Public Art
Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial
Colossal central figure representing the State of Colorado is circled by three smaller figure groups representing the virtues of the state of Colorado: Loyalty, Learning and Love. The central figure is bronze and stands on a granite base; the figure groups are bronze and are set at the base of the central figure, around a …
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Children’s Fountain
Title was originally Dusseldorf Fountain. Name changed to Children’s Fountain in 1919. In 1948 Gladis Coldwell-Fisher, a Denver sculptor restores fountain with casts taken from her own children. The moat is also erected at this time.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
This painting features the Pied Piper of Hamelin and several children following him.
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The Ensign Fountain / National Humane Alliance Fountain
Between 1906 and 1912, the National Humane Alliance presented somewhere around 125 Horse Watering Troughs to cities and towns across the country, including Denver. Herman Lee Ensign, who died in 1899, dedicated his fortune to funding the National Humane Alliance in order to “spread about humanitarian ideas among the people.” Such education, Ensign hoped, would …
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Robert Burns Memorial
Robert (Bobbie) Burns, Scottish poet (birth January 25 1759), is depicted in a dramatic stance in this statue which stands in the City Park near the Duck Lake and west of the band shell. Mounted on red and gray granite base the bronze statue was Erected and unvailed by the Caledonian Club #1(Scottish Society) of …
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Elizabeth Allen Sopris Memorial
The Sopris Memorial originally consisted of a bench statue and pool, however the is not filled in. The granite bench 179″ long curves in at each end, ending in a pedestall the same height as the bench. These two pedestals each a have a bronze bracket of the top (these once held bronze fountains that …
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Three Dancers
Public Art
Relax
An environmental light installation contained within five bays. Each installation is “voiced” to reflect the different emotional experiences of travel: relax, caution, vacation and advertising, infinite inspection/reflection zones, and finally arrival and departure.
Public Art
Sun Spot
Sun Spot is a multi-piece artwork for Denver’s new Municipal Animal Shelter at the South Platte Campus. The primary piece is a 25’-tall iconic dog sculpture located at the southeast corner of the site, adjacent to the South Platte Trail and visible from Interstate-25. The form of the dog is an amalgam of many different …
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Promenade