A Midtown Monument to College's Community Involvement
Published 08.26.2016
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor, and Grace F. Clark, student photographer
A marker details the artists' painstaking process of salvage and restoration, including disassembly, remediation of wood rot, reconstruction and refinishing.
... beneath a project that honors Mulroy's influence while paying tribute to its historical surroundings.
Flynn (left) and Stabley stand before their towering achievement.
Stabley (background) and Flynn relive their recovery work through a commemorative marker.
A crowd turns out for the dedication of a Trade & Transit Centre II, among other creative centerpieces of an ongoing downtown renaissance.
Local architect Anthony H. Visco Jr. (right), whose initial inquiry brought the portal project to the college's Architectural Design Studio III class, is joined by (from left) Miller, Mulroy, Wozniak and Bridgens.
Keiser, an LDG project manager whose impressive resume includes a Penn College degree, accepts accolades for his design of the River Portal sculpture.
Representing Penn College's substantial role as a community sponsor for the project, Debra M. Miller, vice president for institutional advancement, introduces (from left) Webb, Flynn and Stabley.
A grand opening ... and a grand celebration!
The original plaque, accompanying the Native American statue when it was installed in Brandon Park in 1990, has traveled with the chief to his new domain.
The new Midtown Landing Portal, created by L.R. Kimball's Michael Snyder (and inspired by student work), takes its place among such established landmarks as The Genetti Hotel.
Mulroy (right) is congratulated by Rob A. Wozniak (left), associate professor of architectural technology, and Marc E. Bridgens, dean of construction and design technologies ...
Chief Woapalane, rescued by local publisher Jim Webb and returned to public display by the talented hands of Penn College art faculty
One of Mulroy's renderings incorporates heavy timber, an homage to the city's lumber heritage and the nearby Susquehanna River.