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Chapter 5 ! Cary Public Art Opportunities 21 05 ! Cary Public Art Opportunities Great cities are remembered for interesting streets, lively gathering places, surprising discoveries, and pleasant strolls – physical and social environments where public art can meaningfully connect people with place. Through metaphors, illusions, story - telling, and cultural messages, public art creates new and exciting experiences that build upon other urban design strategies. Public art thrives in public spaces that that are centers of human activity and are designed as destination places. Over the past few decades , rapid development has transformed Cary and the surrounding landscape into a suburban community with multiple commercial centers and residential neighborhoods. Public art operates within this rapidly changing context to: • Cultivate Cary's emerging community identity/identities • Show that Cary's public facilities, including its parks and greenways, are part of a larger system that supports community and culture • Ensure that larger - scale mixed - use development in Cary is part of the town - wide public r ealm • Advance Cary's Town Center Plan for "a unique, vibrant , dynamic, pedestrian - friendly location; a regional destination and a place to live, work, and recreate" ( Cary Town Center Plan , 2001) • Advance Cary's Town Center Civic & Cultural Arts Plan, (2006 ) which designated an urban sculpture park and public art emphasis in the downtown core along Academy Street The following urban design framework identifies opportunities where public art can make the greatest impact in Cary within the context of the Tow n's policies to create remarkable places.