NBC Washington: Old Metrorail Car Gets Second Life as Benches, Retail Space and Industrial Art
A new project near the Grosvenor Metro station brings an old rail car front and center
APR. 20, 2017 | Written by Megan McGrath, News4 Reporter and Jordan Murray | NBC Washington
A sculptor is turning the retired car into benches, retail space and industrial art. News4’s Megan McGrath is live at his warehouse in Brookeville, Maryland.
A New York artist is transforming an old Metrorail car into benches, retail space and industrial art as Metro continues to decommission its 4000-series rail cars.
Fivesquares Development has teamed up with artist Robert Mojo and his team to repurpose an 80,000-pound 4000-series rail car.
At a Brookeville, Marylarend warehouse, Mojo and his team from Rusted Rebels in Long Island are turning pieces of the main rail car body into pop-up retail kiosks, slicing the car into seven different sections.
The shell of the car will be used to make the kiosks, the iconic seats and benches will be turned into outdoor seating and the scrap metal left behind will become art installations.
The team uses everything they can, the goal being to reuse and recycle as much as possible.
"It's art; it's sculpture; it's entertaining the public; it's recycling; it's bringing back history," Mojo said. "When you walk into one of these cars, you just get a feeling of going back in time."
The repurposed rail car will be featured at Strathmore Square, a new Fivesquares Dvelopment project by the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station in Montgomery County.
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