HISTORY Historian Tully Gerlach has raised appear “undefined”; yet when looking into this area historical interest in the area with his writings and “The undeveloped “cement ponds” in depth, it is incredibly distinctive. Culturally diverse, popularized the term “West End”. West End is a are the most unique aspect of the the area is unique to Boise’s generally homogenous historical term that defines the area in relation to the area because it is a wetlands area, neighborhoods with a variety of people, architecture, North End which was developed at the same time where you can find eagle, beaver, and worship centers. The area is home to varied in the early 20th century. The West End is distinct several types of fish in ponds (perch, trout, bass, bluegills, etc), The 30th Street refugee populations, supports a bilingual program at from the North End – old advertisements claimed turtles, wild turkeys, and even Neighborhood is defined Whittier Elementary while Jewish, Islamic, Russian, less regulation in the West End and larger building by physical features – Greek, Christian, Catholic, Basque, and Spanish lots, plus a more affordable area in general. This led though people are supposed to Whitewater Park Boulevard, influences differentiate the area. It is a true multi- to an “architectural mash-up” of eclectic architecture have their dogs on leash, the the Boise River, the greenbelt cultural area in Boise. and residents. It still maintains that unpolished, no space is still wild enough to allow dogs to run and play.” and surrounding parks, frills, individualistic air. The area is historically diverse Esther Simplot Park and the LOCATION & CHANGE Its location is unique commercially as well. It was previously home to a Boise River Park. “I am most proud of our ability to as well, next to the river and close to downtown. This gravel quarry and lumber mill and was farmed by connect to diverse neighbors.” location south of the North End has some referring settling families like Hester & Frank Davis. Fairview to it as the “SONO neighborhood”. Two parks are in Park was the original site for the county fair. A “It is a very vibrant working class development: Esther Simplot Park and phase two streetcar transported residents downtown and to area. Kids from different cultures of Boise River Park. The area will be an important other sections of Boise. mingle together and play, so it has gateway/connection to downtown with Whitewater this very lively, active feel to it.” Park Boulevard, these parks, potential commercial Find out more about the area’s history on page 16. Locator Map areas, and affordable housing. The 30th Street Neighborhood 5 COMMUNITY BRANDING: The Voice of the Neighborhood “Our neighborhood has a very diverse population, How is this neighborhood mixed income, race, and education. It identifies different from Boise’s North End? with the working class.” – 30TH STREET RESIDENT “I bought in the area because I appreciate the uniqueness it offers. Veteran’s Park is more affordable, less The 30th Street Neighborhood’s brand tone (voice) is the pretentious, and more diverse.” personality expressed through visual art, as shown in the image board at left. “One Word – DIVERSITY” Tone + Typography By celebrating what • The voice should convey: “Our area is more working class, with is unique about the Honesty & simplicity more lower income people, for one area, we can create a Individualism thing. The North and East Ends are less more successful ‘voice’ Diverse and eclectic style affordable and more gentrified. However, (or brand), reinforce the pride the residents A non-‘developer-type cookie cutter’ approach the 30th Street area is more diverse, already feel, and give a Utilitarian appeal that is still beautiful and it does have the river and parklands sense of empowerment No frills, not fancy but more rooted / authentic nearby, which are its key feature. in developing a road Purposefully unpolished map for future projects After the park and parkway to complement this • The area has a more “working class flavor” than the are finished, how would you neighborhood identity. “white collar” North End nearby. like people to describe this In addition to public art neighborhood? installations, this sense of Suggested Imagery: identity can flow through to other area projects, • Strong images of the WPA posters from the 1930/40s • Active • Connected like the identification • Working class images with a strong, graphic style • Friendly • Diverse of the historic walking • Clean graphics that are slightly imperfect • Bicycle Friendly • Safer trail, commercial district • An emphasis on solid, strong craftsmanship showing a • Vibrant • Socially Aware branding, and park way- handcrafted touch • Refreshing • Healthy finding for example. • Graphic elements and public art using recycled • Individualistic elements, a variety of materials, and local resources would be favored “The cool, diverse neighborhood on the • Look for inspiration from the san serif typefaces of the river and greenbelt.” 1930/40s

7 Decorative bike racks by Lane Community College art instructor Mural combining cycling imagery Tweedsmuir Elementary Lee Imonen’s students and national railroad history Early resting point along School outdoor mural Fish Skeleton Bike Rack Eugene, Oregon Vancouver, B.C. Boise River greenbelt New Westminister, B.C. Reno, Nevada

TOOLS FOR ARTISTS: Identified Principles: Thematic Principles for Public Art Artwork for the 30th Street Area can respond to a variety of 1 Healthy Lifestyle different thematic principles, or any combination of them.

