A spatial points dataset of public art in and near Baltimore city. This comes from the city's open data portal. Some projects appear to be inside of buildings and therefore not visible from the outside, but much of this metadata is incomplete. Several art projects without coordinates included, or with coordinates outside of Baltimore city, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County were dropped.
Format
An sf data frame with 672 rows and 12 variables:
- id
Integer. An ID, identical to the object ID in the original dataset.
- county
Character. County name where art is located.
- artist_last_name
Character. Last name(s) of the artist(s).
- artist_first_name
Character. First name(s) of the artist(s).
- title
Character. Artwork title.
- date
Character. Year of artwork, including some spans of multiple years.
- medium
Character. Medium of artwork.
- location
Character. Name of location or address.
- site
Character. Description of location where art is situated.
- visibility
Character. Description of level of visibility to public. This variable is very sparsely populated.
- access
Character. Description of public access. This variable is very sparsely populated.
- geometry
POINT. Location.
Source
Open Baltimore data portal. Public Art Inventory, available at https://data.baltimorecity.gov/datasets/baltimore::public-art-inventory
Examples
head(art_sf)
#> id county artist_last_name artist_first_name title date
#> 1 1 Baltimore city Streett Tylden Sails 1978
#> 2 2 Baltimore city Russum Olin Unknown 1969
#> 3 3 Baltimore city Benson J. Arthur Unknown 1973
#> 4 5 Baltimore city McCullough Donna <NA> 1989
#> 5 6 Baltimore city Alexander Patricia Unknown <NA>
#> 6 7 Baltimore city Farber Saul Unknown 1980
#> medium location site
#> 1 copper Patterson HS Second story window
#> 2 ceramic tree Callaway ES Stairwell
#> 3 concrete and corten steel Westport ES Playground
#> 4 mural 141 S. Central Ave. <NA>
#> 5 ceramic tiles Lexington Market Station Covers ceiling beams
#> 6 stained glass Broadway Market Window
#> visibility access geometry
#> 1 <NA> <NA> -76.59190, 39.28823
#> 2 <NA> <NA> -76.68362, 39.34557
#> 3 <NA> <NA> -76.63833, 39.26211
#> 4 <NA> <NA> -76.59947, 39.28932
#> 5 <NA> <NA> -76.62102, 39.29191
#> 6 <NA> <NA> -76.59190, 39.28823