Tour The Art
Tour The Art
- Title:
- The Phoenix Rising (Dilworth Memorial Statue)
- Artist:
- Etting, Emlen
- Date:
- 1980
- Materials:
- aluminum, concrete base
- Location:
- City Hall Plaza Northeast corner, Dilworth Plaza, 15th & John F. Kennedy Boulevard
- District:
- 1
- Description:
- Sculptor Emlen Etting designed the sculpture with triangular shapes, like wings taking off in flight that are intended to evoke a Phoenix rising from the ashes. The artist thought of this as an abstract symbol of the late Mayor Richardson Dilworth's (1898-1974) plans for the rehabilitation of the City. Mayor Dilworth served terms from 1956-1962. The artwork was received as a gift to the City from the Richardson Dilworth Memorial Committee in 1978.
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