Downtown Voices Coalition
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With the downtown Phoenix Civic Space artwork, “Sky Bloom,” going up, here’s a video showing examples of Janet Echelman’s other public art pieces in the U.S. and around the globe.

Blogger “Downtown Resident” took this amazing photo of Janet Echelman’s public art piece now under construction at the downtown Phoenix Civic Space. 
By doing a word search on “Echelman” on this website (upper right), you’ll get a flavor for the artwork’s “ups and downs” of gaining final approval by City leaders.  But that’s all water under the [...]

Besides the recently-revealed “dean’s-eye view” of the downtown Phoenix Civic Space, there are two more ways to view progress of the park.  Click here for ASU’s campus tour and click here for the city Parks and Recreation Department’s “Civic Space Cam.”

[Source: Arizona State University] — ASU’s College of Public Programs, located at 411 N. Central Avenue, now offers a live webcam that shows a “dean’s-eye view” of construction at the Downtown Civic Space Park from the sixth floor of the college, located next to the park.  This week, workers are installing three giant steel beams and two [...]

[Source: Connie Cone Sexton, Arizona Republic, June 10, 2008] — The floating sculpture being built for the downtown Civic Space Park isn’t even off the ground yet, but already has won an award.  The sculpture recently received the Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from the Arizona Structural Engineers Association.  The award was given to Tucson-based [...]

In this know99 Television segment, Dr. Mernoy Harrison, Vice President and Executive Vice Provost of ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus, talks about ASU’s downtown growth, expansion, and future plans.