Knock On Bronze

The $750,000 Herbert Dreiseitl water sculpture in front of Ann Arbor's city hall. Some days it works and water flows. Some days it doesn't. Contractor Jim Fackert has been working out the bugs. Read the story.

When It Rains

A Brighton-based contractor who had a hand in creating parts of the new art installation in front of Ann Arbor's city hall works to fix a few bugs with the circuit boxes to the blue glass orbs tonight. It was working over the weekend, with stormwater running and everything. Proof it works.

Art In Public Places

A German artist's bronze sculpture — a $750,000 public art installation paid for by the city — finally was installed in front of Ann Arbor's city hall today. The artwork — planned as the centerpiece of the LEED Gold building — starts close to Huron Street and follows the west edge of a new rain garden toward the main entrance of city hall. The focal point is a standing bronze sculpture with blue glass pearls that light up in computerized variations as stormwater circulates over the sculpture's surface. Read the story.