Now, one would look at these pictures (as I did) and say "What the floop?" so I had to go and look into exactly where this conglomeration of lights was and how it affected traffic in the area.
This is actually a sculpture designed by Pierre Vivant in 1997! It's on the traffic island of Heron Quays Roundabout in Canary Wharf in London. The official name is Traffic Light Tree - although, really, shouldn't it be called Insane? We New-Englanders call it a "rotary" - what they call a "roundabout" in England. Can you imagine being a tourist and seeing that? I'm sure the residents are quite used to it and probably don't even give it a second thought - but if I went there and saw that, I'd cry and start walking. LOL
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Hahahaha
Wow. Yeah, talk about freaking out the foreigners! Cool find!!!
Just looking at a photograph of THAT traffic light causes me ANXIETY!!!!
would be fun to watch this bit of art - I wonder what the timing is like on all the lights.
happy theme thursday
That statue is wonderful to have all around your house too...
it frightens me...lol
That Traffic Light Tree says bunches about our car culture...I laughed out loud.
Ha! I just asked dufus where it was, and now I know, thanks!!!
I'd cry, too.
I'd just think I was back home in Nanaimo. I'd swear we have more traffic lights than we have intersections.
Thanks for that Ravyn, I've just come from nonamedufus who also posted it and I wondered how anyone could possibly read them. Pretty cute tho isn't it?
What the floop? Haha.
I think the rest of the US calls it a "traffic circle" or a roundabout.
You New Englanders are in a world of your own! ;)
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