Public Art

See full metadata:

https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Landmark/LANDMARK_PublicArt

Description

This point layer contains locations of over 300 catalogued public artworks located both indoor and outdoor within the City of Cambridge. There are six types of points including sculptures, murals, mosaics, stained glass, landscape design, and electronic artworks. The Cambridge Arts Council manages and maintains these artworks, while continuing to commission new works through the City’s Percent-for-Art program.

Purpose

Created for general use within Cambridge Arts Council, for map production, and for public viewing.

About Edit Dates

This data is automatically updated on a set schedule. The Socrata edit date may not reflect the actual edit dates in the data. For more details please see the update date on the full metadata page or view the edit date within the data rows.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"cambridgema-gov/public-art-p4zn-aid4\".\"public_art\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.