2 EIGHT THEMATIC PRINCIPLES IDENTIFIED IN COLLABORATION WITH A Water NEIGHBORHOOD SUBCOMMITTEE ARE EXPANDED UPON IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Public artists should consider a variety of materials to celebrate the diversity 3 Multicultural of residents, and insist on sensitivity to various cultures and people. Public art projects in the 30th Street Neighborhood should grow thoughtfully and organically and involve input from local residents. In addition, an artist should consider a 4 Nature variety of points: THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: BE MINDFUL OF PARTICIPATION AND SCALE IN ARTWORK 5 • Who is the intended audience? How do pedestrian, bike and vehicle experiences Street Art Historical differ when traveling from the park, greenbelt, or downtown? New York, NY 1 • Will the artwork be viewed from a distance, up close, climbed on by children, and Healthy, Active Lifestyle AREA ACTIVITIES: viewed from different angles and directions? 6 Community Connections connect Strengthen neighborhood connections by encouraging movement. • Running CELEBRATE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES • Walking • Sometimes art is best experienced as a shock to the system, and other times as a Little ‘moments’ along a path, be it a whimsical fish-shaped 7 WELL BEING We know of the significant benefits from Sustainability more subtle hint at what’s to come. physical activity. In addition to controlling weight and high blood bench, an outdoor chess table, or a bike obstacle course make an • Biking / Commuting • Artists should consider texture variation, color, scent, vibration, sound, lighting, Example of Jewish everyday walk or bike ride a little more special, and a trip you’d paper-cutting pressure, physical exercise can also elevate the mood and reduce • Rafting plantings, graphics, streetscapes, interactive experiences, and optical illusions in tradition symptoms of depression and anxiety. Outdoor experiences like want to repeat. Perhaps it’s a scavenger hunt for art where kids have to find 8 bronze insects hidden around the neighborhood. 8 their design. fishing, paddling, and walking affect our physical and emotional • Paddling / Paddle Parks well-being. Boarding INCORPORATE FUNCTIONAL ART DESIGN FOR PEOPLE, NOT CARS Heightened • Seating, resting areas, bike racks, way-finding and signage, artwork integrated in Today’s youth are not playing outdoors the way their parents experience through art is one way to foster an active, healthy • Kayaking picnic areas, kayak racks, sundial applications, recycling stations, mileage markers, once did. A recent survey found that young people between the lifestyle. Maybe it’s an interactive musical sculpture that is These 8 principles have triggered by bike movement or an activity led by Boise Fish • Swimming been identified to assist drinking fountains – these are all examples of functional public art. ages of 8-18 spend more than 7½ hours a day on smart phones, artists and designers computers, and watching television. That’s 53 hours a week! & Game Department volunteers doing “kick samples” in the in finding inspiration river to discover what aquatic insects live there. Projects with • Fishing NEIGHBORHOOD VOICE when creating public Street Art How can we get kids outside? How can we encourage the arts community could focus on sustainability efforts while • Bird Watching art for the area. Mix • Public spaces, community centers, and other artwork inside the parks and New York, NY being active. These are just a few ideas to encourage healthy and match, swirl and neighborhood all have opportunities to reflect the voice of the neighborhood movement? combine these themes transportation, healthy people and a healthy planet. • Dog Walking (private donor recognition pieces in the Boise River Park and educational to your heart’s content. WALKING TRAILS Nature trails and the greenbelt provide a historical signage, for example). place for people to experience a sense of community and create NOT JUST A BOULEVARD Whitewater Park Boulevard stronger neighborhood ties. should not be viewed as just a transportation corridor, but as a way to link people and places with art encouraging an active lifestyle. 8 9 This colorful and informative work shows the past and current flows of The braided shape path was Artistic doggy waste Largest green wall in North the Mississippi. Mississippi Meander once common to the Boise River, bag dispenser, America at public library, Salmon Waves by Paul Sorey, THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: Belt by Harold N. Fisk, 1944. channelized in the mid 1900s. Salt Lake City, Utah outside Vancouver, BC Hiram Chittenden Locks, Seattle 2 Water educate What we do on land affects the water quality for all communities living downstream from us. THE BOISE RIVER The Boise River is sediment, pesticides, bacteria and nutrients architects for Esther Simplot Park are planning a 102 mile tributary of the Snake River that (nitrogen and phosphorus) that have polluted pond depths to limit algae growth and suggesting originates in the Sawtooth Wilderness area. It ground and surface waters. These excess nutrients plantings along the ponds that deter geese. They provides agricultural irrigation, hydroelectricity, degrade ground and surface water quality in the are also designing bioswales at the park edge drinking water, wildlife habitat, and recreation watershed and in downstream waters. to filter water before it reaches the recreational opportunities to Boise and the Treasure Valley. ponds. Riverbanks at the Boise River Park, Unfortunately, our everyday actions pollute the formerly littered with blocks of concrete and DUMPING GROUND TURNED Boise River and groundwater through stormwater rebar, have been cleaned up. This has successfully runoff. Stormwater is water from rain or melting revitalized an area that has been neglected in BLUEWAY From Boise’s founding until late in recent years. the 20th century, the Boise River was viewed and snow that does not immediately soak into the used as an industrial waste and sewage removal ground. Instead, stormwater flows across hard system. By 1912, two slaughterhouses operated surfaces such as parking lots, streets, lawns and Water Usage RIVER CARE TIPS: Aquaduct – Pipe or conduit made to convey water excludes water containing human waste, on the riverbank in the 30th Street area, and until roofs and picks up pesticides, fertilizers, sediment, We are putting great stress on the natural from a source which can be recycled on-site for uses such as pet waste, cigarette butts, litter, oil and other landscaping the late 1980s, gravel quarries and later a cement water resources. Through public art there is • Use water-wise landscaping – Bed Material – Sediment mixture of which a plant – with the resulting noise, pollution and pollutants. Many people believe that these an opportunity to educate the public about don’t plant water-needy seed streambed, lake, pond, reservoir, or estuary Groundwater – Subsurface water and traffic – operated near present day pollutants are cleaned at a water treatment plant. water use and water issues using the themes like bluegrass, and consider bottom is composed underground streams that can be collected with In fact, they are not. The stormwater that flows of sustainability, conservation, and water incorporating gravel, benches, and wells, or flow naturally to the earth’s surface Quinn’s pond. Goodman Oil also had Bioswale – Landscape elements (gently sloped though springs many storage tanks along the river. into our storm drains goes directly to the Boise management in the high desert environment. rocks in your landscaping. sides filled with vegetation, compost and/or River, untreated or into our ground water. These • Shorten your shower. riprap) designed to remove silt and pollution from Pollutant – (1) Something that pollutes, especially materials can damage water quality and affect Conserving Water surface runoff water a waste material that contaminates air, soil, In the mid 1960s, efforts formed fish, wildlife, and recreational opportunities. • Fix your leaky faucet. or water. (2) Any solute or cause of change in supporting the Boise River Greenbelt. The average household uses about 150,000 Channelization – Process of changing and physical properties that renders water unfit for a With a comprehensive plan for gallons of water per year. Boiseans’ water straightening the natural path of a waterway given use Top Pollutants • Pick up after your dog and properly the Boise Greenbelt along with use quadruples during the summer months. dispose of the waste in the trash. Diversion – Transfer of water from a stream, lake, Restoration – The renewing or repairing of a community grassroot efforts and The top 4 pollutants that limit the quality of water Decreasing use at home can help protect river aquifer, or other source of water by canal, pipe, natural system so that its functions and qualities in the Lower Boise Watershed are: health, which depends on adequate flows, • Limit pesticide and fertilizer use. well, or other conduit to another watercourse or are comparable to its original, unaltered state passage of the Clean Water Act in to the land (as in the case of an irrigation system) 1972, the Boise River was cleaned up especially during the winter and spring seasons. • Don’t pour old pesticides or Riparian Zone – Transitional areas between to become the civic and environmental amenity • Nutrients fertilizers down the drain – take Diversion Dam – A fixed dam built to divert wetland and upland water from a waterway or stream into a different we celebrate today. This “ribbon of green” has • Bacteria CULTURAL VALUES OF WATER Water them to a household hazardous watercourse Storm Water – Water from rain or melting snow helped prevent building within 75 feet of the river, • Sediment is a resource many take for granted. If you asked waste collection site. that does not immediately soak into the ground provided a public gathering place for outdoor • Temperature people from different cultures around the world, Erosion – Wearing away of rock or soil by the recreation and wildlife viewing in an urban • Compost yard waste. gradual detachment of soil or rock fragments by Turbid – Having sediment or foreign particles “What does water mean to you?” answers would water, wind, ice, and other mechanical, chemical, stirred up or suspended; muddy setting, and improved water quality. be highly varied. • Don’t litter – it accounts for the or biological forces Waterfowl waste and pet waste are two sources majority of debris in our storm Watershed – An area of land that drains all the for bacteria in the Boise River. Erosion contributes drain (which drains to the river). Floodplain – Land that gets covered with water as streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as Today, naturally reproducing trout populations to high levels of turbidity and excess phosphorus Water sustains us physically and, for many, a result of the flooding of a nearby stream, or level the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any and over 100,000 summer floats occur in the causes algae growth that robs the water of oxygen spiritually and culturally as well. It has been used • Wash your car on the lawn or at lowland bordering a stream or river onto which point along a stream channel the flow spreads at flood stage urban section of the river. Yet major challenges during its decay. Additional pollutants found in the as a wellspring for healing, spiritual practices, a car wash to prevent dirt & oil Wetland – Land area that is saturated with water, remain for both water quality and use as the Boise River are called ‘emerging contaminants’ religious rituals, cleansing, and gathering. from entering the storm drain (car terms Floodplain (100 year) – Area adjacent to a stream either permanently or seasonally, such that it result of urban growth and agricultural activities. (like pharmaceuticals and personal care products) washes dispose of soapy water in a that is, on average, inundated once a century takes on characteristics that distinguish it as a distinct ecosystem that don’t break down, and treatment facilities Of all our needs, water is the single most sanitary sewer). to know Flow – The amount of water passing a particular WATER QUALITY Water quality has been can’t get rid of entirely. important. It is a life essential resource. point in a stream or river, usually expressed in Weir – Barrier across a river designed to alter affected by population growth and development KNOW YOUR cubic-feet per second (cfs) the flow characteristics (In Esther Simplot Park, by wastewater and stormwater discharges. weirs are planned to take the form of a barrier, FOCUS ON THE FUTURE Designers of Water is an intricate part of the landscape WATER WORDS Gray Water – Wastewater from a household or not unlike a dam, but allow water to flow over Rural areas can also contribute to water quality the area’s local parks are working to make water that holds vast social, cultural, and economic small commercial establishment that specifically the top) problems. Agricultural operations generate 10 quality a priority in their design. Landscape importance; its value is intangible. 11 Ethnic food preparation (This example Russian Food Festival, is several Ethiopian dishes over Injera, a Entry mural at Boise’s Bosnian Wood Nek Chand’s Rock Garden St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church spongy and very tasty flatbread made with Whittier Elementary School Sculpture Chandigarh, India 827 N. 29th Street, Boise the grain teff). Photo courtesy of Guy Hand

THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: 3 Multicultural Area celebrate Unique to Boise’s generally homogenous population, this neighborhood is diverse with an eclectic variety of architecture, people, and worship centers.

