Place Description:
Individual View Descriptions:15, facing NW:
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- "Clock Tower" - laminated wood and fiberglass by Jan de Swart (1908-1987)
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- The clock tower was only piece of art included within the overall construction budget of the mall, the clock tower is the visual centerpiece of the six block long pedestrian mall system. Constructed of laminated fir, the tower is 60 feet high, and features four clock faces. The clock tower was trucked to the site and tilted up on its precast bronze clad concrete base. At one time, the tower was illuminated at night. Four plaques at the base honor various dignitaries instrumental in the creation of the mall, and former Mayor Arthur Selland, and Redevelopment Agency Chair Arthur Eckhold, both of whom died before the opening of the mall in September 1964.
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- More info at: http://www.downtownfresno.org/publicart.html
22, facing NW:
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- At the left, near the blue signs: "Trisem" - granite boulders by T. Newton Russell
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- T. Newton Russell was a Fresno artist, and was also a member of the mall art committee. Because of his involvment, he donated this piece to the city, rather than accept payment. Russell was essentially self taught. He had several shows at the Fresno Art Museum and received various awards and commissions. This sculpture is his most important. It consists of three columns of native San Joaquin Valley river rocks, stacked vertically, connected by hidden steel rods. A light installed in the concrete base of the sculpture at one time illuminated the interior of Trisem at night.
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- More info at: http://www.downtownfresno.org/publicart.html
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