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Lyra sculpture goes back to blue

Published

5 years ago

October 4, 2019

Brad Williams

First, they moved it, and now, they’ve repainted it.

The Lyra sculpture that was recently moved to the La Crosse boat harbor has been restored to its original blue color.

The abstract metal sculpture was blue when it was first installed at Valley View Mall in the 1980’s.

It was repainted brown, and stood in Burns Park for several years, until it was moved to the harbor along the Mississippi late this summer.

The repainting job was just finished in the past month.

The La Crosse arts board says the next public artwork that could be repainted is the ‘Anidonts’–the ‘man and dog’ figures standing near the entrance to Myrick Park.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.