Blueprints at Addison Circle - Addison, TX, US
N 32° 57.695 W 096° 49.557
14S E 703198 N 3649126
Located in Addison Circle.
Waymark Code: WMT4R1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2016
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Blueprints at Addison Circle is a steel sculpture located in Addison, Texas inside a 133-foot-diameter roundabout. The sculpture consists of 25 poles and five art panels. The sculpture weighs 410,000 pounds and required 650 gallons of custom "Sharpie blue" paint. The sculpture is more than 4 stories high and 140 feet across. It was designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and artist Mel Chin. The structure was dedicated on April 13, 2000. The design is said to resemble the branching pattern of a grove of oak trees. The five art panels were designed using actual blueprints from Addison’s municipal buildings, parks, bridges, and water pumping facilities.
One petal has gin saws from the original Noell Cotton Gin. Others have a plat for the first subdivision, a bench from Quorum Park, and a rail from the bridge behind Town Hall. Read about the giant sculpture and its symbols on panels on the southwest corner of Addison Circle Drive and Quorum Drive.
Address and Hours Available to the Public:
Addison Circle.
Admission Fee (if any): no
Interactive Features: no
Website for more information: [Web Link]
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