The Brewery District, (sculpture).

The Brewery District, (sculpture).

Fergus-Jean, Elizabeth, sculptor.

Artglo Company, fabricator.

The Brewery District, (sculpture).

1990. Copyrighted 1990.

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Aluminum, neon, and plastic.

Approx. 10 ft. x 8 ft. x 10 in. (700 lbs.).

(Signed, lower right panel, bottom of bottle) signed

A wall sculpture, with overlays of the 18 street quadrants that existed in the district in the late 1800s; of the facade of the building with its windows; and of the current freeway system. Details include the old Hoster Brewery label, the Worly building tower, a beer bottle with its logo, and a vintage bottle opener.

Cityscape -- Ohio -- Columbus

Architecture -- Industry -- Brewery

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus

Edwards Company, 500 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

The sculpture celebrates the history of the area through layered images alluding to its past activities, its architectural evolution, the street layout, and the geographic orientation in relationship with I-70 and I-270. The artist is quoted as saying it functions "metaphorically as interwoven layers of time." IAS files contain transcription on adjacent plaque and an article from the Columbus Dispatch dated Oct. 31, 1990.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.

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