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Ross's Landing Park and Plaza, (sculpture). Artist:  Townsend, Stan, sculptor. Wines, James, 1932- , sculptor. Mackie, Jack, 1946- , sculptor. Robert Seals Architects, architectural firm. Title:  Ross's Landing Park and Plaza, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated May 1, 1992. Description:  Thirty-five time bands which start at 2nd and Broad Streets with the year 1992, and end on the banks of the Tennessee River to indicate the beginning of life. Recorded in the park and plaza are historical milestones -- Civil War (cannonballs); Civil Rights movement (Martin Luther King, Jr. quote on entry arch parapet); Cherokee Indian heritage; Railroad Industry; First Coca Cola Bottling Plant; music of Bessie Smith (magnolia blossom); Glenn Miller Orchestra (Chattanooga Choo Choo music and lyrics along railroad tracks); and Spanish explorers impact. Three "lifted landscapes" (Broken Walkway, Lifted Landscape, and Entrance) appear. Subject:  History -- United States -- Tennessee History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement Ethnic -- Indian -- Cherokee Performing Arts -- Music Object Type:  Site-specific Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Chattanooga, Parks & Recreation Department, East 11th Street, City Hall, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402 Located Ross's Landing, 100 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee Remarks:  IAS files contain undated Fact Sheet on Ross's Landing which gives details about the overall park and plaza project, which cost ten million dollars, and lists members of the design team. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS TN000454   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TN000454 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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