Colorado Springs artist Pat Musick lives in the home her famous artist father, Archie Musick, created and built in the late 40s and 50s. It s built into a natural amphitheater
Colorado Springs artist Pat Musick lives in the home her famous artist father, Archie Musick, created and built in the late 40s and 50s. It s built into a natural amphitheater
Colorado Springs has a reputation as a place that favors small government and limited public spending, but 75 years ago the city was a hub for projects funded by the government s New Deal.Without those projects, Rampart Range Road wouldn t snake into the mountains, Garden of the Gods wouldn t be studded with juniper trees, Monument Creek might still flood its banks and some of the city s most visible public art wouldn t exist.This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, a series of programs that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed through as his stimulus package to help the country weather the Great Depression. The government job-creation program began in 1933, employing more than 4 million Americans at its peak, in skills as varied as painting and bridge-building. It fizzled out by 1942, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor thrust the nation into World War II.Whether one views the New Deal as a boon or a boondoggle, it was a remarkable period in the nation s history.
Ralph Sutton worked on the installment of a sculpture fountain in America the Beautiful ParkThursday morning. He works for Springs Fabrication Inc. and was actually were inside the hollow area tightening bolts. The stainless steel sculpture created by artist Bill Burgess and architect Dave Barber will rotate four revolutions a hour on a base. A wall of water will flow from the top of the circle and spiral into recirculation at the base. The piece called Continuum by the designers, was inspired by water and the circle of life said Burgess. photo by carol lawrence