A towering Raincross sculpture installed behind City Hall fulfills a vision from the building’s original 1975 design—50 years after architects first intended monumental metal artwork to complement the building.
Ward 1 Councilmember Philip Falcone commissioned metal artist Rico Alderette to create the 12-foot sculpture, which replicates the midcentury Raincross design stamped throughout City Hall’s walls, walkways and glass.
“From the early days of planning new City Hall, the architects and Mayor Ben Lewis stressed that any new building should have public art—sculptures on the exterior in particular,” Falcone said…