Cross Street in downtown Bangor is closed to vehicle traffic and parking Tuesday and Wednesday while crews install an art display featuring dozens of multicolored umbrellas suspended over the street.
The seasonal art fixture, known as the Umbrella Sky Project, was introduced last year by the Downtown Bangor Partnership and sponsor Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Since debuting in Portugal in 2012, similar Umbrella Sky displays have popped up all over the world. The Umbrella Sky Project was inspired by Mary Poppins and is intended to bring color to otherwise mundane city streets, directing pedestrians and traffic toward the area.
Last year, crews hung Bangor’s umbrellas in July after the Bangor City Council approved the project in June, but the display was removed for the winter in October.