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A mixture of sand, gravel, crushed rock, or other aggregate, held together by a hardened paste of cement.

The Feel of the Past

Susan Schelle, The Feel of the Past, 1987Susan Schelle, The Feel of the Past, 1987
The structure is a table with two benches. Quotations appear on the benches. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Schelle, Susan
Installation year: 
1987

Literalists of the Imagination

Susan Schelle, Literalists of the Imagination, 1988
Three cast concrete Italian-style benches serve as a framing device for an image of a 16th century fountain projected onto a sheet of clear plexiglass. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Schelle, Susan
Installation year: 
1988

Circle of Words, Garden of Thought

Linda Covit, Circle of Words, Garden of Thought, 2002Linda Covit, Circle of Words, Garden of Thought, 2002. © Marc André BrouilletteLinda Covit, Circle of Words, Garden of Thought, 2002. © Marc André BrouilletteLinda Covit, Circle of Words, Garden of Thought, 2002. © Marc André Brouillette
The main component, a wide stone bench, traces a sixty-foot-long arc. The circular movement is reinforced by a stand of light columns and an arc of birch trees along the outside curve of the bench. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Covit, Linda
Installation year: 
2002

Untitled

Colette Whiten, Contour Figures, 1976Colette Whiten, Contour Figures, 1976Colette Whiten, Contour Figures, 1976. © Marc André BrouilletteColette Whiten, Contour Figures, 1976. © Marc André Brouillette
Silhouettes of human figures in wood or concrete. Engraved thoughts appear on the silhouettes and photographs, on the walls. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Whiten, Colette
Installation year: 
1976

Archway – Olympic Plaza

Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988Gibbs Gage Architects, Archway – Olympic Plaza, 1988
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. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gibbs Gage Architects
Installation year: 
1988

Return

Catherine Burgess, Return, 2001
20-ft high structure consisting of 390 individually cast, intertwining aluminum rings in 3 columns representing the Donors, the Foundation and its Recipients [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Burgess, Catherine
Installation year: 
2001

Bridge, Abridged

Adam Kuby, Bridge, Abridged, 2007Adam Kuby, Bridge, Abridged, 2007Adam Kuby, Bridge, Abridged, 2007Adam Kuby, Bridge, Abridged, 2007
Bridge, Abridged consists of several components which focus attention on the cutting-edge engineering and materials used in the pedestrian overpass structure. Adam Kuby integrates words and manipulate [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kuby, Adam
Installation year: 
2007

Time: and a Clock

Eldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André BrouilletteEldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André BrouilletteEldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André BrouilletteEldon Garnet, Time : and a Clock, 2004. © Marc André Brouillette
It is the essence of time, its substance and ambiguity, that is examined in this sculpture/installation. This is one work in three sites. It encircles the Queen/Broadview area with text. Three diffe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Garnet, Eldon
Installation year: 
2004

Third Garden

Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002
Third Garden is designed as a monument to local memory. This garden refers to the past use of the surrounding grounds as a healing site for psychiatric care, and to current day use as regenerated land [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chen, Millie; Quigley, Warren
Installation year: 
2002

Babylon (and the Tower of Babel)

John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991
A series of seven rusted metal pedestals in which the letters of the word “Babylon” are formed as interior voids. Mounted atop one pedestal is a large urn set at a tilt, and atop another is one of McE [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McEwen, John
Installation year: 
2003
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