Article: New York City taxis are in full bloom.(Final Coat)(Brief article)

Portraits of Hope is leading a community collaboration and public art project currently taking place in New York City called Garden in Transit. As part of this art, education and creative therapy project, 23,000 children in schools and hospitals--in addition to many adult volunteers--have painted 80,000 flowers on 750,000 square feet of adhesive panels for a four month public art exhibition featured on taxis citywide, which began in September 2007.

Ninety percent of children participated through schools and hospitals across Greater New York City. Children in New Jersey, California, Ohio, Georgia and Pennsylvania also participated in the project.

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