ARCHITECTURE You’ll find architectural variety in Church there are several commissioned art pieces (note the the area. The Greek and Byzantine architecture of Saints triptic behind the pulpit – The Adoration of the Christ Child Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, the 50’s by Tom Browning – and the carved grand entrance doors). style of the First Congregational United Church of Christ, and the Bungalow residential style of the Pleasanton ETHNICITY Russian, Greek, Basque, Mexican Addition exemplify the different architectural styles in the and Spanish influences differentiate the area. The area. Less restrained than the typically architecturally- neighborhood is also home to varied refugee populations designed homes of the North End, some buildings in the from Africa, East Asia, and Central Europe. The Davis 30th Street Area present a variety of styles in one building, Street Apartments house several refugee families and or an “architectural mash-up”. the “Catch Them While They’re Young” program, which provides supervised after school activities for children in WORSHIP CENTERS The area used to be home to kindergarten through 6th grade living there. The Jordan a Jewish synagogue, and Christian, Islamic, and Catholic Street Garden is an urban refugee community garden. Find religious influences are still strong in the area. Many out more in “Community Connections” on page 18. worship centers host annual local festivals, like the Greek Food Festival. There are beautiful paintings of holy-icons EDUCATION One of Boise’s two bilingual programs is at St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church by Deacon located at Whittier Elementary. The school’s playground borders Whitewater Park Boulevard. Matthew D. Garrett of Boise. Inside St. Mary’s Catholic Cultural Organizations Locator Map 12 Schools, religious institutions, and cultural gathering places in the the 30th Street Neighborhood 13 Stone Totem Fountain Shattered Sphere by Dumbarton Oaks Garden by Louis Pomerantz, Metal fish by Detail wing illustration Brent Comber by Beatrix Ferrand Bluegill illustration, Massachusetts Steve Shelby, Indiana of the Green Lacewing Vancouver B.C. Washington D.C. U.S. Forest Service

HaBATaT, a steel bat sculpture modeled after origami with a multi- chambered bat roost by Mark Baltes, Boise

reconnect So many children rely on indoor activities such as video games, television and the internet for their entertainment. By stimulating children’s and adults’ sense of outdoor adventure with public art, there is an opportunity to create awareness and encourage reconnection with the natural world. One way to do this is to celebrate the flora and fauna of the area. A brief list of selected examples is below.*

THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: MAMMALS, REPTILES & You’ll also see ladybird beetles, preying mantids, elder, silver maple, catalpa, green ash AMPHIBIANS, OH MY Various species green lacewings, and earwigs. and Oregon grape are examples of gather near water. You might find mammals like introduced trees and shrubs. 4 beaver, mule deer, mink, coyote, red fox, raccoon, BIRDS The area is great for bird watching. Look Nature striped skunk, mountain cottontail, northern pocket for the Canada goose, wood duck, mallard, spotted Grasses include native needlegrass, gopher, ground squirrel, muskrat, deer mouse, sandpiper, osprey, bald eagle, great horned owl, squirreltail, and common rush. Home to a variety of wildlife and native porcupine, montane vole, water shrew. Native bats American kestrel, American robin, western tanager, Introduced examples are stinkgrass, include hoary bat, little brown bat & big brown bat, yellow warbler, Bullock’s oriole, black-chinned cheatgrass, Kentucky bluegrasss and plants, the Boise River, and the ponds of Yuma myotis and pallid bat. hummingbird, northern flicker, downy woodpecker, cereal rye. Veterans Memorial Park and Bernadine belted kingfisher, American crow, house wren, Quinn Park, there are many reasons to Native reptiles lurk nearby – the common garter white-crowned sparrow, dark-eyed junco, Lazuli Forbs (flowering plants) in the area snake, gopher snake, western rattlesnake, western bunting – the list goes on and on.* are common yarrow, dogbane, EDUCATIONAL ART wild tarragon, autumn willowherb, Be it artwork in the ground or incorporated into respond to nature with public art in this skink, sagebrush lizard, and painted turtle. Native FISH In the Boise River you’ll find native fish scouringrush horsetail, curlycup a bench or signage, demonstrating the stages neighborhood. amphibians include the Boreal chorus frog, Pacific of a mayfly could be an interesting way to tie in chorus frog, western toad, Woodhouse’s toad, and like mountain whitefish, sculpin, redband trout, gumweed, common sunflower, goldenrod and educational art in the area. Unliked butterflies longtoed salamander, among others. chiselmouth (and sucker fish and introduced fish broadleaf cattail and various introduced forbs that have four stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult), Responding to nature can be thought like brown trout and stocked fish like steelhead). like Russian thisle, tall tumblemustard, common mayflies go through three stages (egg, nymph, INSECTS A variety of aquatic insects call the area Look for perch, bass, and bluegills in warm water dandelion and common mullein. You could also find adult) known as incomplete metamorphosis. Fly of at different scales – from the Boise home; mayflies, dragonflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, like Quinn’s Pond and in the future ponds at Esther the wild cucumber vine. fishermen think of mayfly with four life cycles – River in relation to its mountain source, backswimmers, mosquitos, and midges. Simplot Park. nymph, emerger, dun, and spinner. Successful fly *A detailed list of native & introduced mammals, birds, plants, fisherman study what trout eat, and when. to a more individual encounter during a Native trees and shrubs to the area fishes and aquatic insects (graciously compiled by Lynn Kinter of Area terrestrial insects include various dragonflies PLANTS Idaho Fish & Game) is on file with the author and at the Boise quiet moment along the river. patrolling the landscape, stink bugs, grasshoppers, include mountain alder, water birch, red-osier Department of Arts & History, along with a list of common katydids, crickets, wasps, honeybees, ants, ground dogwood, rubber rabbitbrush, juniper, black insects of Boise courtesy of Dr. Ian Robertson of BSU. beetles, skippers, and white & sulphur butterflies. cottonwood, and willow. American sycamore, box- 14 15 THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: 5 History – Phrase coined by local historian Tully Gerlach engage Fertile farmland, sold at affordable prices, led to a diverse & eclectic neighborhood bordered by industry.

