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Artist Andrew Leicester, 61, has been chosen to design a bridge meant to be an iconic gateway to the San Gabriel Valley along the Gold Line Foothill Extension. The bridge will cost an estimated $20-25 million to build. Leicester, who is based in Minneapolis, plans to incorporate artistic traditions from the Native American tribes of the San Gabriel Valley (Chumash and Gabrielenos a.k.a. Tongva), and references to the region's native animal and plant life, into a contemporary structure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
31817AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority officials unveiled a San Gabriel Valley-themed design for a rail bridge honoring local wildlife and native cultures. The span of the 739-foot bridge will stretch diagonally across the 210 Freeway to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. It will be adorned by four basket-shaped columns and the bridge itself will have individual grooves resembling the scales of a snake. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31849
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
32046AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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