Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building Public Art Program
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Until 2003, Denver’s various City departments were spread around the City at various locations. This meant doing business with the City was a multi-stop experience. The consolidation of Denver’s agencies into a one stop location has not only saved the City money, it has created a place where we can base an understanding of how the City works.
With this in mind the City selected a location for this new building along one of Denver’s great parks. Civic Center Park, designed for Mayor Speer by the great planner, Saco DeBoer was chosen for its unique and important location to the heart of the City’s activities. It has been the center of City activities for almost 90 years. Around this park we have located the cultural houses that inform and promote the life of Denver. The City and County Building houses the Administration of the City, the Central Library houses the intellectual and literary collection of the City and the Denver Art Museum houses the artifacts and artistic collections of the City. These buildings represent how we build the cultural City and the cultural landscape. The addition of the Webb building to the Civic Center landscape brings together all the agencies that work to build the city and to administer the ordinances that define city life.
The Public Art Program for the Webb Building was based on this set of understandings.
The ceremonial entrance of the Webb Building is on the corner of 14th and Colfax and the design of the building was geared to embrace of the City and County Building located diagonally across the street.
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