BOISE OVERVIEW Founded in 1863, Boise railroad spur line to its south were two major PROGRESSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS is located on the edge of a northern sagebrush transportation routes that suited commercial Residents took pride in their neighborhoods, desert and surrounded by foothills. The Boise development. In 1906 the Coast Lumber Co. forming neighborhood associations for River and several creeks give the city the feeling established a finished carpentry mill east of the beautification and upkeep. In 1912, the citizens of of an oasis. Early development followed a riverbank, which in 1926 served as a storage the Pleasanton Addition voted to annex themselves typical 19th century “walking city” until the site for the Idaho Transportation Department. from the city and willingly paid the tax assessments streetcar system of 1891 allowed for residential Until the 1960s, the riverbanks were outside necessary to lay sidewalks, water lines and sewer development further from the center. the city limits, freeing them from the few systems in their neighborhood. This epitomized the industrial restrictions in place. The Boise River progressive spirit of the rising and civically engaged DEVELOPMENT Just after the turn of the was used as an industrial waste and sewage- middle class of the early 20th century. century, Boise’s “West End” – a term historians removal system. Slaughterhouses and later oil use for the area south of State Street and north of tank farms and a concrete plant used the river VPNA The Veterans Park Neighborhood Fairview that includes 21st through 32nd Streets – as a dumping ground. By the 1930s, the Quinn- Association encompasses a large area from Wylie/ began to take shape. The westward development Robbins company closed the slaughterhouses and State/Taft east to State/19th/Idaho Streets. The we see between Boise, Meridian and beyond excavated the rich gravel sources for decades. original plan for Veterans Memorial began here. Affordable and efficient transit both Park encompasses its current location drove and served growth. Farmland was turned FARM FAMILIES Early settlers Frank and southwest to Main Street, along the into residential lots platted at 50’ widths and Hester Davis (brother and sister- in-law to Tom riverbank. This plan named all of the sold at comparable prices to the 25’ wide lots Davis and his wife Julia, for whom the town park adjacent neighborhoods (including the in Boise’s North and East Ends. This opened a was named) kept a large farm where they planted 30th Street Area) the Veterans Park new opportunity for people of “small means” to fruit orchards, cultivated hay and raised sheep. Neighborhood. Although Veterans live on large lots in a suburban neighborhood. Hester Davis called her house, and possibly the Memorial Park ended up being smaller Affordability and less regulation in general led to surrounding farm, “Pleasanton”. The home still than originally planned, the name for architectural diversity. stands today, located at 25th and State Streets. In the surrounding neighborhoods stuck, and the 1908 Hester (then widowed) subdivided her land neighborhood association (VPNA) was officially INDUSTRY Unlike today, back in the early into the Pleasanton Addition. incorporated in 1991. Though many residents 1900s the lands near the Boise River were valued passionately identify their area as the Veterans Park for their industrial uses more than for their The Davis family’s neighbors to the northwest Neighborhood, the name is actually based on an natural beauty. Early residential area development were Norman S. and Elizabeth Hummel, also unfulfilled plan and is not accurate geographically was not at risk for regular flooding (despite successful farmers who grew apples, prunes, or historically. being in the Broadway Terrace floodplain), and wheat and alfalfa. Later widowed, Elizabeth had fertile soil from natural gravel deposits. Yet Hummel sold the property in 1910. Today the There is an opportunity to distinctly identify the despite the rural aspect and this easily developed Idaho Transportation Department campus 30th Street area whether it be the historical term, land, the presence of industry undermined the occupies almost the entire “Hubbell Home “The West End”, or another name that grows suburban character. The Boise River and the main Addition”. organically from the residents. 16 17 Tap Root, a reclaimed object sculpture by Tiny Deer Roam Wind-Powered LED Flower Light, Halton, United Dandelions by Roadsworth Benjamin Lavender. the Streets in Alex Kingdom. As wind blows at speeds above 5 miles an parking lot Photo by James Halfacre Callender’s Public hour, three wind turbines attached to the flower’s stem Montreal, Quebec, Canada reprinted with permission Exhibit, New York City collect energy and power LEDs beneath the petals.

COMMUNITY FOCUS: Jordan Street Garden www.facebook.com/jordanstreetgarden The Jordan Street Garden was founded Community in 2009 by members of the VPNA Gardens photo where a privately-owned, vacant lot courtesy of was converted into a community Guy Hand garden. THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: It’s located at 30th and Jordan, near the Davis Park apartments where many refugees live. The garden serves 15 families including African, Eastern Community European, Bhutanese, and Syrian 6 THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: families, and has a children’s garden, too. This garden serves many moms Connections and kids, who are able to walk to the garden from home. Environmental Education The garden serves as a gathering place cooperate Encourage residents to connect with each other through the in the neighborhood and a community 7 asset. The Jordan Street Garden is a community garden, art along trails, volunteering, and cooperative temporary art. Global Garden, a program of the Idaho & Sustainability Office for Refugees. There are eight POROUS PARKWAY Think of Whitewater TRAILS AS CONNECTIONS Gathering Global Gardens in Boise, Eagle, and Park Boulevard as a porous ribbon, not a barrier. Star which provide garden or farm places, viewing places, resting places, plazas, An awareness of the environment through art can help conserve and protect our resources. space for around 100 refugee families Try to connect people and place with art on quiet gardens, references to Garden City’s protect as well as training in horticultural either side of the boulevard. Integrating art from Chinese Gardens beyond the river, and places production and marketing. the 30th Street neighborhood to the new parks, to purchase produce from the Jordan Street ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP • Clean air • Native plant gardens river and beyond is a great way to strengthen • Climate change • Education/sustainability There are many opportunities Garden – there are many opportunities to create Artwork that respects the environment is not and connect the community. a stronger sense of connection throughout just an object plopped down in the landscape. • Pests and pesticides • Recycled materials from construction for artistic involvement with this • Recycling and reuse • River cleanup Produce community garden: the neighborhood. The Historical Interpretive Art can connect people to the landscape from The COMMUNITY CENTER The Davis Park Walking Trail is one great example in the works. and engage them in something bigger than • Minimizing erosion and runoff • Storm water drainage Jordan Street • Artistic topped rain barrels Apartments After School Center (located at 970 themselves. • Reducing water usage • Wildlife education & conservation Gardens • Map mural on the shed wall • Capturing rainwater • Wetlands (perhaps of where people that N. 29th St, #B05) started in September 1994. It VPNA The Veterans Park Neighborhood work in the garden originate) hosts the “Catch Them While They’re Young” Association (VPNA) is an active organization AWARENESS & SENSITIVITY • Waste • Flood cycles • Canopy for shade, spot to rest program, providing supervised after school formed to preserve and enhance the quality of Consider our regional ecology, “high desert • Using materials recycled from the site • Temperature in relation to flooding • CSA pickup activities for children in kindergarten through life in the Veterans Park area. Find out more at meets foothills,” and what ways we can • Green building • Monitoring water height • Picnic table / bench • Porous pathways • Think local and contextualize (local artists, • Visual markers 6th grade who live in Davis Park Apartments. vpnaboise.org. celebrate and protect our environment. • Bike rack Boise Parks & Recreation staff members focus • Sunshades local materials) • Piece to prevent people from on social skills, life skills, arts and crafts, and self ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A few topics for inspiration: • Response to time, weather and movement • Healthy transportation (biking, carpooling, driving into the garden (an artistic esteem. Positive reinforcement is emphasized • Sundials walking) means cleaner air, and lower heavy bollard for example) • Sense of place education demand for natural resources and energy • Arts & education opportunities for with all activities. Homework and tutoring are There are opportunities to establish new • Watershed education children that are on-going always a priority. The goal of the afterschool relationships between different parts of the • Protecting drinking water • Water quality program is to provide children with activities neighborhood and create new patterns of • Native plants • Wildlife habitat Engage residents and participants in the and positive role models so that healthy activity and spots for community reinvestment. • Charting the Boise River future of their environment. behavior becomes a habit. 18 19 Esther Simplot Park Veterans Memorial State Park A 79 acre special-use park, Veterans Memorial This 55 acre “water park” is devoted to a sense of adventure. State Park is for the benefit of the people of the State of Idaho, Idaho’s Veterans, and the general Esther Simplot Park is an undeveloped 55-acre park that will feature natural areas, expanded ponds, public. There are several memorials throughout and a meandering stream. Natural and paved pathways weave through grassy areas, across bridges the park, and pathways and the greenbelt and around islands and picnic shelters. A water quality area along Whitewater Park Boulevard allows connect it to the neighborhood. for sediments to settle and filters water before it reaches the ponds.

