Providence Public Library recently completed a huge renovation, nearly two years in the making, and at the end of August, with strict COVID-related restrictions, they welcomed the public back to their updated space. The welcome will be particularly warm for bikers, thanks to a collaboration between the PPL and The Steel Yard. Jenny Sparks, client relations manager, and Tim Ferland, public projects director, worked with the PPL to pinpoint the organization’s desires and the community’s needs, then find the right artists for the job. Those selected artists, Devin Maher and Jesi Nicoloro, created a 3D version of the library’s newly redesigned logo to serve as a bike rack, and paired it with three tree guards, each in the shape of an open book, to protect a trio of nascent trees as they grow.
