Gardens Growing Cyclists

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Stuart Wasilowski

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In a national park, children can explore freely, and families can enjoy the outdoors together. A National Park City inspires us to bring that sense of freedom and connection into our neighborhoods. For many children, this sense of freedom starts with riding a bicycle. If Chattanooga wants to embody the vision of a National Park City, every child should have a safe place to ride close to home. According to a PeopleForBikes survey (2024), the number of kids riding bikes has increased for the first time since 2014. However, many families in Hamilton County face challenges with safe riding environments due to busy streets and limited infrastructure. A child's location should not determine their access to safe riding spaces....

Create a vintage WPA-era national park poster illustration of a community project in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a National Park City surrounded by mountains, rivers, and forests.

Composition: Vertical 4:5 poster layout. Bold foreground focal element representing the project. Use either a natural landscape or urban environment, depending on the subject.

Title: Gardens Growing Cyclists
Subtitle: National Park City

Typography: National park sans-serif, bold font. Sans serifs feel the pull of the Machine Age. Rough, worn, and perfectly imperfect. The individual letterforms do not strictly abide by all typographic rules, but this intentional imperfection adds to its charm. This typeface feels as if it was drawn by hand, just like the hand lettering in the vintage National Park posters. Just the title and subtitle, NO OTHER TEXT in the graphic.

Focus the composition on the project. "In a national park, children can explore freely, and families can enjoy the outdoors together. A National Park City inspires us to bring that sense of freedom and connection into our neighborhoods.

For many children, this sense of freedom starts with riding a bicycle. If Chattanooga wants to embody the vision of a National Park City, every child should have a safe place to ride close to home. According to a PeopleForBikes survey (2024), the number of kids riding bikes has increased for the firs". Location: 720 Cherry St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, United States. Resources available: Design expertise, Experience building several traffic gardens, Tools, stencils, paint sprayer.

Style: WPA-era screenprinted travel poster. Bold graphic composition, simplified shapes, warm earthy color palette, dramatic light and shadow, mid-century screen print texture, minimal detail but strong silhouettes, layered depth, optimistic and heroic tone, clean vector illustration, retro travel poster design, subtle paper grain texture.

Area Geography: Chattanooga is defined by a dramatic transition from flat river basins to towering plateaus. It features sheer granite and sandstone cliff faces (famous for rock climbing) and hidden subterranean wonders like Ruby Falls. Just west of the Great Smoky Mountains, sharing that iconic blue-mist horizon.

Native wildlife and flora: box turtles, white-tailed deer, red-tailed hawks, eastern bluebirds, tulip poplars, dogwoods, rhododendrons, and mountain laurel.

Activities: Pick activities relevant to the project. People here enjoy mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, paddleboarding, trail running, fishing, rollerblading, white water rafting, and community gardening. Weave relevant activities and local nature into the scene.

City life: Chattanooga's urban core is compact, walkable, and layered — historic brick warehouses, Art Deco civic buildings, modern glass infill, pedestrian bridges, riverfront paths, and steep green bluffs all within a small footprint.

Flora & Water: The landscape is carpeted in dense deciduous forests of oak, hickory, and tulip poplars. No pine trees. Hidden in the folds of the rolling hills are moss-covered rolling brooks, limestone swimming holes, and tiered waterfalls that spill over rocky ledges.

Typography: National park sans-serif, bold font. Sans serifs feel the pull of the Machine Age. Rough, worn, and perfectly imperfect. The individual letterforms do not strictly abide by all typographic rules, but this intentional imperfection adds to its charm. This typeface feels as if it was drawn by hand, just like the hand lettering in the vintage National Park posters. Just the title and subtitle, no other text in the graphic.

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720 Cherry St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, United States

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