This park is unique in its design as a natural “water park” with 17 acres of ponds and 8.9 acres of riparian natural areas. It borders the Boise River Greenbelt and will connect to Bernardine Quinn pond via a wier despite a 3’ difference in elevation. The ponds will provide access Boise River Greenbelt for swimming, paddling and small boating. There will be docks, overlooks, viewing The greenbelt links over 850 acres of parks and platforms, picnic groves, terraces, boardwalks, a beach area, shelters, nature trails natural areas along the Boise River, including a and parking. 22.5-mile long bicycle and pedestrian path. It is a main access point for Boise River Park, Esther There will be limited amounts of lawn area and the newly formed ponds Simplot Park and Bernardine Quinn Riverside will be approximately 12’ deep. Plantings are planned close to the Park. A pedestrian bridge provides easy access pond edges to enhance water quality, and to eliminate the pesky to Garden City. The greenbelt is open year-round “geese problem” found in many parks. A natural adventure play LOTS TO DO In addition to all the water and is great for wildlife viewing. THEMATIC PRINCIPLE: area is planned for kids. The vision for the park is one of “surprise sports this park brings – swimming, paddling, kayaking, fishing, scuba diving training – there and delight”. will also be nature trails, sites for festivals, and viewing platforms for triathlons and outdoor This project is scheduled to be completed in 2014. events. There will also be “moments” for 8 birdwatching, resting points, picnicing groves Bernardine Quinn Riverside Park and play areas for children. Parks This park is an undeveloped park dominated by a 22-acre pond. Adjacent to the Greenbelt, the park is currently enjoyed by residents, and unite Boise’s park system is a favorite practice site for triathletes with its often referred to as the ribbon of warm waters. A waterway is planned to connect the Bernardine Quinn pond and the two ponds jewels. The Boise River Greenbelt Boise River Park in Esther Simplot Park. This waterway will provides the uniting ribbon that PARK + PLAY Over 12 years in the works, this park reclaims a former industrial area to create a vibrant and multi-use hub of activity. improve water quality and wildlife habitat, A “park and play” spot as well as provide flat water recreation links these jewels honoring some is a location easily accessible and attractive to opportunities, such as canoeing and kayaking. of Boise’s patron ladies. paddlers due its hydraulic The closest whitewater used to be almost an hour’s drive Similar parks in other cities have proven popular with characteristics. Whether from Boise. Now Boise has its own river recreation park spectators as well as paddlers. Boating events such as Previously the site of the gravel operation for The 30th Street neighborhood is the lucky home it is a “hole”(standing to provide a high-quality “park and play” experience close slalom races and “rodeos” could take place in the park the Quinn Robbins construction company, land wave with recirculating to downtown, and spectators have vastly improved and near planned viewing areas. of three parks including Boise River Park and for the park was donated by the Quinn family water created by an safer vantage points. Esther Simplot Park. Existing Bernardine Quinn underwater obstruction), a in 1997. “haystack”(series of waves Special attention has been made to provide protection Riverside Park is slated for improvements as well that are generally formed The Boise River Park’s first phase was completed in 2012 of the existing banks from erosion and the integration and will connect to Esther Simplot Park’s ponds by two channels of water and replaced the Thurman Mill diversion with a structure of nature and park users with in-stream structures, converging at high velocity) with a waterway. or other hydraulic features, that includes wave shaper technology. This allows for access points and trails designed to mesh with park and play spots are modification of the size and shape of two separate waves the river and riparian zones around them. Stream Nearby Neighborhood Parks popular for practicing rolls, to varying degrees in this section of the river. Improved enhancements will also attract fish to the area. Anglers Fairview Park (2300 W. Idaho) is located just There are many opportunities for public art to self-rescue techniques, and west of downtown Boise and Elm Grove Park safety and accessibility (as compared to that typically can frequent the area both during the boating season connect the neighborhood through Boise’s parks perfecting other difficult found in natural settings) offer the opportunity to make and during the off season. (2200 W. Irene) is on the other side of State moves such as aerial tricks. the sport more family friendly. Street in the North End neighborhood. with wayfinding, cultural events, temporary artwork, education, gateways and much more.

20 Park Locator Map in the 30th Street Neighborhood OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC ART

Suggested Confluence by Amy Westover uses old pipes Locations from the waste- water treatment plant junkyard, Boise Watershed. 1 – Roundabout 2 – Whittier Elementary Wall 3 – Artist in Residence Placemaking in Portland, OR by a group called 4 – Scavenger Hunt Art Specific Public City Repair. 5 – Marker at Pleasanton & 30th Art Opportunities 6 – Bike Experience 7 – Park Wayfinding Four lanterns react to the passage A list of 15 potential projects is astarting point meant to stimulate of people with 8 – Community Gardens Identification rhythms of drums, creativity and discussion for neighborhood public art. bells, cymbals, and chimes in Patrick 9 – Temporary Public Art Zentz’s Homage This document encourages The “dream list” of projects to the Pedestrian, ENGAGEMENT REALIZATION downtown Boise. 10 – Marker at 27th & Stewart a participatory process, not just placing objects and the author’s sketches are to serve as starting in a landscape. Artists, park designers, and points for discussion. The list is in no particular 11 – Marker at 27th & Pleasanton architects are encouraged to work with the order and no funding has been specifically ear- neighborhood to reflect the cultural values, marked. 12 – Gateway at 30th & State attitudes and beliefs of the residents. FUNDING These projects could be funded by 13 – Gateway at 30th & Fairview/Main Participation and collaboration with the Boise City, public and private contributions, and OPPORTUNITIES There are opportunities to 14 – Moments (along the greenbelt residents could include artist selection, the by community initiatives. Boise has a “Percent- and in the neighborhood) gathering of materials, hands-on involvement for-Arts” ordinance, committing up to 1.4% of involve artists in the design of functional elements like creating murals and mosaics, and temporary eligible municipal capital projects for public art. 15 – Neighborhood Identity projects in construction areas and in the parks seating, mileage markers, that involve intense bursts of community CELEBRATE Reflect the neighborhood’s drinking fountains (for creation. values and unique locations and let’s put the 30th dogs too!), bike racks, Street Neighborhood “on the map” for public art! kayak racks, signage, etc.

