The cost of an art installation designed to create a virtual forest at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has ballooned to $4 million - more than triple what it would have cost when the project was first proposed 10 years ago.
Steven Waldeck's "Flight Paths" would be the airport's most expensive and ambitious single project to date if approved. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports airport officials will soon ask the city council to OK the project.
The installation, which would be paid for with airport funds set aside from fees, is raising questions about how much is too much to pay for airport art. Expensive artwork in airports is not new, with art projects and budgets in the millions of dollars at airports in cities such as Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Seattle and Dallas.
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:00 AM EDT2013-05-22 12:00:05 GMT
Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl after she was found safe.
Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl after she was found safe. They say 1-year-old Annya Buchannon was in the back of a car that was stolen just after midnight from the Playskool Daycare on Conley Road in Forest Park.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:57 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:57:46 GMT
Five people made a quick escape from a MARTA bus just before it was hit by a train Tuesday morning.
Five people made a quick escape from a MARTA bus just before it was hit by a train Tuesday morning. Fire crews say the bus stalled on the railroad tracks in downtown Decatur, and those onboard had just seconds to get out before an oncoming train hit it.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:48 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:48:00 GMT
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Those shelters could mean the difference between life and death when faced with one of these powerful storms.
