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Radio Extra: Potholes Will Become Works of Art After Kickstarter Campaign

By  Jon Hansen and Heather Cherone | January 28, 2015 12:56pm 

 A successful Kickstarter campaign means Jim Bachor will be able to transform more potholes into works of art.
A successful Kickstarter campaign means Jim Bachor will be able to transform more potholes into works of art.
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Jim Bachor

JEFFERSON PARK — Unlike most Chicagoans, Jim Bachor is thrilled by the annual crop of potholes that inevitably bloom on Chicago's streets.

For Bachor, a mosaic artist who lives on the border between Mayfair and Jefferson Park, Chicago's potholes have become his favorite canvas — and thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, Bachor will be able to turn at least four into works of public art designed to ease the sting of a broken axle or flat tire.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Heather Cherone discusses Bachor's work and what he has planned for the spring potholes:

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