Specific Potential Art Locations 22 The 30th Street Neighborhood 23 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC ART

Inspiration Example: Inspiration Example: Lincoln Park Wall Basque dancers in Roundabout Mural by artist Robin downtown Boise, concept sketch Brailsford and architect photo courtesy by author David Angelo Greg Stahl Los Angeles, CA

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Roundabout Art Example: Orb 1 by Brandon Zebold Roundabout Whittier Wall Artist in Residence Bend, Oregon Boise’s first Roundabout will be located Whitewater Park Boulevard will run directly Textile art, dance & puppetry workshops at Stewart & 30th, the main entrance to behind Whittier Elementary School. are just a few ideas to inspire neighborhood Esther Simplot Park. SAFETY Worries over a busy 4 lane boulevard interaction with local artists. behind an elementary school could be turned into an Engage local residents with possible opportunity to stimulate neighborhood creativity and STIMULATE FOCAL POINT As the main entrance to Boise’s workshop activities such as: largest city park, this is arguably the most important connection. location to strongly represent the neighborhood • Dance • Poetry • Sculpture Artists should consider involving ‘voice’ and set the tone for the park. COMMUNITY • Painting • Cooking • Ceramics students and residents in the design and construction • Puppetry • Mosaics • Kite making IDEA: A sculp- of this art wall to create a strong connection to the COMMUNITY This piece has a unique tural interpretation • Textiles • Sketchbook • Gem Study of a variety of giant school in the neighborhood. opportunity to set a precedent for future art in city • River Mapping metal feathers of roundabouts, and to create a bit of drama and a birds found in the Instead of a boring chain ENHANCEMENT Possible site locations include area (quail, hawk, link fence, imagine looking past the playground to COMMUNITY grander sense of entry to ESP. osprey, heron) slows local elementary schools, The First Congregational down Roundabout an exciting and colorful extension of the classroom. Church (on Pleasanton and 23rd), Whiz Kid Daycare traffic and speaks Constructing Whitewater Park Boulevard will involve SAFETY Art should be interesting enough for to the diversity of & Preschool (2999 W. Moore Street) and sites Roundabout Art Example: removing several trees. Could wall construction and Luminaria by Angel Rodríguez-Diaz vehicles to slow down, but provide visibility for residents. throughout the parks and greenbelt. The Mobile Rec a tree planting ceremony coincide? The artist should San Antonio, Texas Van (run through the Boise Parks and Rec) could also traffic in any direction. It should not be an inviting ask what is important to the school, and to the be involved. ‘play structure’ for children, or a distraction to greater community. drivers. Budget Estimate: $20,000+ Budget Estimate: $120 per day per artist Budget Estimate: $40,000 - $100,000 24 25 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC ART

Inspiration Example: Yakaya by Troy Pillow Bend, Oregon

4 5 6 7 Scavenger Hunt Marker at Bike Experience Park Wayfinding Connect the neighborhood with a fun Pleasanton & 30th Celebrate cycling with an experience Connect the neighborhood to the parks educational component for all ages. just for those on their bikes. and guide the pedestrian or kayaker to Mark the main pedestrian entrance to EDUCATE One idea: Find 10 ‘art insects’ Boise River Park. This Scavenger throughout the parks and neighborhood. With one the greenbelt, Esther Simplot Park & MOMENTS Unique experiences while biking WAYFINDING From Whitewater Park Boulevard hunt could feature large piece of paper, make keepsake rubbings from Boise River Park. along the Whitewater Park Boulevard could include wetland animals, and Pleasanton, the Boise River Park is a walk down fish, birds, even each insect found. Learn what these insects eat, how roadway texture changes, color changes, fragrant WAYFINDING This marker could hint at what is the greenbelt. Help people find their way with artful author’s discovering they live, and where they can be found in the natural plantings, even a sound garden. sketch for waterways (where landmarks, bollards, or signage. environment. coming up along the greenbelt and further down the bronze trail the braids of the markers to Boise River existed river – paddlers and kayakers. New to town? Locals TREAD ON ME Roadway texture changes REPETITION Repeat color, forms and symbols each park before it was Placing artwork inside the parks could say, “Just walk past the giant red paddle”. Or like subtle bumps mimicking fish bubbles, fossils channelized). CONNECTION in one direction of the greenbelt path (perhaps and the surrounding areas ties the neighborhood giant frog. Or tie dye heron. Or giant purple turnip. in concrete, or fallen leaves scattered by nearby of a kayak on one side, and this same long shape to the park/greenbelt/river and brings activity and Just kidding. Well, only sorta. cottonwood trees are a few thoughts of inspiration. becomes a leaf going the reverse direction) to create interest, sparking conversation about nature. REFERENCE THE PAST Garden City’s Chinden ACTIVITY Enhancing the cycling experience is a rhythm of experience and a directional pull. Artists can vary materials (brass Boulevard is just over the river. What if the marker one way to encourage residents to be active and CHANGE IT UP ECHO Consider a relationship from the Garden Consider the relief inset in a tree trunk, carved stone, glossy referenced the beautiful Chinese Gardens from the healthy and use the new bike lanes. possibility of tying City pedestrian bridge over the Boise River to the surface in concrete) and locations (sidewalks, trees, 1920s that gave Chinden Boulevard its name? in geocaching. Inspiration pedestrian crosswalk on Whitewater Park Boulevard. rocks, benches) and visibility (hidden under a bench, Example: FUNCTION Tie in bike racks and resting areas to How can art connect and bring about a conversation high in a tree you’d climb, in plain sight on pavement). SAFETY A traffic signal will be placed just for Crosswalk art public art. pedestrians, but artwork could highlight this by Cynthia Luna between the two? Educational information about each insect could be Pasadena, CA found on site, or linked from the VPNA website. pedestrian pathway in order to further slow traffic. Budget Estimate: $10,000 - $30,000 Budget Estimate: $20,000

Budget Estimate: $5,000 - $20,000 Budget Estimate: $20,000 26 27 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC ART

Inspiration Example: Quick logo Environmental art sketch from Arte Sella, by author Sella Valley, Italy.

8 9 10 11 Identify Jordan Temporary Public Marker at 27th Marker at 27th Street Garden Art Installation & Stewart & Pleasanton Celebrate this urban refugee garden Bring together the community to Signal entry to Esther Simplot Park Continue the pedestrian emphasis of Of special note is that bridges cultural barriers. create something wonderful. beyond with a transition that builds Pleasanton Street with an art celebration that the Jordan Street Garden is a ASSET A strong visual marker could formally BEAUTIFY Construction of the extension will the drama of passage. at eye level. privately owned, recognize the importance of this neighborhood asset. impact residents considerably. Consider ways to temporary garden space. Visual This could translate to a traditional logo on a sign, a enliven the construction area with art on construction POINT OF REFERENCE Maybe a rippled WALK THIS WAY A straight line to the markers should be painted mural on garden storage shed, a custom bench barriers and fences, and with temporary banners and bronze triglyph wall treatment or a bold trout trying greenbelt, Idaho River Sports, the parks and the sturdy and difficult for resting, a temporary canopy for CSA pickup, artistic colorful flags. Collective bursts of energy can turn a to remove from the to find his way to the river – mark the connection to river is a few blocks down Pleasanton Street from garden area, but toppers for rain barrels or heavy bollards to stop mundane eye sore into a visual asset. Inspiration the river beyond. 27th Street. also not permanent vehicles from driving into the garden. Example: structures. Wooden public Artists can also be involved in designing special events art installation COMMUNITY From an abandoned lot of weeds (such as ribbon cutting, ground breaking, races, by Arne Quinze COMMUNITY Hint at what’s to come with REPEAT A series of repeating elements could Brussels, begin here and appear again at Whitewater Park and trash to a beautiful garden feeding people in festivals and exhibitions). Belgium playful elements like round bulging fish eyes in the need, this garden is also a gathering place. It is within sidewalk or tadpoles that emerge into frogs the Boulevard and then again on the other side of the walking distance to the Davis Park Apartment that WORKSHOPS An artist in residence opportunity closer you get to the parks. river in Garden City. house several gardening refugee families. could be specifically to create playful temporary art installations in the parks – be it building giant twig ART ECHO This marker could echo the public art BEAUTY The rhythmic pattern could be LANDMARK A visual element for each of Boise’s forts near Quinn’s Pond or miniature fairy villages with in the roundabout with material, scale and texture. informative and beautiful. 10 community gardens could start with the Jordan children along the diversion channel in Esther Simplot Street Garden. Park, or racing leaf boat on the river. Budget Estimate: $20,000+ Budget Estimate: $20,000+ 28 Budget Estimate: $3,000 - $10,000 Budget Estimate: $120 - $3,000 29 OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC ART

Inspiration Example: Bronze leaves embedded in stamped concrete.

