Recently, Bachor set his sights on beautifying the potholes of New York City with a series called Vermin of New York. But instead of floral motifs or slogans, the series features detailed mosaics of ...
If you can’t beat a bad pothole season, you might as well beautify it. The first time Chicago artist Jim Bachor fixed a pothole, it was under the cover of night. His 87-year-old neighbor stood guard ...
In Chicago, Jim Bachor is known for beautifying the city’s dilapidated streets by filling its concrete craters with beautifully crafted mosaics of flower bouquets. There, passersby are so enthusiastic ...
No matter who you are, where you're from or how much money you make, we can all agree on one thing: Potholes suck. For the past seven years, Chicago artist Jim Bachor has been filling the street ...
His art has faced some bumps in the road! A Chicago artist patched five Brooklyn potholes last week, replacing the street hazards with elaborate glass and marble mosaics showing whimsical animals — ...
The mosaic artist who patches up Chicago potholes with glass and marble is getting ready to hit the road again. In two days last week, Jim Bachor raised over $2,300 — more than double his goal — in a ...
Welcome to New York — where the streets are paved with vermin. A Chicago artist famed for filling his city’s potholes with eye-catching mosaics has brought his creative civic-minded mission to the Big ...
For over a year artist Jim Bachor has been going around his home town of Chicago and repairing holes in the road that were damaging cars. He first creates the mosaic before filling the hole with ...
"Pothole season" is winding down, but mosaic artist Jim Bachor is just getting started. You might have seen Bachor's work before, in a pothole near you. The 52-year-old Mayfair resident had dabbled in ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been a bumpy road for many Chicagoans, but they have mosaic artist Jim Bachor to thank for paving the way to some unexpected smiles with four additions to ...
Like many people who have hit the streets near Chicago’s Trump Tower to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, artist Jim Bachor also pounded the pavement — but with marble and glass. Bachor, ...