Morgan Blvd

South side plaza entrance.

STOP and GO for Garrett A. Morgan
Athena Tacha
LED lights, paint, enameled aluminum
218' l x 88' h

Morgan Boulevard STOP and GO
STOP and GO for Garrett A. Morgan was designed to evoke images of the original STOP and GO signs created by African American inventor, Garrett A. Morgan. The paths painted on the plaza pavement represent the colors of Metrorail lines. The stop and go lighted signs mark where the color lines intersect.

Born in Larissa, Greece in 1936, Tacha studied sculpture at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Athens, and later with the help of a Fulbright scholarship received an M.A. in art history from Oberlin College in Ohio. In 1963, she received her Ph.D. in Aesthetics from the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and then returned to Oberlin to begin her career as an assistant curator, and later curator, at the school's Allen Memorial Art Museum, before teaching sculpture classes at the college starting in 1973. In 1998 she moved to Washington, D.C. and began teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Tacha works with a diverse array of materials including stone, brick, steel, water, plants, and LED lighting.