12 13 14 15 Gateway at WPB Gateway at WPB Moments along Strengthen Local & State Street & Fairview / Main the greenbelt & Area Identity Visually prominent landmarks make Think of this gateway treatment as Once the neighborhood is named by its memorable markers for the neighborhood. an invitation to the neighborhood. neighborhood residents, signage and art can strengthen Moments along the way, changes in that placemaking. HISTORY A unique opportunity for ECHO The gateway at State Street should also walking textures, kinetic structures or commemorating history in the neighborhood speak to the gateway at Fairview/Main. sound installations can add surprise COMMUNITY There is an opportunity to distinctly could start at State Street. One direction down and discovery. identify the 30th Street Area with its own name. It should Whitewater Park Boulevard could honor the past, GLAD YOU’RE HERE Make it welcoming grow organically from the residents. the other direction could reference the future and friendly and set the tone for the TAKE A LOAD OFF Resting spots like seating, through its art treatment. neighborhood ahead. shade and water can be incorporated “moments”. DISTRICT The name might recognize the recreational uses nearby, honor the past or be something else entirely. FUNCTION Consider incorporating a clock Budget Estimate: $20,000 SMALL SCALE A small and subtle surprise can Inspiration tower, sun dial or treatment that aligns with carry impact. Perhaps a series of pieces start with an Some name considerations: Example: The West End Sound Garden shadowlines from the sun’s angles throughout egg, nymph, mayfly – then that mayfly in a trout’s belly. by Lee Kelly the day. SONO (South of the North End) Bend, Oregon BEAUTY Scattered leaves of nearby native Multicultural District Budget Estimate: $20,000 - $60,000 cottonwood trees or other ways to celebrate little Whitewater District details all year long. River District Budget Estimate: varies Budget Estimate: varies

30 31 IMPORTANT SELECTED SOURCES & AREA AGENCIES CONTACTS FOR Agency for New Americans Boise WaterShed Idaho Office for Refugees Wenk Associates MORE INFORMATION (208) 338-0033 www.BoiseEnvironmentalEducation.org Global Gardens Landscape Architects www.anaidaho.org Cindy Busche, Environmental Education Katie Painter, Project Coordinator for Esther Simplot Park BOISE CITY Department of Arts & History Coordinator Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (303) 628-0003 150 N. Capitol Blvd. Jeff Anderson, local resident (208) 608-7300 (208) 336-4222 extension 3 William Wenk Boise City Hall, First Floor Wrote grant for historic walking path email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.boiseartsandhistory.org email: [email protected] www.idahorefugees.org Nicole Horst (208) 433-5670 Community Planning Association of email: [email protected] Karen Bubb, Public Arts Manager Barbara Perry Bauer, Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) Idaho Native Plant Society www.wenkla.com (208) 433-5677 Historian / streetcar expert 800 South Industry Way, Ste. 100, www.idahonativeplants.org email: [email protected] (208) 338-1014 Meridian 83642 Whittier Elementary email: [email protected] (208) 855-2558 Idaho River Sports Derek Gardner, principal BOISE CITY Planning and Development Services www.compassidaho.org Jo Cassin & Stan Kolby, owners (208) 854-6630 150 N. Capitol Blvd. Boise Architecture Project 3100 W. Pleasanton Avenue Beth Sanders Boise City Hall, Second Floor Douglas P. StanWiens, Educator CCDC (208) 336-4844 Volunteer Art Coordinator (208) 384-3830 (208) 869-8439 (Capital City Development Corporation) www.idahoriversports.com www.pds.cityofboise.org email: [email protected] 121 North 9th Street, Ste. 501 Kathleen Lacey, Comprehensive Planner www.boisearchitecture.org Mike Hall, Planning & Development Jordan Street Garden (208) 384-3835 Director www.facebook.com/jordanstreetgarden NOTED VENDORS email: [email protected] Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau (208) 384-4264 Shana Foster Moore (organizer) 312 South 9thStreet, Ste. 100 email: [email protected] (208) 850-7821 Mark Baltes Stephanie Inman (208) 344-7777 www.ccdcboise.com (Sign maker for Historical Interpretive Artist and author of this document Lowell Elementary Walking Trail & experienced public artist) (208) 381-0230 Boise Parks Department Department of Biological Sciences, BSU Paula Bell, principal (208) 794-0369 www.stephanieinman.com 1104 Royal Boulevard Dr. Ian Robertson (208) 854-5480 email: [email protected] (208) 384-4240 Associate Professor and Director of email: [email protected] Amy Stahl, Marketing & Communications Graduate Studies in Biology Mobile Rec Van Bryan Smith of All Natural Rock Coordinator (208) 426-2394 Rosanne Daily (Stonework for Boise River Park) VPNA (208) 608-7611 email: [email protected] (208) 869-1047 email: [email protected] (Veterans Park Neighborhood Association) email: [email protected] www.allnaturalrock.com www.vpnaboise.org www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks Downtown Business Association (DBA) McAlvain Construction email: [email protected] 720 West Idaho Street (construction contractor for Cami Ruh Clemo Board meetings are 3rd Monday of the month Better Boise Coalition (208) 385-7300 Boise River Park) (Artist interested in microorganisms) 6:30-8:00pm at Idaho River Sports www.bbcboise.com www.downtownboise.org Walter McBrier, project manager (208) 331-9539 (208) 362-2125 email: [email protected] Ada County Highway District (ACHD) Boise Friends of the Park Board Esther Simplot Park – Representatives www.mcalvain.com www.camiruhclemo.com Dyan Bevins, Project Manager (for Boise River Park) Maggie Soderberg (208) 387-6260 Beth Markley email: [email protected] Mountain States Group Toby Robin email: [email protected] (208) 484-4424 Kathy O’Neill (208) 336-5533 Partner/Creative Director at email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.mtnstatesgroup.org Neighborhood All-Stars •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Paul Collins, board member Mark Bowen (Signage design for Historical Interpretive email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Stewart’s Gem Shop Walking Trail and local resident) Updates to Whitewater Park Boulevard construction Brent Stewart (208) 830-4390 projects can be found at: Boise Housing & Community GARDEN CITY Planning and Zoning (208) 342-1151 www.neighborhoodallstars.com www.achdidaho.org/Projects Development Services www.stewartsgemshopinc.com James Birdsall, Director City Hall Whiz Kid Daycare and Preschool Updates for Esther Simplot Park and Boise River Park (208) 384-4158, ext 102 6015 Glenwood Street, Garden City Taft Elementary (available for weekend community construction projects can be found at: email: [email protected] (208) 472-2921 Dr. Susan Williamson, principal gatherings or workshops) www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks www.gardencityidaho.govoffice.com (208) 854-6180 2999 W. Moore Street Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Boise, Idaho 83702 250 S 5th St # 300 Idaho Department of Fish and Game Tully Gerlach, Historian (208) 331-5661 (208) 472-5200 600 South Walnut email: [email protected] contact: Erin Sorensen www.boisechamber.org Lynn Kinter www.preservationidaho.org/blog/t- (208) 287-2734 gerlach email: [email protected] 32 33 SELECTED AREA CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY & WEB RESOURCES

