{"id":647685,"date":"2010-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/attention-commuters-stop-to-enjoy-the-tiles"},"modified":"2010-01-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:00:00","slug":"attention-commuters-stop-to-enjoy-the-tiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/647685","title":{"rendered":"Attention commuters: Stop to enjoy the tiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city\u2019s latest effort to liven the drudgery of commuting as part of its Arts in Transit program was unveiled at the Belmont C.T.A. station on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>David Csicsko, a Lakeview artist, designed the tiled mosaic mural of bright, multicolored faces riding the train that stretches across the main staircase of the hub for the Red, Brown and Purple Lines. <span id=\"more-14788\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Csicsko said his idea was \u201cto really make it about diversity and celebrating all of the people who come in and out of this station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he also found room on the mural for depictions of his dog, President Obama at age 8 and \u201cthe Goddess of Belmont, who watches over all the club kids as they do crazy things at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most commuters passed by, oblivious, but Kasey Dieb, 17, a Lane Tech student, said the mosaics made the station \u201cmuch more welcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from the <a title=\"Attention Commuters: Stop to Enjoy the Tiles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/29\/us\/29pulse2.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\"  rel='nofollow'>Chicago News Cooperative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pN4z775ufS-_m2Oh8nbwqcZ41pc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pN4z775ufS-_m2Oh8nbwqcZ41pc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pN4z775ufS-_m2Oh8nbwqcZ41pc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pN4z775ufS-_m2Oh8nbwqcZ41pc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=EYXlyTi22wA:iJ_pSIPCtTU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=EYXlyTi22wA:iJ_pSIPCtTU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=EYXlyTi22wA:iJ_pSIPCtTU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=EYXlyTi22wA:iJ_pSIPCtTU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/EYXlyTi22wA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city\u2019s latest effort to liven the drudgery of commuting as part of its Arts in Transit program was unveiled at the Belmont C.T.A. station on Thursday. 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