Public Artwork
Archway – Olympic Plaza
Location:
Olympic Plaza, 7th Avenue Southeast and Macleod Trail Southeast, Calgary, AB, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s):
Gibbs Gage Architects
Text author(s):
Gibbs Gage Architects
Installation year:
1988 Description:
Olympic Plaza is the site of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games medals presentation and comes complete with a wading pool, which becomes a skating rink in the winter months.
Text of the artwork:
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Note(s):
Olympic bricks, sold to the public to commemorate the 1988 Winter Olympics. Maps of individual brick locations are available at the Information Kiosk in City Hall.