'The Pace of Recovery' - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This stainless steel sculpture called 'The Pace of Recovery' by Francis Gomila was commissioned by St Modwens Properties PLC. It is located on mini-roundabout at the junction of Festival Way and Marina Drive in the Etruria area of Stoke-on-Trent.
The area formerly housed a steelworks and has now been redeveloped as a retail and leisure park.

Description:
'The swan is mounted on a tall plinth that slopes at an angle of about 40 degrees. It is depicted with outstretched neck and wings, as if rising from the water into the air.

The swan appears on the logo of St Modwens Properties Ltd, the property development corporation responsible for purchasing the formerly derelict site on which the 1986 Garden Festival was mounted and which has since developed the area for retail, entertainment and light industry. The sculpture symbolises 'the successful regeneration that has been achieved at Festival Park'
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A stone plaque mounted on a brick plinth at the side of the roundabout is inscribed:-

'"THE PACE OF RECOVERY"
UNVEILED BY
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE LORD WALKER OF WORCESTER MBE PC
29TH MARCH 1994
St. MOWDEN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED'

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Pace of Recovery Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Francis Gomila Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 29th March 1994. Materials used: Stainless steel Location: Located on mini-roundabout at the junction of Festival Way and Marina Drive on the Festival Retail Park, Stoke-on-Trent.

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