Here's the sculpture, the latest to be installed on Alameda as it passes through central Lakewood.
I very much like the hard, modern lines of it, but the scale is a little small considering its installation on the north side of Alameda-- a major, four lane arterial. Perhaps if it were fifty feet tall...
On the other hand, the scale is fine for pedestrians and bikers, and the north side of Alameda is also home to a stretch of paved bikeway. But if that's the case, I would have preferred for the piece to placed in a way that interacted with those pedestrians and bikers-- say, by having the bikeway split and go around the sculpture. Instead it's off to the side on a low concrete base, surrounded by bark. Hmm.
All in all, a nice piece of art, but I really do question its scale and location.
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