Following up on the new sculpture-slash-bike-rack at The Green Building called “As the Old Crow Flies” by Jacob Heustis, a few tipsters have written in with mixed thoughts on the functionality of the piece as a bike rack, but readers generally remarked that the sculpture is a great addition to Nulu, and judging by last Friday’s trolley hop twitter chatter, quite a crowd gathered for the unveiling.
!["As the Old Crow Flies" on East Market Street. (Courtesy Tipster) "As the Old Crow Flies" on East Market Street. (Courtesy Tipster)](http://brokensidewalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bourbon_bike_05.jpg)
The wood and steel totem incorporates reclaimed wood from distilleries and arrows at the top indicate the direction and distance of the six Bourbon Trail distilleries surrounding Louisville. A void was left in the sculptures base and holes drilled in the steel legs to accommodate locking up a bike (see photo of the “Old Crow” filled with bikes above). Some readers expressed confusion as to the sculpture’s alter-ego, noting they would never think to lock a bike to it. Luckily, there’s still quite a bit of traditional bike parking right next to the artsy rack.
While I haven’t inspected the sculpture in person, it looks like there’s space for two bikes to be secured with a U-lock, but it might be a tight squeeze locking to the bike frame for one of them. Have you seen or tried out the new bike rack? What are your thoughts?
Ummmm, love it. I wish it was right in front of my house.