After a 17-month run, Fraley’s Robot Repair must vacate its Downtown storefront for a new restaurant. Toby Fraley, the artist who created the mock shop, says he’s designed a special farewell for its adorable inhabitant.
You were on your daily commute to work. Or maybe you planned to catch a show at Heinz Hall. Perhaps you heard something was going on in empty storefronts Downtown and wanted to check things out.
Whatever might have brought you to 210 Sixth St. over the past 17 months, you are likely to have been surprised by what you saw. A storefront previously used to store a neighboring restaurant’s patio furniture is now — but not for much longer — Fraley’s Robot Repair.
My art installation is part of Project Pop Up: Downtown, a project of the mayor’s office, city planning, the city Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. The idea, which launched in November 2011, was to fill 11 storefronts with quirky shops and exhibits.
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