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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Roanoke Sister City Sculptures

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Century Park Plaza . Downtown Roanoke

The sculptures were created by Mimi Babe Harris and Donna Essig in 2004 as a tribute to each of our seven sister cities, and are part of the City of Roanoke's public art collection.

Roanoke Sister Cities:

Wonju, Korea
Kisumu, Kenya
Pskov, Russia
Florianòpolis, Brazil
Opole, Poland
Lijiang, China
Saint-Lô, France

For more info on Roanoke's Sister Cities, visit HERE

By the way, the old fire station from yesterday is right across the street from here :)

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18 comments:

  1. Cranberry MorningFebruary 11, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Aren't those cool! Thanks for showing them to us. :-)

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  2. Busy Bee SuzFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:00 AM

    Those are so awesome! Boy, you've got a lot of "sisters"!!!

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  3. TexWisGirlFebruary 11, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    so darn COOL!

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  4. William KendallFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:00 AM

    Beautiful work!

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  5. VPFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    So many sister cities, so many curious sculptures!

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    Lots of very fine detail, they look fantastic!

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  7. PerthDailyPhotoFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    Love that the 'sisters' are different in so many ways yet still somehow so alike Tanya.

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  8. PerthDailyPhotoFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    Love that the 'sisters' are different in so many ways yet still somehow so alike Tanya.

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  9. RedPatFebruary 11, 2015 at 12:49 PM

    That's a great idea!

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  10. Ginny HartzlerFebruary 11, 2015 at 1:40 PM

    Good grief!! I didn't know any of this. You know EVERYTHING about Roanoke!!

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  11. RevrunnerFebruary 11, 2015 at 3:07 PM

    Often wondered why certain cities get chosen as "sister cities".

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  12. Coloring Outside the LinesFebruary 11, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    Awesome sculptures and neat information that I didn't know.

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  13. cieldequimperFebruary 11, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Cool! I had no clue about Saint-Lô! The cows are pretty much local of Normandy but the headdress looks more like Breton than Norman to me! :-)

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  14. DeniseinVAFebruary 11, 2015 at 5:27 PM

    Those are neat sculptures. I found it very interesting to see all the sister-cities.

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  15. LoisFebruary 11, 2015 at 6:54 PM

    Nice sculptures. I'm not sure we have even one sister city here. I'll have to look into that!

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  16. RandyFebruary 11, 2015 at 9:29 PM

    These are wonderful.

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  17. RoseFebruary 12, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    I would love to see these in real life...so interesting.

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  18. A Colorful WorldFebruary 12, 2015 at 8:11 PM

    They are just wonderful!

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