Crossing Over -- Infrastructure Into Art

I remember, as a kid, we often identified communities by a piece of infrastructure that stood out.  The City of Red Deer, for example, has its infamous Green Onion -- the old water tower, standing high above the city (or, at least, it used to).  I always loved it when communities painted their water towers, a section of concrete wall, or whatever they had that set them apart and gave a sense of  identity.

http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/750000_to_paint_our_green_onion_159666715.html

We now have a plethora of transmission lines, wind farms and communication towers that seem to be, at times, more of a blight on the landscape than anything else.  Well folks, it doesn't have to been that way.  There are some pretty creative people out there that have taken infrastructure -- even old, rotting, decrepit infrastructure -- to a whole new level.  I like it.  I like it a lot! 

http://roamingthegooglestreets.blogspot.ca/2011/05/mickey-mouse-shaped-transmission-tower.html

  

http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/architecture/riba-reveals-pylon-competition-finalists/5024448.article

http://www.publicart.kingsporttn.gov/node/51

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/brilliant-urban-interventions-by-oakoak-turn-crumbling-city-infrastructure-into-a-visual-playground/

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/design-depot-deer-shaped-electrical-towers