Propylaea (sculpture)

Propylaea

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.

Dedication

Propylaea Dedication

Next to the sculpture there is a dedication which reads:

   PROPYLAEA
   1980-82
   DIMITRI HADZI, SCULPTOR
   AMERICAN B. 1921
   THIS GRANITE SCULPTURE NAMED FROM THE GREEK WORD
   FOR "GATEWAY," WAS COMMISSIONED BY OWENS-ILLINOIS TO STAND
   AS A SYMBOLIC ENTRANCE TO SEAGATE AND A REVITALIZED TOLEDO.
   HISTORICALLY, TOLEDO HAS BEEN A GATEWAY TO EXPLORATION, INVENTION
   TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRY THAT HAS HELPED TO FORGE OUR NATION,
   AND THE PROMISE OF ITS FUTURE IS TYPIFIED IN SEAGATE.

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Coordinates: 41°39′11″N 83°31′52″W / 41.652937°N 83.531049°W / 41.652937; -83.531049

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