It’s time for another rousing edition of Where in World is This Piece of Public Art and What is the Town Like Where You Found It. We’re still working on the name.

And now the clues:

The town featuring this public art is well-known for its weather and water.

Was that too easy?

Here’s another, it’s also well-known for its parks, both city and amusement, respectively.

It’s classy.

If you said San Diego, then congratulations, you are a freaking genius. Tell everyone.

The bell is the Yokohama Friendship Bell given by the people of Yokohama, Japan to San Diego in 1958 as part of the Central Celebration marking the formal relations between Japan and the United States. Yokohama is San Diego’s sister city.

The sculpture in the foreground is “The Girl in Red Shoes” and was added in 2010 to further honor the relationship between the two countries.

See? That’s classy.

This post is part of the UpTake Public Art Series

Photo: Port of San Diego via Flickr

There’s about to be more magic in Orlando.

Universal Orlando Resort and Warner Bros. have finally revealed the “first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.”  Not the least of which is that the land will open in spring 2010.  That’s soon!
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be an addition to Universal’s Islands of Adventure park, which is already AWESOME (it’s all Marvel characters though, which leads me to wonder what talks are underway between Universal and Marvel’s new owner Disney).  The Spider-Man ride alone is worth the price of admission.

And the Dr. Suess stuff.

Harry Potter’s new land is obviously based upon the stories and characters of J.K. Rowling and promises to remain “faithful to the visual landscapes of the films.” Read More »