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The Great Blue Heron
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ON JUNE21, AT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, THE SUN TRAVELS THROUGH THE DISK SLUNG HIGH IN THE WINGS OF THE GREAT BLUE HERON AND LANDS DIRECTLY INSIDE THE SPECIAL BRICKWORK LAID INTO THE SIDEWALK. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF AT THE CORNER OF RIDEOUT AND YORK IN LONDON ONTARIO.
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The Great Blue Heron Unveiled
NORMAN DE BONO, THE LONDON FREE PRESS Monday, October 26, 2009 9:11:06 EDT AM A blue heron will soon alight on a downtown highrise apartment building -- and the core's landscape may never be the same. |
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Joe Carapella, owner of Tricar Group and builder of Renaissance tower apartments, unveiled plans yesterday for a $100,000, half-tonne sculpture of a giant blue heron by London artist Ted Goodden, which will be attached to his building.
"When we first envisioned this project we wanted something special," Carapella said at the unveiling of a model of the sculpture. "This site warranted it and I think we have accomplished that."
Called The Great Blue Heron, it will soar at King and Ridout sts., with its head facing northeast, toward King St., attached to the building's side four metres above the sidewalk, "so no one can hang off it," Goodden said.
The five-metre-by-three-metre bird will be made of tubular steel. A circle of stained glass will adorn one wing, patterning the sidewalk beneath it with coloured light on sunny days. The coloured pattern will move as the sun changes direction in the sky. During the summer solstice it will illuminate the sidewalk below, while at winter's peak it will colour Ridout St., Goodden said. (Read More)
"When we first envisioned this project we wanted something special," Carapella said at the unveiling of a model of the sculpture. "This site warranted it and I think we have accomplished that."
Called The Great Blue Heron, it will soar at King and Ridout sts., with its head facing northeast, toward King St., attached to the building's side four metres above the sidewalk, "so no one can hang off it," Goodden said.
The five-metre-by-three-metre bird will be made of tubular steel. A circle of stained glass will adorn one wing, patterning the sidewalk beneath it with coloured light on sunny days. The coloured pattern will move as the sun changes direction in the sky. During the summer solstice it will illuminate the sidewalk below, while at winter's peak it will colour Ridout St., Goodden said. (Read More)