Image courtesy of RiverLink: The buildings that were recently demolished.
Press release below. This is a big move, and I can’t wait to see the artwork that will be installed. Another great job by RiverLink:
The view from the Smoky Park Bridge is about to improve greatly – no more “Blue Buildings” at the river’s edge. A new sculpture park will take their place in the Wilma Dykeman RiverWay. This latest river improvement is a result of a grant RiverLink received from the Asheville Merchants Association. D. H. Griffin Salvage Company, is the same recycling compnay helped RiverLink recycle 100% of the cement (estimated to be 100,000 tons) at the old EDACO junkyard on Amboy Road that RiverLink acquired in 2007. This time D. H. Griffin is helping to recycle materials and bring down the “Blue Buildings” – located at 115 1/2 to 119 Riverside Drive. Demolition is expected to be completed by Tuesday March 23, 2010.
Plans for the old “Blue Buildings” space include giving it a name — “The RiverLink Sculpture Park.” RiverLink will be working with volunteers to create attractions like a human sundial, a rock maze, dry stacked rock sculptures and some really creative recycled sculpture art from the trash that RiverLink volunteers and staff pick up along the river. RiverLink’s 50 plus Adopt-A-stream Teams find some really crazy things dumped along the river banks – even pink flamingos! Well known artist Jonas Gerard has also offered to donate a piece of his sculpture for the new park.