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Civic beauty without permission

Why tile a bridge across one of the busiest streets in a city without a permit and with almost no financial support?

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Credit: works & conversations/Rick Hawes. All rights reserved.

Besides introducing me to Ted Fullwood, artist Tony May told me about Rick Hawes. In fact, we'd just left Fullwood's house when Tony said, "Let me show you something..." and I couldn't quite make out the rest of it—something about a bridge.