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A major public art project has been proposed to brighten 3 miles of Newtown Pike with more than 250,000 small green and blue utility flags set out in a pattern of long ribbons curling along the road.
Equestrians around the world are riding to the rescue of Haiti, devastated by last month's deadly earthquake.
The crowd started gathering at 5 p.m., huddling around Charlemagne's statue as rain blew down. By 6, several hundred people stood on the wet cobblestones in front of City Hall, waiting.