Rolling Wilbur by Linda Joanou - San Diego, California
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Metro2
N 32° 43.063 W 117° 10.407
11S E 483745 N 3620007
This is one of many works in the San Diego Port District's Urban Tree Project. This one is located at the Cruise Ship Terminal near the Broadway Pier.
Waymark Code: WM7F8G
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2009
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Each year since 2003, the Port District of San Diego has held a competition for 30 trees to be placed along the San Diego harbor waterfront. This tree is from the Urban Trees 6 installation in 2009...and there is an asking price of $35,000.
The Port District's brief description of the work:
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"This interactive kinetic sculpture features multiple one-inch chrome ball bearings that are lifted to the top of a partially open stainless steel track by a hand-cranked chain conveyor. The balls travel several different routes hitting bells and chimes along their way back to the bottom."