Civic Beauty Without Permission

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January 13, 2017 a project of ServiceSpace Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. - Victor Hugo - Civic Beauty Without Permission It wasn't long before Tony and I were standing on San Jose's Santa Clara Street, cars whizzing by, looking at a vintage concrete bridge. Its sides were tiled. In some places, the tile had been broken off, vandalized. Each panel featured colorful, original designs. The work, obviously, had required thousands of hours. But it wasn't finished and now stood in benign neglect. What happened here? I asked Tony. "It was Rick Hawes," he said. "I want to meet this guy," I told Tony. If a man had decided to just start tiling a bridge in the middle of San Jose without bothering to file for a permit, without seeing a commissioner, without lobbying the board --well, that would be a pure act of...of what? -- unauthorized civic improvement? { read more } Be The Change Take a page out of Rick Hawes book. Add a touch of grace to a corner of your world today. You don't have to wait for permission or an invitation. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds The Science of Forgiveness How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things The Dogs that Protect Little Penguins Our Shortened Attention Span & 3 Ways To Stay Focused How To Retrain Your Brain With Three Words The Top 10 Happiest Countries 5 Things Science Says Will Make You Happier DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,466 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More