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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 15:50): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/archway-olympic-plaza

Archway – Olympic Plaza

Archway – Olympic Plaza [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: City of Calgary (2008). Olympic Plaza. (http://www.calgary.ca) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: City of Calgary (2008). Olympic Plaza. (http://www.calgary.ca) [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: City of Calgary (2008). Olympic Plaza. (http://www.calgary.ca) [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: City of Calgary (2008). Olympic Plaza. (http://www.calgary.ca) [5]
Location:
Olympic Plaza, 7th Avenue Southeast and Macleod Trail Southeast, Calgary, AB, Canada

Artwork identification

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.

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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/archway-olympic-plaza
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Olympic Plaza1.JPG
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/olympic_plaza_bricks_0.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Olympic Plaza2.JPG
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Olympic Plaza.JPG
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/en/print/933
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/archway-olympic-plaza