Ode to Space, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member sherpes
N 40° 26.556 W 079° 57.306
17T E 588614 N 4477407
looks like a rocket ship flying to space
Waymark Code: WM4J28
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This sculpture contains the inscription, labore as astra —“to work toward the stars.” It was sited by the University of Pittsburgh as a tribute to Chancellor Edward Litchfield, who died in a plane crash in 1965.
Title: Ode to Space

Artist: Virgil Cantini

Media (materials) used: Steel with bronze and glass

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): front courtyard of a campus building

Date of creation or placement: 1966
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