Above: A hopscotch crosswalk in Baltimore, Md. Flickr image courtesy of user Graham Corell-Allen.

Hennepin Avenue's crosswalks may one day feature an array of colors and patterns under a plan proposed by the Hennepin Theatre Trust.

The non-profit group, which owns the avenue's historic theaters, is partnering with the city to seek $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to construct 38 artist-designed crosswalks from the Mississippi River to the Walker Art Center.

The plan envisions soliciting artists for crosswalk designs, but some of the theoretical options presented to a city committee Tuesday included a rainbow, brick-like and strike-through zebra pattern. Most Minneapolis crosswalks are now simply parallel lines painted with latex paint.

"It's going to pull together the two sides of Hennepin Avenue and also more clearly demarcate where people should be crossing the street," said Hennepin Theatre Trust CEO Tom Hoch.

The trust and the city will apply through the NEA's Our Town program, which provides cities with grants for art-focused projects in public spaces. Hennepin Theatre Trust The city previously won a $200,000 Our Town grant to re-envision Hennepin Avenue as an arts corridor, which has already spawned artist installations in vacant windows and pop-up parks.

The crosswalk proposal, known as "Curb Appeal," would be rolled out along Hennepin Avenue on Sundays in the summer of 2016, if approved.

"Over the course of the summer, people would develop a sense about coming downtown on a Sunday morning to participate on this," Hoch said.

The earliest the award could be granted is July 2015.

Above: A rainbow crosswalk in Vancouver, British Columbia. Flickr image courtesy of user Sherwood411.