The Wabash Lights
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2024 August
Chicago Magazine
Two-Minute Guide to the Wabash Lights

North Loop News
Under-L ‘Wabash Lights’ switch on August 15

2024 July
Newcity
Colorful Neon Lights Beneath Washington-Wabash Green Line Arrive In Time For DNC

Block Club Chicago
Colorful Neon Lights Coming To Downtown Green Line Station Ahead Of DNC

Evanston Now
City Wants to Light Up Viaducts

Chicago Magazine
A New Project Puts the “Public” in Public Art

2016 Oct
Comcast Newsmakers
Seth Unger on Comcast

2016 Aug
ChicagoInno
8 Projects that will change Chicago

2016 July
Wabash Lights
What to do on Wabash!

2016 May
Table Xi Blog
Inception

2016 Feb
Forecast Public Art
The Wabash Lights Switch On!

The Columbia Chronicle
Alumnus illuminates Wabash El Tracks

Chicagoist
Colorful Light Installation Under Wabash Avenue CTA Tracks Tested

Chicago Architect
They Say The Neon Lights Are Bright, On Waaaaabash

DNAInfo
Wabash Lights Shine Bright Under the 'L' Tracks (VIDEO)

Curbed Chicago
The Wabash Lights Beta Installation Will Begin This Week

2016 Jan
Chicago Tribune
Wabash Lights public art test to begin next week

2015 Dec
Architech Magazine
Illuminate Wabash

2015 July
Wabash Lights
Go Where You Love

How Two Artists Hope to Liven Up Chicago's 'L' Tracks
CityLab from The Atlantic

Neighborhood News: Wabash Lights
Fox32, Good Day Chicago

Wabash Art Gets The Green Light — and Blue and Orange and Yellow…
Chicago Architecture Blog

Wabash Lights exceeds Kickstarter goal, hopes to begin test this fall
Chicago Tribune

Public art project seeks to light up Wabash El tracks
Rivet Radio

Wabash Lights Creators Raise $60K on Kickstarter for Beta
Curbed Chicago

Non-Profit To Test 'Wabash Lights' After Successful Kickstarter Campaign
DNAinfo Chicago

Lighting the Way
Core77

The Wabash Lights: A Conversation With The Designers
Chicagoist

Kickstarter Campaign for The Wabash Lights Public Art Installation
Gapers Block

Wabash Lights
WGN Radio, The Bill and Wendy Show

Bringing The Warehouse Vibes Out To The Streets Of Chicago
Art Report

Two Chicagoans hope to light up the Wabash el tracks
Chicago Reader

Kickstarter campaign aims to light up Wabash El tracks
TimeOut Chicago

Five Questions for Wabash Lights Co-Creators Seth Unger and Jack Newell
Curbed Chicago

Want a Better Wabash Ave?
Chicago Architecture Blog

2015 Jun
The Wabash Lights
WGN Radio, Outside the Loop

Wabash Lights project appealing to Kickstarter masses for funding
Chicago Business Journal

Wabash Lights designers launch Kickstarter campaign
Chicago Tribune

This Kickstarter Wants to Put a Light Show Underneath Chicago's L Tracks
ChicagoInno

Wabash Lights project to raise money for first 48 feet
Loop North News

Wabash Lights Kickstarter Raising Funds for Beta Test
Curbed Chicago

2015 Mar
Chicago Loop Alliance Unveils Final Plans For Transforming Wabash Ave
Chicagoist

Loop group’s Wabash recommendations include districts, light show
Marina City Online

Chicago Loop Alliance Proposes Wabash Makeover Including Maker District & Art Village
Curbed Chicago

Group lays out its plans to spiff up Chicago's Wabash Avenue
Chicago Tribune

2014
The Wabash Corridor, Illuminated
Chicago Ideas Week, Chicago Ideas Blog

A Clean, Well-Lighted Track: Designer Duo Reimagines Wabash
Newcity

Interactive Public Art Project Aims to Set Chicago’s Loop Aglow
Redesign Revolution
The Wabash Lights: A Dream Project's First Unveiling
Chicagoist

Chicago Art Aficionados Go Gaga For Wabash Lights
The Chicago Architecture Blog

Designers Formally Unveil & Demo ‘Wabash Lights’ Concept
Curbed Chicago

The Wabash Lights: Celebrating Chicago’s Mighty Artery
Chicagoist

L sculpture would shed light on Wabash Avenue
Marina City Online

Artists Propose Totally Tubular Light Show For Belly of the Wabash L
The Chicago Architecture Blog

Local Artists Want to Bring Bright Colorful Lights to Wabash L
Curbed Chicago


Loop Alliance offers ideas to spruce up Wabash
Chicago Tribune

The [Chicago Artist Month] event showed the deep and deliberate thinking of the artists to make something so ambitious a reality to be enjoyed by Chicagoans and visitors alike.

– Chicagoist

 

It’s been a while since a public-art project on Kickstarter held our attention, but The Wabash Lights initiative has us looking up.

– Core77

 

A luminous update to an oft-overlooked stretch of the city's downtown.

– Architect Magazine

 

The rumble of passing trains over Wabash Avenue in Chicago is a constant low-grade aural assault. But a new art project is [...] going to make those “L” tracks a lot more fun to look at.

– CityLab from The Atlantic

 

Public art need not always be a touchstone of civic pride. But Chicago has a long tradition of art that is as democratic and accessible as its El trains; now, a proposed project may enter that tradition with art programmable by anyone with access to the Internet.

– Newcity