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Discuss “Campus to see changes”

This semester, the Campus Planning office is working on two projects that will change the face of the Carnegie Mellon campus.

First, Jonathan Borofsky’s sculpture “Walking to the Sky” will be installed on the Carnegie Mellon campus this spring. The sculpture will be positioned on the lawn between Baker and Doherty halls. The sculpture’s principal feature is a 100-foot-high, two-foot-wide steel pole, which rises at a 75-degree angle to the ground. Three life-size resin figures will be located around its base, with seven more mounted on the pole.

Borofsky studied at CMU (BFA) and the Yale School of Art (MFA). He has created over 30 pieces of public sculpture for cities all over the world. Borofsky first exhibited “Walking to the Sky”...

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Comment Eric Riebling
Feb 16, 2006 at 10:35 AM

You can't be serious about that sculpture.
Please tell me this is an April fool's joke!
At LEAT tell me this thing is only temporary.
I for one do not want to make a joke of what
precious little campus we have!

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