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Propylaea (sculpture)

Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio.

About

In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters at One SeaGate. As a gift to the city, the company commissioned Dimitri Hadzi to design a sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the SeaGate complex. The sculpture is made from granite, and is nestled as a fountain on a reflecting pond between One and Two SeaGate. Dimitri Hadzi described the use of water in the sculpture as a way of creating activity in the flat lands of Ohio.

Dedication

Next to the sculpture there is a dedication which reads:

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