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The University District Service Fund’s ”Up in the Air” art project is almost out of poles! The non-profit project of the Chamber of Commerce began in 2004 with a grant for metal frames for 70 low-level light poles from NE 41st Street to NE 50th St along University Way NE. Students from the UW School of Art and Sculpture partnered with local businesses under the direction of Professor John Young and the Chamber Service Fund to create one-of-a-kind sculptures that would be mounted on the metal frames. Two phases have been completed and the final phase is scheduled for completion this Spring 2008.  According to Teresa Lord Hugel, Chamber Executive Director who has been very involved in this project from day one, very few pole spaces are left. Click here  for more details and a gallery of one-a-kind-sculptures you can also see while you’re promenading along the Ave between 41st and 50th.