Alley Repertory Theater Boise Little Theater Celtic Festival Idaho International Film Festival Old Idaho Penitentiary Boise WaterShed Arts Plan, 2009 www.lowerboisewatershedcouncil.org 3638 Osage Street, Garden City 100 E. Fort Street 4501 W. Emerald P.O. Box 1595, Boise 83701 2445 Ole Penitentiary Road Dwaine Carver (208) 388-4278 (208) 342-5104 (208) 331-5675 (208) 331-0909 (208) 381-0958 www.mlapa.org/lincoln-park-wall-mural www.alleyrep.org www.boiselittletheater.org www.idahoscots.org/festival www.idahofilmfestival.com www.history.idaho.gov Boise’s Water, The Private Side of Public Works www.partnersforcleanwater.org Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial Boise Master Chorale Esther Simplot Performing Arts Idaho Metal Arts Guild Opera Idaho Robert T. Kent 777 S. 8th Street (208) 344-7901 516 S. 9th Street P.O. Box 5661, Boise 83705 513 S 8th Street www.parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/assets (208) 345-0304 www.boisemasterchorale.net (208) 345-9116 (208) 336-3914 (208) 345-3531 Boise’s West End, Western Suburban www.idaho-humanrights.org www.espaa.org www.idahometalartsguild.org www.operaidaho.org Development in the Progressive Era www.streamnet.org/glossarystream.html Boise Music Week Tully Gerlach Art in the Park (208) 287-2155 Foothills Learning Center Idaho Military History Museum Prairie Dog Productions www.velo-city2012blog.com 670 Julia Davis Park www.boisemusicweek.org 3188 Sunset Peak Rd 4748 Lindberg St. Blg 924 3820 Cassia Currents & Eddies, City of San Antonio Art boiseartmuseum.org (208) 514-3755 (208) 272-4841 (208) 336-7383 Master Plan (2006) www.voices.idahostatesman. [email protected] Boise Open Studio Collective Organization www.bee.cityofboise.org/Foothills www.museum.mil.idaho.gov/GowenField. www.pdplayhouse.com Lorna Jordan Studio com/2011/12/29/outdoors/river_ (208) 761-6798 html park_update_wave_shapers_being_ Ballet Idaho www.boiseopenstudios.com Fort Boise Community Center Preservation Idaho Life in Old Boise installed#storylink=cpy 501 S. 8th Street Ste A email: [email protected] 700 Robbin Road Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology P.O. Box 1495, Boise 83701 Arthur A. Hart 208-343-0556 (208) 384-4486 2455 Old Penitentiary Rd (208) 424-5111 www.vpnaboise.org www.balletidaho.org Boise Philharmonic www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks/ (208) 368-9876 www.preservationidaho.org Historic Boise 516 S 9th St Activities/FortBoiseCommunityCenter www.idahomuseum.org Arthur A. Hart www.water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/ Basque Museum & Cultural Center (208) 344-7849 Ridge to Rivers wetlands 661 Grove Street www.boisephilharmonic.org Garden City Public Library Idaho Photographic Workshop (208) 514-3756 Idaho State Historical Society. Detail Phone: 343-2671 9115 Chinden Blvd., Garden City Mountain Cove Road ridgetorivers.org from “Map of Boise City Showing House www.wpamurals.com www.basquemuseum.com Boise Public Library - Main (208) 472-2940 (208) 336-2128 Numbers, Street Railways, Additions and 715 S Capitol Blvd www.gardencity.lili.org www.idahophotographicworkshop.org Stage Coach Theatre Precincts.” (1912) Boise Art Museum (BAM) (208) 384-4076 5296 Overland Road F.W. Almond 670 S. Julia Davis Drive boisepubliclibrary.org Gene Harris Jazz Festival Idaho State Historical Museum (208) 342-2000 (208) 345-8330 1910 University Dr. 610 North Julia Davis Drive www.stagecoachtheatre.com When The River Rises, Flood Control on www.boiseartmuseum.org Boise Rock School (208) 426-3099 (208) 334-2120 the Boise River 1943-1985 3108 Bogus Basin Rd www.geneharris.org www.idahohistory.net/museum St. Luke’s Women’s Fitness Susan M. Stacy Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) (208) 830-2829 Celebration 520 S. 9th Street www.boiserockschool.com Go Listen Boise Idaho State Historical Society 608 W. Hays Street “Threshholds and Gateways.” (208) 331-9224 www.golistenboise.org (208) 334-3847 (208) 381-2221 Metropolitan Branch Trail Public Art / www.bctheater.org Boise State Art Department www.history.idaho.gov www.celebrateall.org Civic Design Sketchbook. (2004) 1910 University Drive Hyde Park Street Fair MBT authors Boise State University – Visual Arts Center (208) 426-3873 Camel’s Back Park Idaho Watercolor Society Trey McIntyre Project 1910 University Drive www.boisestate.edu/art (208) 884-7780 P.O. Box 9093 775 Fulton Street www.artinpublicplaces.org/gallery Contact: Kristen Furlong, Gallery Director email: [email protected] www.northend.org (208) 362-8503 (877) 867-2320 Phone: 426-3994 www.makart.com/iws www.treymcintyre.com www.blackeiffel.blogspot.com Email: [email protected] Boise State Department of Music Idaho Black History Museum 1910 University Drive 508 Julia Davis Drive Knock ‘Em Dead Theater TriCA www.boisewatershedexhibits.org/take- Discovery Center of Idaho (208) 426-1772 (208) 433-0017 415 E. Parkcenter Boulevard 1406 Eastman Street action/conservation-tips/ 131 Myrtle Street boisestate.edu/music www.ibhm.org (208) 385-0021 (208) 344-2220 (208) 343-9895 www.kedproductions.com www.trica.org www.boisestate.edu/research/history/ www.scidaho.org Boise WaterCooler Idaho Botanical Garden cityhistorian/atlas_river/1index_river.html 1401 West Idaho Street 2355 N. Penitentiary Rd MK Nature Center Visual Arts Collective Idaho Botanical Garden (208) 368-0000 (208) 343-8649 600 S. Walnut Street 3638 Osage Street, Garden City www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks 2355 N. Penitentiary Road email: [email protected] www.idahobotanicalgarden.org (208) 334-2225 (208) 424-8297 (208) 343-8649 fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/education/ www.visualartscollective.com www.communitywalk.com www.idahobotanicalgarden.org The Cabin Literary Center Idaho Commission on the Arts mknc 801 S Capitol Blvd 2410 Old Penitentiary Road Warhawk Museum www.diggin4treasure.org/idaho-history/ Idaho Shakespeare Festival 9208) 331-8000 (208) 334-2119 Morrison Center for the Performing Arts 201 Municipal Drive, Nampa 83687 idaho-history-remembering-idahos- 520 S. 9th Street www.thecabinidaho.org www.arts.idaho.gov 1910 University Dr. (208) 465-6446 chinese-gardens (208) 429-9908 (208) 426-1609 www.warhawkairmuseum.org www.idahoshakespeare.org Capital City Public Market Idaho Dance Theatre www.mc.boisestate.edu www.facebook.com/jordanstreetgarden PO Box 2019 405 S. 8th Street Ste 363 Zoo Boise Idaho State Historical Society (208) 345-9287 (208) 331-9592 New Heritage Theater Co. 355 Julia Davis Drive www.ga.water.usgs.gov/edu 450 N. 4th Street www.capitalcitypublicmarket.com www.idahodancetheatre.org P.O. Box 44269, Boise 83711 (208) 384-4260 (208) 334-3356 (208) 381-0958 www.zooboise.org www.idahorivers.org Capital City Youth Ballet Idaho Humanities Council www.newheritagetheater.org Idaho Theater for Youth West Hackamore Drive 217 W State Street www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos 520 S. 9th Street (208) 378-9752 (208) 345-5346 34 (208) 429-9908 www.capitalcityballet.com www.idahohumanities.org 35 www.idahoshakespeare.org