Saving face: The Bridge proposes an art-over for the "Landmark"

Well, its been 5 years and 351 days since the groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed "Landmark Hotel," according to the DTM's construction clock, and finally someone has come up with a sensible, if temporary solution to dealing with the concrete eye-sore. The Bridge Progressive Art Initiative has proposed doing a series of collaborative art projects on the exterior of the building.

From 2009 to 2013, Matthew Slaats, the executive director of BridgePAI, says he was involved in a series of projects in New York that looked at the ways that art could temporarily address vacant sites that would be developed.

"Especially after the 2008 financial crisis, there were a multitude of development projects that could not get funding and that provided opportunities for artists and designers to create projects which addressed those sites short term," says Slaats. " After the Planning commission voted to blight the Landmark, I saw an opportunity for this type of conversation to take place in Charlott…