CLINTON HILL — New tree guards along Myrtle Avenue will celebrate famous artists who once called Clinton Hill home.
The guards, designed by local artists, will be installed between Hall Street and Emerson Place sometime this summer, according to the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.
The eight designs were inspired by artists who once lived on or near Myrtle Avenue, including photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, jazz trombonist Slide Hampton, rock musician Vernon Reid, author Walt Whitman, painter Emilio Cruz and singer/actress Josephine Premice.
Flowers and reeds, horns and electric guitars, and joyous dancers will soon line the busy Clinton Hill street.
The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership's Public Art and Design Committee chose the designs after putting out a call for entries in November.
The new tree guards and benches will be set up once sidewalk construction along Myrtle Avenue is complete.
The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District is funding the project with support from the New York State Department of Homes and Community Renewal’s New York Main Street grant program.
More than 80 tree guards along Myrtle Avenue already feature custom designs by local artists, from pre-schoolers to professionals.
To see the rest of Myrtle Avenue’s tree guard designs, click here.
