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Instead of wasting space with a bland fence, this block corner has made the most of its potential as an art gallery for children's nice creations. The future of the property behind the fence includes an office tower.

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Yeah, when are they going to start building it. In 5 or 10 years? :rofl:

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A few photos from Downtown Anderson...

The Anderson County Arts Center:

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Anderson has a "Fish out of Water, Hooked on the Arts" parade of 32 Large Mouth Bass throughout the City. Here are a few...

Starry Starry Fish:

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The City Side of Country Fish / City Fish:

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Fruit Bass-ket:

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Fishing for Compliments:

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Fingerprint Fish (I would have probably called it "AFISH" (a play on AFIS) and stuck it in front of the Police Department, but that's just me):

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Swimmin in the Green:

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Anderson County Balloon Fish:

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The rest can be seen here.

A couple of the statues found in Downtown Anderson...

A sculpture of William Church Whitner by Zan Wells of Greenville:

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A sculpture of James Robert "Radio" Kennedy by Zan Wells of Greenville:

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Wow, so Anderson has fish like Ft. Wayne has mastodons...cool.

Here are some shots of some public art pieces in Columbia. These shots were included in a photo gallery of public art by Columbia's daily, The State.

We'll start with the giant "Neverbust" chain, which connects the Kress and Sylvan buildings on Main. This, as well many other works of art in the city, is the creation of local artist Blue Sky (I believe he has since moved to California):

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"Overflow" painted on the back of the library at Crayton Elementary School by Blue Sky

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"Five Points--1948" painted on the side of Harpers Restaurant in the Five Points neighborhood by Blue Sky

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"Tunnel Vision" by Blue Sky

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"The Other Side of the Tunnel" by Blue Sky

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"Busted Plug Plaza" in the parking lot of AG First Bank by Blue Sky

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"Adopt Us" by Blue Sky

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"Jubilaeus" by Gretchen Lothrop in front of the Bank of America building on Main

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"Passages" by Greg Fitzpatrick on the grounds of the Richland County Judicial Center downtown

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A sculpture in front of EdVenture children's museum (the largest children's museum in the Southeast)

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"Upright Motive No. 8" by Henry Moore in front of the Columbia Museum of Art

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The African-American Monument on the statehouse grounds

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Bronze statue of Kirkman Finlay, former mayor of Columbia, in Finlay Park (which exists due to his leadership)

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"Homage to Abbot Suger," a steel and fiberglass sculpture by Nade Haley in front of the Columbia Museum of Art

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I wish they would have incorporated more retail at street level when they did changes to the Libery Square buildings. More people might then enjoy the new landscaping and water features. I'll have to go wander around Beattie Place some time soon. Nice pic, too!

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Coming in late October '06: a 24-foot-tall sculpture in Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art. It is being assembled in Maryland now by the artist, an internationally acclaimed sculptor, and will be transported to Columbia and put in place over about a two-day period. It will have a cascading waterfall spilling into a pool. It will have other water features and will be colorful and contemporary. It will be lighted at night and will have timers to start and stop the different water features. Boosters say it will be postcard material and will be something that draws the eye and makes Hampton and Main a very urbane place to be.

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Coming in late October '06: a 24-foot-tall sculpture in Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art. It is being assembled in Maryland now by the artist, an internationally acclaimed sculptor, and will be transported to Columbia and put in place over about a two-day period. It will have a cascading waterfall spilling into a pool. It will have other water features and will be colorful and contemporary. It will be lighted at night and will have timers to start and stop the different water features. Boosters say it will be postcard material and will be something that draws the eye and makes Hampton and Main a very urbane place to be.

That sounds very cool! :shades:

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Nothing says "Downtown Art" like downtown art festivals. On Saturday, the 15th annual Art in the Park kicked off in Greenville. This festival, along with every other downtown festival in the city, has continued to grow, and now that Falls Park is well established, there is no better venue for such events.

Here are a few of my photos from the first day:

Plenty of great work to enjoy on the east end of the Liberty Bridge:

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Check out our friend, Dogs On Wheels. He moved his restaurant into the West End for the festival. Appears to have been a good call. :lol:

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Lots of kids' activities down along the river:

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South Main Street in the West End was excellent as always:

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Here's a shot of a few of the art studios along the riverwalk at RiverPlace:

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Here are a couple shots of activity around the interactive fountain at RiverPlace. Notice the "tunnel of water" feature:

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A couple of weeks ago I called AgFirst on Hampton Street in Columbia to ask when the fountain part of the "Busted Plug" fire hydrant would fixed. They looked into it and called me back and said the motor was burned out and that they would put another one in. I asked them if they could make the water spew higher than it had been. Well.............. yesterday on my way home from work, there it was, spewing high - up to the top part of the hydrant. Not only is it spewing about three times as high as it was before, but also it now creates mist that wafts horizontally from the peak point of the spewing water, about 20 feet above the surface parking lot. Now that is how it was supposed to be.... a fire hydrant that got knocked partly over and is spewing water high in to the air. Thus the name "Busted Plug."

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