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Advertisement Barbara Hepworth, ‘Four-Square (Walk Through)’ 1966, bronze The traffic island at the Simon’s entry is dominated by Hepworth’s monumental, 14-foot-tall sculpture, which harnesses the traditional figurative material of bronze for the very different purposes of geometric abstraction.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
With the old stadium headed for demolition, it was placed on a grassy traffic island at the foot of a Manhattan exit ramp — a lonely greeter, to a mostly empty island.
—John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Monarch butterflies flutter frequently over a series of traffic islands at the entrance to the Pacheco Valle neighborhood in Novato.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Ali, 32, his wife, and two children, a 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter, were seated on the curb of a traffic island close to the Weidler Street exit ramp from Interstate 5.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2023
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
With the old stadium headed for demolition, it was placed on a grassy traffic island at the foot of a Manhattan exit ramp — a lonely greeter, to a mostly empty island.
—John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Monarch butterflies flutter frequently over a series of traffic islands at the entrance to the Pacheco Valle neighborhood in Novato.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Ali, 32, his wife, and two children, a 1-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter, were seated on the curb of a traffic island close to the Weidler Street exit ramp from Interstate 5.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2023
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“Traffic island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20island. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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