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O'Fallon to expand historic-image traffic-signal wraps after $5,000 foundation grant
Summary
Commissioners reported two newly installed historic photo wraps on MoDOT and city traffic-signal boxes and said the O'Fallon Community Foundation received a $5,000 grant to fund nine additional boxes; the commission requested high-resolution historic images for large-format printing and discussed siting for visibility.
The O'Fallon Historic Preservation Commission reviewed progress on its traffic-signal-box history-wrap program and announced new funding to expand the project.
Commissioner John Goings told the commission two history-image wraps were recently installed — one at Veterans and Highway K and one at Highway 364 and K — and showed historic photographs (one from about 1904 and another from 1956) to illustrate visual changes at those locations. "I'm happy to report we have 2 new ones that were installed," Goings said, and he described candidate sites chosen for visibility at stoplines and pedestrian areas.
Goings said the O'Fallon Community Foundation received a $5,000 grant to produce nine additional wraps. "By my math, we should be able to do 9 for the $5,000," he said, and asked commission members and the public to submit high-resolution originals or physical prints that can be scanned for four-foot prints. He warned that images emailed at low resolution may not be suitable for large-format printing, and recommended choosing boxes visible from stoplights or intersections rather than ones set well off the roadway.
The commission discussed content rules under the existing ordinance: wraps, murals and noncommercial community art (for example, school or scout projects) are permitted, but commercial advertising or campaign material is not. Staff routes history-related proposals to the commission and art-focused proposals to the arts council for review.
Members identified themes for upcoming wraps, including baseball teams and local businesses of historic interest, and discussed siting some images near the ballpark and Woodlawn areas. Goings said MoDOT needed to adopt a city resolution to allow wraps on state-owned boxes and that O'Fallon was among the first in the state to place historic wraps on MoDOT property.
