Downtown gets colorful additions
Bike racks, chairs designed to enhance sidewalk aesthetics
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“Downtown Fort Wayne visitors and cyclists will notice some new amenities on the streetscape.

Mayor Tom Henry on Monday unveiled six new chairs and two new bike racks downtown in an effort to encourage pedestrian and bike traffic.”

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“The chairs – designed by Philippe Starck – were placed on Calhoun Street near the Fort Wayne-Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The six chairs, modeled after ones used on the television show “Boston Legal,” cost $6,864.

A looping green bike rack was also placed on Calhoun for $1,817, and a bike rack in the shape of a bicycle was installed on Wayne Street for $983.”

City offers places to park it
New bike racks, chairs on Calhoun, Wayne streets
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“The bicycle rack and chairs come in response to business owners who reported more patrons and employees looking for places to park and secure their bikes. The bright green spring-style bike rack on Calhoun Street looks like a sculpture when not in use, but also provides space for more than half a dozen bicycles. The bicycle-shaped rack on Wayne Street holds two bikes, while its profile fits on a tight sidewalk. The stylized polyethylene chairs create an outdoor “living room.””

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