A Day of the Dead Shrine commemorating those who have been involved in accidents at the corner of North Broadway and Short Streets will be on public display on the sidewalk at N. Broadway near the Lexington Opera House from 12pm- 1pm on Monday November 3rd.
Latitude's Project Easy Access Lexington (PEAL) has been involved in educating the public about accessibility concerns in downtown Lexington since 2005. Over a two week period during the summer of 2005 PEAL members conducted a survey at the intersection of N. Broadway and Short St.and observed the traffic light at this intersection for 100 cycles. During 100 cycles 106 vehicles ran the red light- or -better than 1 red light runner per light cycle. Additionally this a very dangerous place for wheelchairs- amazingly wheelchair cuts in the sidewalk force those in wheelchairs to actually merge with moving traffic in order to cross the street!For these reasons members of PEAL and all Latitude artists contributed to the shrine. The shrine depicts a traffic accident at the intersection.
PEAL's Belinda Seller's helps to construct the shrine