heading to new england

George Washington bridge
Photo taken:  Aug 2009

passing the Bronx on the highway

garbage goat

The Garbage Goat in Riverfront Park was designed by Sister Paula Turnbull, a Catholic nun for Expo ‘74 as a recycling/environment statement.

I got a laugh from the sign :)

benches and a gondola

A couple of artistic aluminum benches
Looks like it could be the Canadian Maple leaf
Photo taken:  July 2009

looks like an American flag

The Skyride

the rotary riverfront fountain

How tall is the fountain?  The stainless steel columns before you are each 24 feet tall. A 30 foot diameter ring is held up by these 5 stainless steel columns. In the warmer seasons, some jets spray towards the middle of the fountain creating a beautiful dome of waterfalls, other jets shoot water upwards, some mist, and a few spray sideways. In all, there are 40 overhead jets. Keeping in mind the environmental theme of Expo’ 74, the artist designed the fountain to conserve water by a filtration and recirculation process.
The fountain’s sculptures were designed by Harold Balazs and Bob Perron.
Info courtesy of  the Spokane Historical website.
Photo taken:  July 2009

clock tower

a 155-foot  clock tower now a Spokane icon. Originally part of the Great Northern Railway Depot, completed in 1902 and demolished in 1973, its “giant grandfather clock” is wound by hand once a week.

riverfront park

is a public park in the northwest United States, in downtown Spokane, Washington. The one-hundred-acre park is located along the Spokane River containing the upper Spokane Falls and just upstream from the lower falls.  It was created 45 years ago for Expo '74, a World's Fair event.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia
Photo taken:  July 2009

World's Largest Radio Flyer Wagon
Built in 1990, 26 tons of steel and reinforced concrete, 12-foot-high, 27-foot-long Radio Flyer Wagon. It can hold as many as 300 people. Spiering spent six to seven days a week for a year building the $36,000 sculpture, for which he received a $30,000 commission.
Info courtesy of  worldslargestthings website

the joy of running together sculptures

The Joy of Running Together is a public work of art in honor of the annual Spokane Bloomsday Run. Located near the finish line of the race, and is meant to give encouragement to the runners in their last leg of the race.
Info courtesy of the Spokane Historical website
Photo taken:  July 2009