Propylaea (sculpture)
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Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio.
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[edit] About
In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters at One SeaGate. As a gift to the city, the company comissioned Dimitri Hadzi to design a sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the SeaGate complex. The sculpture is made from granite, and is nestled as a fountain on a reflecting pond between One and Two SeaGate.
[edit] Dedication
Next to the sculpture there is a dedication which reads:
PROPYLAEA
1990-82
DIMITRI HADZI, SCULPTOR
AMERICAN B. 1921
THIS GRANITE SCULPTURE NAMED FROM THE GREEK WORD
FOR "GATEWAY," WAS COMMISSIONED BY OWENS-ILLINOIS TO STAND
AS A SYMPOLIC ENTRANCE TO SEAGATE AND A REVITALIZED TOLEDO.
HISTORICALLY, TOLEDO HAS BEEN A GATEWAY TO EXPLORATION, INVENTION
TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSRY THAT HAS HELPED TO FORGE OUR NATION,
AND THE PROMISE OF ITS FUTURE IS TYPIFIED IN SEAGATE.
